Wickhambreaux

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Wickhambreaux (pronounced Wick-ham-brew) is a village, just off the A257 Sandwich Road, five miles from Canterbury in the county of Kent, England, United Kingdom. The village green is bordered by a tall white clapboard mill with working water wheel, several houses and the former public house, 'The Hooden Horse'. The practice of hoodening in the village was carried out by labourers who went from door to door, collecting funds, sometimes aggressively, for their Christmas festivities. The hoodening tradition has since ended, but today is immortalized in some of the routines performed by Morris Dancers. The house in the trees on the village green was used as the 'Gluemans' house in Powell and Pressburger's wartime classic film A Canterbury Tale. Wickhambreaux manor was the home of Joan the Fair Maid of Kent, wife to Edward Plantagenet, and mother of Richard II. The tomb of Edward Plantagent, popularly known as the Black Prince, is in Canterbury Cathedral. Wickhambreaux's ancient 14th century church includes a stunning Art Nouveau stained glass window dating from the 19th century. [1]

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