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{{Short description|Suburb of Gillingham, Kent, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{more footnotes|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Twydall
|unitary_england=[[Medway]]
|lieutenancy_england=[[Kent]]
|region= South East England
|country=England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.3739|0.5856|display=inline,title}}
| population = 13048
| population_ref = (2011.Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13690700&c=Twydall&d=14&e=62&g=6396532&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1443695131107&enc=1|title=Medway Ward population 2011|accessdate=1 October 2015}}</ref>
|constituency_westminster= [[Gillingham and Rainham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham and Rainham]]
|post_town= [[Gillingham, Medway|GILLINGHAM]]
|postcode_area= ME
|postcode_district = ME8
|dial_code= 01634
|os_grid_reference= TQ800670
}}
'''Twydall''' is a suburb of [[Gillingham, Medway|Gillingham]] in [[Kent]] in south-east England. In 1998 responsibility for local government was transferred from [[Kent County Council]] to the newly created [[Unitary Authority]] of [[Medway]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/leisure/localhistory/timeline/17909.htm |title=Medway Council – Local history: Medway in the 20th century 1901 – 2000 |year=2009 |accessdate=9 June 2012 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309021853/http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/leisure/localhistory/timeline/17909.htm |archivedate=March 9, 2009 }}</ref> The origin of the name Twydall is thought to mean "Two Parts"  or "Double Portion" from the [[Old English language|Old English]] ''twidǣl'', but by 1240 it was written ''Twydele''.<ref name=glover>Placenames of Kent Judith Glover 1976, 1982, 1992 Meresborough Books {{ISBN|978-0-905270-61-6}}.</ref> Two [[Palmerston Forts, Chatham|Palmerston forts]] were built in the area, Grange Redoubt and Woodlands Redoubt: the design used came to be known as the [[Twydall Profile]].<ref>Gulvin, K., Hughes, Q., "The Twydall Profile", ''Fort'' ([[Fortress Study Group]]), 1978, ('''5'''), pp75-85</ref>
==Surrounding area==
Modern Twydall is situated between the [[A2 road (Great Britain)|A2]] and the [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway|railway line]], but previously it stretched down to the [[River Medway|Medway]] estuary to Sharp's Green and Eastcourt Meadows which are now part of the [[Riverside Country Park]] and crossed by the [[Saxon Shore Way]]. Many of the road names in Twydall are names after villages within Kent. Districts in the surrounding area include [[Gillingham, Medway|Gillingham]], [[Hempstead, Medway|Hempstead]], and the Lower Rainham and Rainham Mark areas of [[Rainham, Medway|Rainham]]. '''Lower Twydall''' is a distinct settlement to the north of Twydall.
[[File:Twydall Green - geograph.org.uk - 1253759.jpg|thumb|right| Shops in Twydall]]
==Education==
There are a number of schools serving the Twydall area, including:
* Twydall Primary School
* Featherby Infants and Nursery School
* Featherby Junior School
* [[St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School, Gillingham|St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School]]
• Danecourt School
[[File:Holy Trinity Church, Twydall - geograph.org.uk - 905989.jpg|thumb|right| Holy Trinity Church]]
==Religion==
There are a number of churches serving the Twydall area, including:
*1 [[Baptist]] Rainham Christian Fellowship, Begonia Avenue
*1 [[Church of England]] Holy Trinity, Twydall Lane which is Grade II listed<ref>Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393500?section=official-list-entry</ref>
*1 [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] Twydall Evangelical Church, Goudhurst Road
*1 [[meetinghouse]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], Twydall Lane
The Catholic Church, formerly on Beechings Way, closed some years ago and the congregation moved to St Thomas’ Church in Rainham
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070515131931/http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/council/50033/33919/50252.htm Medway Council: Twydall Neighbourhhood Action Plan]
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[[Category:Places in Medway]]
[[Category:Gillingham, Kent]]