Sutton Valence, Kent - The Weald - Friths RP postcard c.1960s

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  • Picture / Image:  The Weald, Sutton Valence, Kent
  • Publisher: Friths Series
  • Postally used: (SNVE 25)
  • Stamp:  yes
  • Postmark(s): 3d purple Machin
  • Sent to:  Blackheath, London 
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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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Sutton Valence (in the past also called Sudtone, Town Sutton and Sutton Hastings, see below) is a village about five miles (8 km) SE of Maidstone, Kent, England on the A274 road going south to Headcorn and Tenterden. It is on the Greensand Ridge overlooking the Vale of Kent and Weald. St Mary's Church is on the west side of the village on Chart Road, close to the junction of the High Street with the A274. Another landmark is Sutton Valence Castle on the east side of the village, of which only the ruins of the 12th century keep remain, under the ownership of English Heritage.

he Filmer family lent money for the construction of the turnpike road from Maidstone to Tenterden (the current A274). When gas became available and replaced candles and oil lamps, the Filmers encouraged the provision of a gas supply in the village. Many of the older buildings in the village are constructed from "ragstone" which was quarried locally at Boughton Monchelsea between the village and Maidstone.

Local Windmills The Sutton Valence Town Mill was a Smock mill built about 1720. In 1796 it was rebuilt and raised a storey following gale damage in which the cap and sails were blown off.^[8] In 1918 it was again damaged in a gale,^[9] and was worked into the 1930s by an engine rather than its sails.^[10] In 1945 it was demolished,^[11] leaving the base standing. An additional weatherboarded storey was added to the base and it was converted into a house.^[12]

A windmill also stood at Five Wents to the north of Sutton Valence, but was demolished by 1875.^[8]

St Mary's Church. In 1825 the church was demolished and rebuilt, the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers contributing the sum of £20 towards the rebuilding.

In 1827 the Clothworkers Company gave £20 towards a gallery at the west end, in the front of which the pupils of the grammar school had seats. In 1866 the Clothworkers contributed £10 towards a memorial window at the east end in memory of Rev. F. Walter. In 1872 the Clothworkers gave £21 towards an organ on the north side of the chancel. In 1874 the Clothworkers gave the "munificent sum" of 300 guineas towards further alterations.^[7]