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Oad Street
The Olde House, Oad Street
Oad Street Location within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ869621
Civil parish	Borden
District	Swale
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sittingbourne
Postcode district	ME9

Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast

List of places UK England Kent 51°19′39″N 0°40′56″E / 51.32750°N 0.68222°E / 51.32750; 0.68222

Oad Street is a small hamlet in the English county of Kent.^[1]

Oad Street forms part of the civil parish of Borden which, in turn, is part of Swale district. Oad Street is located close to Junction 5 of the M2 motorway where it crosses the A249 road.

History

In 1798, Edward Hasted records that this hamlet was once called Hoade Street and Woodstreet, before becoming Oade Street. Named after a nearby Chestnut Wood (which covered the hillside down towards Danaway). In 1653, most of the parish was controlled by William Genery (from Throwley).^[2]

Buildings

In the hamlet are 3 listed buildings, Grade II* listed 'Yew Tree Cottage',^[3]Grade II listed 'The Olde House',^[4] and Grade II listed 'Hoad House'.^[5]

Also a local public house, the 'Plough & Harrow' public house.^[6]

It also had a former Wesleyan Chapel (Oad Street Methodist Church),^[7] now converted into a private residence.

Oad Street food and craft, a restaurant and art gallery. ^[8]

References

^ "History of Oad Street". Kent Past. 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
^ Hasted, Edward (1798). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 6. Institute of Historical Research: 68–80. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "Yew Tree Cottage, Borden". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "The Olde House, Borden". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "Hoad House, Borden". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "Geograph:: 'Plough & Harrow' public house (C) Robert Edwards".
^ "Oad Street Methodist Church". bordenheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
^ "Oad Street Centre". Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

External links

Media related to Oad Street at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Towns and villages in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England
Unparished areas	Halfway Houses Sittingbourne and Milton
Civil parishes	Badlesmere Bapchild Bobbing Borden Boughton under Blean Bredgar Doddington Dunkirk Eastchurch Eastling Faversham Graveney with Goodnestone Hartlip Hernhill Iwade Leaveland Leysdown Lower Halstow Lynsted with Kingsdown Milstead Minster-on-Sea Newington Newnham Norton, Buckland and Stone Oare Ospringe Queenborough Rodmersham Selling Sheerness Sheldwich Stalisfield Teynham Throwley Tonge Tunstall Upchurch Warden
Other settlements	Bay View Brogdale Chestnut Street Conyer Danaway Dargate Davington Denstroude Elmley Goodnestone Graveney Harty Heart's Delight, Swale Highsted Kemsley Keycol Kingsdown Luddenham Lynsted Milton Regis Minster Mockbeggar Murston Norton Oad Street Oversland Painters Forstal Rushenden Shellness Uplees Waterham Whitehill
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