The village's parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels; the nave in its current state dates from the fourteenth century.

[4] The church has a stained glass window which depicts Saint George and the Dragon and which is thought to date from 1400.

[5][6] The centre of the settlement has been preserved unexcavated as an open space, but before building began on the rest of the site, part of a Roman road was uncovered.

One explanation of the name is that it derived from the Old English cyninges snad, detached land belonging to a royal estate.

[7] The list entry reads, in part, "The Type 24 pillbox at Westhawk Farm survives well, and serves as a reminder of the strategic importance of this part of Kent in the communication network of south eastern England, during one of the greatest conflicts of the 20th century".

It briefly has a dual carriageway within it, as well as along its nearest border with Ashford, which serves as its main approach road.