Badsell in the parish of Tudeley in Kent, is an historic estate, near today's village of Paddock Wood.
Badsell in the parish of Tudeley in Kent, is an historic estate, near today's village of Paddock Wood.
Hasted (1798) wrote as follows: [1]
The estate includes a Grade II listed house and a leylandii hedge maze. [2]
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