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Brenchley
Brenchley is a village in the civil parish of Brenchley and Matfield, in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. All Saints Church is located in the village, and is a Grade I listed building. History The name is historically derived from Branca's Leigh. The village is located east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, and south of Paddock Wood, and includes the neighbouring village of Matfield. Brenchley & Matfield CoE primary school is located in Brenchley. The village earns some historical fame by being one of the villages that was closely involved in post medieval iron making. The site of the furnace lies within the parish of Horsmonden now. A Market formerly held in the churchyard at Brenchley was granted in 1230 to Hamo de Crevecoeur, to be held on his own land, and the day moved from Sunday to Wednesday. In 1233 this was readjusted to Saturday. By 1296 it belonged to Gilbert de Clare, who in 1312 claimed that his ancestors had held it 'from time out of mind'. Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenchley And Matfield
Brenchley is a village in the civil parish of Brenchley and Matfield, in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. All Saints Church is located in the village, and is a Grade I listed building. History The name is historically derived from Branca's Leigh. The village is located east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, and south of Paddock Wood, and includes the neighbouring village of Matfield. Brenchley & Matfield CoE primary school is located in Brenchley. The village earns some historical fame by being one of the villages that was closely involved in post medieval iron making. The site of the furnace lies within the parish of Horsmonden now. A Market formerly held in the churchyard at Brenchley was granted in 1230 to Hamo de Crevecoeur, to be held on his own land, and the day moved from Sunday to Wednesday. In 1233 this was readjusted to Saturday. By 1296 it belonged to Gilbert de Clare, who in 1312 claimed that his ancestors had held it 'from time out of mind'. Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints Church, Brenchley
All Saints Church is a parish church in Brenchley, Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It is dedicated to All Saints.Samuel Lewis Building A Chapel in Brenchley was attached to the parish church of Yalding about 1170. It was granted by De Clare, Earl of Hereford and Gloucester, who lived in Tonbridge Castle. The church was built in 1233 in the Early English style. It is of local sandstone and there is a tradition that the material for it was quarried at Pixot Hill nearby. The church consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles and a west tower, of three stages with a battlemented parapet and heavily buttressed, all are 13th C except the rebuilt chancel. The nave has clerestory windows. Entrance is via the north door. There is some evidence of pre-13th century masonry. The porch is 14th C. as is the nave roof with 15th century alterations. The nave has four-bayed north and south aisles, the arcades are 13th century with round piers. The chancel and nave are u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matfield
Matfield is a small village, part of the civil parish of Brenchley and Matfield, in the Tunbridge Wells borough of Kent, England. Matfield was awarded the title of Kent Village of the Year in 2010. Buildings and amenities St Luke's Church is a Grade II listed building. Matfield currently has a butcher's and grocery store. Following the closure of The Wheel Wright's Arms in 2017, the village now only has two pubs, The Star and a gastropub, The Poet at Matfield, which was formerly known as the Standing's Cross. This unusual name lasted for over 150 years from the earliest days of the pub. It was so named as, in the 1840s, John Standing ran an alehouse in his cottage and served his customers homebrew from barrels in his front room. However, he had problems with his cellar which flooded whenever it rained. So, he sold his house and moved across the road into a bakery – converting it into Matfield’s new alehouse. The pub was creatively named to celebrate this event, hence ‘St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament Constituency)
Tunbridge Wells is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Greg Clark, a Conservative who served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2016 to 2019. Boundaries 1974–1983: The Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells, the Urban District of Southborough, the Rural District of Cranbrook, in the Rural District of Tonbridge the parishes of Bidborough, Brenchley, Capel, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Speldhurst. 1983–1997: The Borough of Tunbridge Wells. ''The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.'' 1997–2010: The Borough of Tunbridge Wells wards of Brenchley, Capel, Culverden, Goudhurst, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst, Paddock Wood, Pantiles, Park, Pembury, Rusthall, St James', St John's, St Mark's, Sherwood, Southborough East, Southborough North, Southborough West, Speldhurst and Bidborough. 2010–present: The Borough of Tunbridge Wells wards of Brenchley and Horsmonden, Broadwate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie, Countess Of Wessex
Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Forfar, (born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones, 20 January 1965) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, the youngest brother of King Charles III. She grew up in Brenchley, Kent, and later attended West Kent College, training as a secretary. She then worked in public relations, representing firms across the UK, Switzerland and Australia before opening her own agency in 1996. She met Edward in 1987 while working for Capital Radio; they began dating in 1993. Their engagement was announced in January 1999 and they were married on 19 June at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The couple have two children: Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn, who are respectively fifteenth and fourteenth in line to the British throne. In 2002, Sophie closed her business interests and began full-time work as a member of the royal family. She is the patron of over 70 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Martin (cricketer)
Edward Martin (24 November 1814 – 31 October 1869) was an English professional cricketer. He played for Hampshire sides and for Kent County Cricket Club Martin was born at Brenchley in Kent in 1814.Edward Martin Cricinfo. Retrieved 2018-12-17. He made his debut for a Hampshire side against MCC in 1843. From 1843 to 1845 he played five first-class matches for Hampshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Giltrap
Gordon Giltrap, MBE (born 6 April 1948) is an English guitarist and composer. His music crosses several genres. He has been described as "one of the most revered guitarists of his generation", and has drawn praise from fellow musicians including Steve Rothery, Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore. Early life Giltrap was born on 6 April 1948 in the village of Brenchley, Kent, England at The British Hospital for Mothers and Babies. Thereafter he was brought up in Deptford, South East London spending the first 11 years of his life at 43 Elverson Road, a two up, two down terraced house shared by two households with an outside toilet. His family then moved to Blackwall Lane East Greenwich. Rock star Marty Wilde grew up in the same area along with guitarist Albert Lee. Giltrap began to play the guitar at the age of 12 and received no formal tuition, choosing to develop his own style and technique. Career Giltrap's career began in the 1960s performing in the folk music scene in London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamo De Crevecoeur
Hamo de Crevequer (died 1263) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who held the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Gerinun de Holeburn was in 1263 one of a jury of twelve assembled lawfully to conclude upon an ‘inquisition into how much land ‘Hamo de Creuker’, (Crevequer) Baron of Chatham, deceased, held of our Lord the King, at Ledes’ in Kent. Hamo de Crevequer took possession of his lands at Brenchley in 1217; he was succeeded by his grandson Robert. In 1264/5, Robert's lands were seized by Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester. It is recorded that from 29 April 1230 a market was held each Sunday by Hamo de Crevequer, until it was ordained by Henry III on 30 June 1233, that the market formally held in the churchyard should in future be held on de Crevequer's own land, but on a Saturday. Hamo de Crevequer acquired property in Folkestone, Kent, England, from the barony of the family of Abrincis. Hamo quitclaimed the advowson of the church of Alkham and chapel of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsmonden
Horsmonden ( ) is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located in the Weald of Kent. It is situated on a road leading from Maidstone to Lamberhurst, three miles north of the latter place. The nearest railway station is Paddock Wood. History The village's name is derived from the Anglo Saxon ''hors'' meaning 'horse', ''bune'' ('reed') or ''burna'' ('stream') and ''denn'', a Kentish word meaning 'wooded pasture'. The village is first recorded as Horsbundenne around the turn of the twelfth century. The village was an important centre of the post-medieval iron industry and the nearby Furnace Pond is one of the largest of the artificial lakes made to provide water power for the works. King Charles I visited the foundry in 1638 to watch a cannon being cast – a bronze four-pounder, forty-two inches long, now preserved in London's White Tower. The village was home to Jane Austen's grandfather who lived at Broadford, a 15th-century clothmast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Teise
The River Teise ( , ) is a tributary of the River Medway in Kent, England. Course The source of the Teise is in Dunorlan Park in Tunbridge Wells. From there the river flows eastwards past Bayham Abbey and then through Lamberhurst. downstream of Lamberhurst the small River Bewl, on which is the reservoir Bewl Water, joins the Teise. The Teise bifurcates south west of the village of Marden, passing either side of a low ridge. The Lesser Teise flows for about before joining the River Beult at Hunton. The Greater Teise, now carrying only minor quantities, flows for about to the River Medway at Twyford Bridge, upstream of Yalding, formerly the site of a double ford over both the Medway and Teise rivers. The Beult flows through Yalding, then also joins the Medway about below Twyford Bridge. Like many other rivers in southern England the River Teise was subject to a Land Drainage Improvement Scheme during the 1950s. The River Lesser Teise was widened, straightened and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Thornycroft
Thomas Thornycroft (19 May 1815 – 30 August 1885) was an English sculptor and engineer. Biography Thornycroft was born at Great Tidnock, near Gawsworth, Cheshire, the eldest son of John Thornycroft, a farmer. He was educated at Congleton Grammar School and then briefly apprenticed to a surgeon. He moved to London where he spent four years as an assistant to the sculptor John Francis. In 1840 he married Francis' daughter, Mary, who was also a sculptor.Mark Stocker, 'Thornycroft, Thomas (1815–1885)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 online edn, Oct 200 accessed 2 January 2009 In 1843 he exhibited ''Medea about to Slay her Children'' at the exhibition held at Westminster Hall, held to choose sculptors to make works for the new Houses of Parliament. It led to a commission to make two bronze statues of barons who signed the Magna Carta for the House of Lords. For the Great Exhibition of 1851 Thornycroft made an over-life-si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Philpott
Richard Philpott (7 February 1813 – 8 June 1888) was an English cricketer who played for Victoria, Australia. He was born in West Farleigh and died in Brenchley. Philpott made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1850–51 season, against Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... From the middle order, he scored 12 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a single run in the second. External linksRichard Philpottat CricketArchive 1813 births 1888 deaths English cricketers Victoria cricketers Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers People from West Farleigh English emigrants to Australia People from Brenchley {{Australia-cricket-bio-1810s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
