Tovil
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| Population | 3,542 (2011 Census)[1] |
| • London | 33 miles (53 km) NW |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MAIDSTONE |
| Postcode district | ME15 |
| Dialling code | 01622 |
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| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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| Website | Tovil Parish Council |
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Tovil is a civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone, in Kent in the South East of England. It is a mixture of residential and industrial zoning, with an increase in commercial usage towards the centre of Maidstone, and more arable use on the outskirts.
History
Tovil is mentioned in the Cecil Papers with the leasing of a tenement at Tovil to Thomas Peene, commencing at Michaelmas, 1628.[3]
Tovil has a history of paper mills on the Loose Stream near the River Medway, the last of which ceased operation in the 1980s. These included Great Ivy Mill, Hayle Mill, Upper Tovil Mill, Lower Tovil Mill and Bridge Mill. These and other mills located along the Loose Stream which flows through Tovil were formerly used for fulling, corn and in one case gunpowder. The Tovil Bridge connects Tovil to Barming over the Loose Stream and the Medway.
The church of St Stephen was built in around 1840. The architect was John Whichcord Snr. It was built of ragstone ashlar in the Early English style[4] but demolished in about 1990.
Alabaster Passmore had an important printing works in Tovil and there were other small industries and a railway siding.
Many of the industrial units have been replaced by housing. Loudspeaker manufacturer KEF is based on Eccleston Road. Goachers microbrewery is also based there.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters is based in Tovil on Straw Mill Hill.
Governance
Tovil is in the South ward of Maidstone Borough Council, represented as of 2025 by two Liberal Democrat councillors.[5] It is in the Maidstone South division of Kent County Council, represented as of 2025 by one Reform UK councillor.[6] The local MP is the Conservative, Helen Grant.[7]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Location of Maidstone and Malling". parliament.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cecil Papers: 1615-1619". British History Online. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Church of St Stephen, Church Road (north side)". Images of England. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Your Councillors by Ward". Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Election results for Maidstone South". Kent County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Helen Grant". parliament.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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