Chiddingstone Village Kent Weald.. by Adam Swaine
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Chiddingstone Village One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent..Now one of the country’s best-preserved Tudor villages, Chiddingstone dates back to pagan times. The village has witnessed invasions, rebellions and plenty of local upheaval, and even played host to Anne Boleyn’s family.Legend has it that Chiddingstone is named after the distinctively shaped rocky outcrop that sits at the centre of the village. The Chiding Stone is said to have been used, at various times, as a druid altar, an Anglo-Saxon boundary marker and a place of punishment or chiding. Similar names were recorded as far back as the 12th century, when the village was known as Cidingstane, stane being the Middle English word for stone.