Heart's Delight, Swale Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:51.33°N 0.71°W
Official Name:Heart's Delight
Shire District:Swale
Shire County:Kent
Region:South East England
Post Town:Sittingbourne
Postcode District:ME9
Postcode Area:ME
Static Image Name:Hearts Delight House - geograph.org.uk - 4079.jpg
Static Image Width:250px
Static Image Caption:Hearts Delight House
Os Grid Reference:TQ8862

Heart's Delight is a settlement located to the south of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. Heart's Delight Road, leading to it, has the postal address of Tunstall. At the 2011 Census the population of the settlement was included in the civil parish of Borden.

According to Edward Hasted, in 1798, Heart's Delight was a small hamlet in the parish of Borden. Wrens farm was an estate in 1664 (but called 'Rains Farm') and was owned by a squire from Tunstall.[1]

There are four Grade II listed houses in the village; 'Hearts Delight House', 'Filmer House', 'Sharp's House', and 'Wren's Farmhouse'.

There is a similarly-known settlement near Barham in the City of Canterbury district of Kent

Notes and References

  1. Hasted . Edward . 1799 . Parishes . The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent . Institute of Historical Research . 6 . 68–80 . 27 February 2014.