Alkham

Human settlement in England

Alkham

District

Dover

Kent

Region

South East

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Dover

List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°08′05″N 1°13′16″E / 51.1347°N 1.2211°E / 51.1347; 1.2211

Alkham is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, England, about five miles west of Dover. Within the parish are the settlements of Chalksole and Ewell Minnis; the parish population was 691 people (2001 census), reducing slightly to 688 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Alkham's Grade I listed^[2] Anglican church is dedicated to St Anthony.^[3] The former Wesleyan chapel on Slip Lane is now a private residence.

The parishes of Alkham and River form the River ward in the Dover local government district.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ British listed buildings retrieved 19 July 2013
^ "St Anthony, Alkham, Kent". Retrieved 26 September 2015.
^ "2001 Census: Census Area Statistics: Key Figures: Area: River (Ward)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2008.