Chiddingstone

Chiddingstone
Chiddingstone Post Office
Chiddingstone is located in Kent
Chiddingstone
Chiddingstone
Location within Kent
Population1,250 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ495455
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEdenbridge
Postcode districtTN8
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°11′10″N 0°08′54″E / 51.186090°N 0.148450°E / 51.186090; 0.148450

Chiddingstone is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.[2] 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.[3]

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".[4] It is an example of a Tudor one-street village.[5]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ The History of the Parish of Chiddingstone in Kent Archived 21 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Chiddingstone Causeway Archived 22 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Chiddingstone Village Overview".
  5. ^ McCooey, Christopher (31 October 2008). "Road to the past: The Street, Chiddingstone".