Brenchley

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Brenchley
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Brenchley
Location within Kent
Population2,715 (Parish) [1]
2,863 (2011 Census) [2]
OS grid reference TQ675415
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District
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Tonbridge
Postcode district TN12
Dialling code 01892
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51°08′55″N0°23′39″E / 51.1486°N 0.3941°E / 51.1486; 0.3941 Coordinates: 51°08′55″N0°23′39″E / 51.1486°N 0.3941°E / 51.1486; 0.3941

Brenchley is a village in the civil parish of Brenchley and Matfield, [4] [5] in the borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

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All Saints Church is located in the village, and is a Grade I listed building. [6]

History

The name is historically derived from Branca's Leigh. The village is located 8 miles (13 km) east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, and 3 miles (4.8 km) 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. [7] By 1296 it belonged to Gilbert de Clare, who in 1312 claimed that his ancestors had held it 'from time out of mind'.

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References

  1. National Statistics Archived 15 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Census 2001
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. "Brenchley and Matfield Parish" . Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. "Brenchley and Matfield". Mapit. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. "Change of Name of Brenchley Parish Council" (PDF). Tunbridge Wells Borough Council . Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  6. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1249609
  7. Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III: 1227-1232 p. 340; 1231-1234, pp. 233-34.
  8. "Marle Place". ngs.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

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