Ash Village, Kent, UK, A walking history tour guide of Ash Village using old postcards.

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Ash was once on the main thoroughfare from Canterbury to the channel port of Sandwich. Ash is best known for its medieval buildings, narrow roads and charming shops that are dotted around the village.

It sits on the main Roman road from Richborough to London and findings
dating back to the era have been found at a couple of locations in the village.

The Grade I listed parish church, is dedicated to St Nicholas and probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon church, dates partly from the 12th century and has a 15th-century tower with a green copper spire
(once used as a navigation aid), which now houses a ring of ten bells. It also has the best collection of medieval monumental effigies in Kent, including one to Jane Kerriel 1455 which reveals a unique horseshoe head-dress.

There are many medieval buildings in the village, including 'Molland House' which is named as a Historic Building of Kent and eleven of the twelve original manor houses. In the same lane are a number of Tudor cottages.

Recently purchased by the Chequer Inn Ash Society Limited the pub re-opened its doors in July 2019. The Chequer Inn began life as a timber-framed hall house, dating from about 1500.This 14th century Grade II listed timber-framed pub is located in the middle of the country village of Ash.

From 1916 to 1948 it had a station ("Ash Town") on the East Kent Light Railway, one of Colonel Stephens' lines, which ran between Shepherdswell and Wingham. Ash is known for its market gardens, and at one time had its own brewery and organ maker. There are two vineyards nearby.
The village has a primary school, a prep school, doctors' surgery and several shops.

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