converted to a domestic dwelling: the congregation now holds services in Dunk's Almshouses. All Saints' Church, Rye Road was a former chapel of ease for St Laurence's at Highgate. Built in 1861 by Sir George Gilbert Scott, the Church sits on the Highgate ridge with its spire visible from some distance. Grade II listed, the property is a local landmark that sat derelict for over two decades, but has now been sympathetically restored and converted into a number of private apartments. Hospital Hawkhurst Community Hospital (formerly the Cottage Hospital) provides 22 beds for patients who do not need to be in an acute hospital. Education Hawkhurst is home to three schools, one local authority primary and two independent preparatory schools. Hawkhurst CofE Primary School Marlborough House School St. Ronan's School Notable residents The 19th-century astronomer Sir John Herschel (1792–1871) lived in Hawkhurst for thirty years. It was he who named the four moons of Uranus, the planet which had been discovered by his father, Sir William Herschel. He was also a mentor and inspiration to a young Charles Darwin. Herschel lived at Collingwood House in Hawkhurst. Richard Kilburne, born in London to a Kentish family, was a lawyer and historian. Richard Kilburne died at Hawkhurst on 16 November 1678, at age 74. Kilburne is buried in the chancel of the church at Hawkhurst under a flat stone inscribed with Latin declaring him "an ornament and an honor to his country." Hawkhurst was the birthplace of the Rootes car empire. Another leading local businessman was Charles Eugene Gunther, head of the Leipzig Meat Extract Company, later known as Oxo. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Kent in 1926. Philip Langridge, the 20th-century operatic tenor, was born in Hawkhurst. References External links Includes list of Hawkurst Gang members Hawkhurst Fish Farm Wealden Iron Villages in Kent Civil parishes in Kent