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Human settlement in England
Kilndown
is a village 5 miles (8 km) west of
Cranbrook
in
Kent
, England. It is in the
civil parish
of
Goudhurst
.
History
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Two estates existed near the village. The
Bedgebury
Estate was mentioned in an 814 charter and was a known home to the
Culpeper
family in the 16th century. The estate contained two
Iron Furnaces
to help defeat the
Spanish Armada
in 1588.
The Combwell Estate was formed during the reign of
King Henry II
by
Robert de Thurnham
, who founded a
Premonstratensian
Abbey, which became an
Augustinian
Priory,
Combwell Priory
, in 1220.
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Kilndown first appears on
Hasted
's map in 1778 but was referenced as "Killdown"; the "Kiln" in the current name may have come from the kiln oasts harvested in the area, or that the area produced bricks.
Kilndown was established in the 1840s by the British general and politician,
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
,
[2]
who purchased the estate in 1834. This led to its development, including craftsmen, shops, a public house.
Christ Church, Kilndown
was built in 1841.
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