About Eastry

Eastry lies on the Roman road north from Dover to Richborough Castle. It was here that a royal palace of the Saxon kings of Kent stood. The village has lots of shops and facilities including a Primary School, Village Hall, Church Hall and Parish Room, Pub, Post Office, Pharmacy, Butchers, Bakers, Foodstore, Newsagents, Chinese Takeaway and Veterinary Surgery. Sports facilities include football, cricket and a bowling green.

About the hall

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First mention of a village hall for the village was made in 1901, when it was suggested as a memorial to the late Queen Victoria. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners were asked to donate a piece of land but they refused, and a public meeting didn’t show much enthusiasm for the idea as only eight people turned up for it, and a house to house collection only raised 16. 10s. 6d. However a Committee was setup, and Mr. Walter Lister, who lived at Great .Walton offered the Council a building which belonged to him and had recently been vacated by a Mr. Troward Clark who had used it as an engineering workshop. However, it was estimated that it would have cost over £300 to convert it for public use and the idea was dropped. It is ironic that the building was then taken over by the Wingham Engineering Company and used by them for heavy engineering equipment such as steam rollers, steam ploughs and threshing machines for over 50 years, and when they vacated it in the early nineteen thirties it then was purchased to be used as a Village Hall.