Bedgebury Cross

Bedgebury Cross
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Bedgebury Cross is located in Kent
Bedgebury Cross
Bedgebury Cross
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTQ7134
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCranbrook
Postcode districtTN17
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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UK
England
Kent
51°05′N 0°26′E / 51.08°N 00.44°E / 51.08; 00.44

Bedgebury Cross is a hamlet in the civil parish of Goudhurst. It is located, in the Bedgebury Forest area of Kent, England. It is located on the B2079 road connecting Goudhurst with the A21 road at Flimwell. The term "cross" refers to a wayside cross that originally existed at this site, this cross is replicated in the brickwork of the chimney of one of the cottages. Presumably the chimney was built over roughly the site of the cross.[1]

Probably the most well-known Bedgeburian is Thomas Culpeper (c. 1514–1541), the lover of Queen Catherine Howard, who was King Henry VIII's fifth wife. Culpeper and Howard were both executed when the affair became known.

  1. ^ Goudhurst & Kilndown Parish Past - published 1991 by the Goudhurst & Kilndown Local Historical Society