Chiddingstone, Kent - multiview inc castle, church - Salmon postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Chiddingstone, Kent - multiview: The Church / The Village / The Castle / The Chidding Stone
• Publisher:  J Salmon (1-64-09-04)
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.^[1] The parish is located on the River Eden between Tonbridge and Edenbridge. The village of Chiddingstone Causeway is included in the parish.^[2]

A popular theory is that the village takes its name from a large sandstone rock formation, situated on its outskirts, named the Chiding Stone. Chidingstone was a previous spelling used for the village.^[3] Tradition asserts that the stone was used as a seat of judgement, mainly to remonstrate overbearing local wives. It has also been wrongly described as a Druidical ritual site and more convincingly suggested as being a landmark used as a Saxon boundary marker. Chiddingstone means ""the stone of Chidda's tribe"" — Chidda presumably being a local Saxon leader.

Chiddingstone is unique in that, apart from the church and the Castle, the entire village is owned by the National Trust. It is described as being "" the most perfect surviving example of a Tudor village in the county"".

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. 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'. 'Elizabeth R', starring Glenda Jackson was largely made here, as was Gerald Scarfe's 'Life of Hogarth'

The parish church, dedicated to St Mary, enhances the look of the village, and is perhaps the fourth built on that site. In the churchyard is a gazebo dating from 1736 built by Henry Streatfeild; leading down into the 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' north.

The church was almost destroyed by a lightning fire in 1624. In recent years it has had new heating, lighting and sound systems installed. In addition to this the chapel has been re-decorated and a lavatory has been built adjoining this

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=kent

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted