page_title: Wainscott, Kent
section_title: Retail
hierarchical_section_title: Wainscott, Kent / Retail
caption_attribution_description: English: Wainscott Club in 2014.
context_page_description: Wainscott is a small village in Rochester, in Kent. It is in the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra, in the Medway Unitary Authority, that is Medway Council. By 1950 it had been absorbed into the neighbouring residential areas of Strood. Wainscott itself is located immediately next to Frindsbury, and is surrounded by beautiful agricultural land, as well as ancient woodlands. It is speculated that the name is derived from the OE meaning Wagonner Cot or Wagon Shed.
  Wainscott History. Archaeological excavations in 2007 on the north-eastern edge of Wainscott revealed evidence for human activity dating from the early prehistoric through to the post-medieval period, and provided important new evidence for Bronze Age, Romano-British and Saxon settlement. By the mid-8th century the kings of Kent were granting estates in the area by charters to the bishops of Rochester and their cathedral. In 738 King Eadberht gave 10 ploughlands at Andscohesham in the territory of Hoo to Bishop Ealdwulf.
context_section_description: Wainscott holds many different businesses such as a Co-operative Food, a Premier Stores paper shop, a fish and chip shop (The Golden Fish Bar), a Chinese takeaway (Dynasty Chinese) and two pubs (The Stag and The Hop & Rye Micro Pub). The Wainscott Working Mens Club closed on 28 February 2014. The village of Wainscott also used to have a vehicle garage, known as Hills Motors, which has now re-located to Medway City Estate. The garage was later replaced with accommodation provided by MHS Homes.
caption: The Wainscott Club as shown in 2014. The site is now home to the Co-operative Food shop.
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