page_title: Betteshanger
section_title: Before the coal mine
hierarchical_section_title: Betteshanger / Before the coal mine
caption_attribution_description: English: St Mary's Church in Betteshanger, Kent.
context_page_description: Betteshanger is a village near Deal in East Kent, England. It gave its name to the largest of the four chief collieries of the Kent coalfield. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Northbourne.
context_section_description: Betteshanger parish (with variation 'Betleshangre') has existed at least since Domesday times. It remained a small scattered parish until the advent of the Kent Coalfield. St Mary's Church sits almost alone in woodland in the centre of the parish. At 'Little Betteshanger' a cluster of houses surround Betteshanger Farm and are very close to Northbourne Primary School.
caption: St Mary's Church, Betteshanger
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