Arpinge Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Winter wheat near Home Farm, Arpinge - geograph.org.uk - 1583071.jpg
Coordinates:51.106°N 1.132°W
Official Name:Arpinge
Shire District:Folkestone and Hythe
Shire County:Kent
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Folkestone and Hythe
Post Town:Folkestone
Postcode District:CT18
Postcode Area:CT

Arpinge is a hamlet between Paddlesworth and Newington (where, at the 2011 Census, the population was included) to the west of Folkestone in Kent, England. It consists of three working farms, three now converted to residential use and a further four houses. The name probably originates from the Old English 'eorpa' (dark-skinned (person)) and 'inge' (a settlement). There is no church as it falls within the ecclesiastical parish of Newington-next-Hythe. There are no shops and the nearest pub is the 'Cat and Custard Pot' in Paddlesworth.