When the railway came in it brought an almost immediate increase in the size of the village; when the Chatham Main Line was electrified in , as with all the places served by it, town growth began again. One of the results was the building of Parkwood estate see above. The present Parish of Rainham is a very large one and has over 30, people living within its boundary.
The names of most of the vicars since are listed on a display inside the church. The present church building is almost entirely of Gothic design , with just a few remains of the Norman church still incorporated in the east wall of the chancel. The 13th century Early English style can be seen in the chancel, the 14th century period, known as the Decorated, represented in the nave and aisle, with the latest period of Gothic architecture, the Perpendicular most obvious in the 15th century tower.
The church itself is built of Kentish ragstone and flint. The church underwent major restoration in the s and s, and there have been several further important periods of reconstruction in the 20th and again in this century, when it was discovered that the main roof and tower were in an advanced state of decay, and required a comprehensive programme of works to ensure the long term safety and integrity of the building.
The tower is a major local landmark and was built about It stands 30m ft high with an octagonal stair turret probably housing a beacon at the top to act as one of a chain between coast and capital. The tower houses a peel of eight bells read more on the page about the bell ringers 14th century nave, is very plain and almost all the roof timbers are original. Most of the window stonework was replaced in the 19th century. The stained glass of the south-east window is by Hardman [ ]. The most interesting feature in the nave is the celure which is unique and once formed a canopy for a rood screen.
This was changed rapidly after the demise of the House of York , following the Wars of the Roses , with the rose of Lancaster. Your local news for Kent. Kent nline Sign in. Change consent Premium login.
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Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Rainham and are from the UK Census of Rainham has a high level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average.
After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so.
They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council. We have taken the LDC that includes Rainham and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment. This toolkit allows users to access population estimates for any chosen age group and compare up to three separate areas in Kent at the same time.
Further information about population change is available on the Office for National Statistics ONS website, including a quiz on levels of migration in your area and a map showing migration levels across the country.
It is important to consider how the Kent population is going to change in the future in order to plan services.
These forecasts take account of the distribution of future housing across the county rather than being a projection based on past trends. Here are the results of a housing-led forecast based on the assumption that , dwellings will be built between and in the county Kent County Council area plus Medway Unitary Authority. The following toolkit enable you to extract forecasts for Kent as a whole or for individual Kent districts for any time between and Population forecasts for any age group can be accessed via the interactive population forecast toolkit XLSM, 4.
Because these projections don't take future house building programs into account, KCC prefer to use their own in-house forecasts. We therefore use them when we want to compare Kent's future population growth alongside the national average, or other areas within England. A census is a count of all people and households in the country. The results from the Census will be released in stages during to The first data are due in the spring of Further information is available on the ONS website.
The results from each census provide population statistics from a national to neighbourhood level for use by government, local authorities and business and communities. Kent County Council uses the data collected to plan the local services needed like schools, transport, housing, and health. It is the only survey to provide a detailed picture of the entire population and is unique because it covers everyone at the same time and asks the same core questions everywhere.
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