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Chiddingstone
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Chiddingstone Post Office
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Population1,250 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference[[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] TQ495455]
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEdenbridge
Postcode districtTN8
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Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.[3] The parish is located on the River Eden between Tonbridge and Edenbridge. The villages of Chiddingstone Causeway and Bough Beech and the hamlet Chiddingstone Hoath are also included in the parish.[4]

Chiddingstone is unique in that, apart from the church and Chiddingstone Castle, the entire village is owned by the National Trust, which describes it as "the best example of a Tudor village left in the country".[5] It is an example of a Tudor one-street village.[6]

History

Chiddingstone is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was given to Bishop Odo in 1072 after the Norman invasion as part of his Earldom of Kent.[7]

The first house was owned by Roger Attwood, constructed in the typical Kent style. Several villagers including Atwood took part in Jack Cade's rebellion of 1450, and were later pardoned.[6][7]

The Castle Inn is a 15th-century building, which became a hostelry in 1730. It was visited by artists John Millais and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Arthur Rackham also visited Chiddingstone.[6]

The Streatfeild family were major landowners in the area, starting in 1584. In the early 1800s Henry Streatfeild changed the village significantly, diverting the road and demolishing some buildings.

The National Trust bought the village in 1939.

Parish church

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The medieval Church of St. Mary.

St. Mary the Virgin, Chiddingstone is a large parish church which enhances the look of the village, and is perhaps the fourth built on that site.[8] In the churchyard is a stone gazebo dating from 1736 built by Henry Streatfeild; leading down into the Streatfeild family vault beneath which has a through flow of air provided by vents in two false altar tombs, one adjacent to the gazebo and the other some 30 feet north.

The church was almost destroyed by a lightning fire in 1624.[9] In recent years it has had new heating, lighting and sound systems installed. In addition to this, a chapel, at the base of the tower, has been constructed in 1979 with adjoining lavatory added in 2007.

Origin of name

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The natural sandstone Chiding Stone

A popular theory is that the village takes its name from a large sandstone rock formation, situated on its outskirts, named the Chiding Stone.[10] Chidingstone was a previous spelling used for the village.[11] The National Trust consider it more likely the name is derived from the homestead of Cidda's family, "Chidding tun". It was recorded as "Cidingstane" in the 12th century. The stone may have been used as a place to remonstrate overbearing local wives, a Druidical ritual site, or an Anglo-Saxon boundary marker.[7]

The village today

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Main street

The nearest train station, Penshurst railway station, is located in the village of Chiddingstone Causeway. It is on the line between Tonbridge and Redhill.

There is a primary school, Chiddingstone Church of England School.

There are several nature reserves in the area including:

There is a village shop and accompanying cafe called The Tulip Tree, popular with cyclists at the weekend.

Film location

The village was used as a setting in the 1985 Merchant Ivory film A Room with a View, in the scene where Lucy and Cecil take a walk after their engagement party.[12] The High Street is seen from the end nearest to the Castle Inn.

Michael Winner used Chiddingstone in his production of The Wicked Lady. Terry Jones and the Monty Python team filmed here for Wind in the Willows - Mr Toad's Wild Ride.[12] Elizabeth R, starring Glenda Jackson was largely made here,[12] as was Gerald Scarfe's Life of Hogarth.

References

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  1. ^ 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 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Location of Tonbridge". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chiddingstone Village Overview".
  6. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCooey, Christopher (31 October 2008). "Road to the past: The Street, Chiddingstone".
  7. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History of Chiddingstone Village".
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Step back in time at Chiddingstone Village".
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bignell, Alan. The Kent Village Book. Countryside Books.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The chiding stone".
  11. ^ Parishes: Chidingstone, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (1797), pp. 210-227, British History Online.
  12. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chiddingstone - Kent Film Office". kentfilmoffice.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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