Speldhurst

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Coordinates: 51°09′06″N 0°13′19″E / 51.1516°N 0.2219°E / 51.1516; 0.2219
Speldhurst
Speldhurst

 Speldhurst shown within Kent
Population 1,500 
OS grid reference TQ555415
District Tunbridge Wells
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Tunbridge Wells
Postcode district TN3
Dialling code 01892
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Tunbridge Wells
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Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is 15 miles (24 km) to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is 3 miles (5 km) west of the town.

Speldhurst has a primary school, a parish church, a general store with post office, a pub, a violin shop and a small business park.

Parish Church

St Mary's Church, Speldhurst

St Mary's Church Speldhurst was designed by John Oldrid Scott and built by Hope Constable of Penshurst, being dedicated to St Mary on 6 May 1871. The stained glass windows are by Burne Jones and William Morris. At present the parish of Speldhurst is part of a united parish with Ashurst and Groombridge. A previous incumbent of St Mary's Church Speldhurst was Rev Baden Powell, the father of Lord Baden-Powell who founded the Scout Movement. Rev. Powell married his second wife in the Church, and she is buried in the churchyard.

Local customs

Speldhurst has an annual pram race on the second Sunday in May. There are various race categories of different age groups with the main event being two laps around the village. Contestants have to push a "baby" around the course and all have to down half a pint every time they pass the two drinks stations, one situated by the George and Dragon and the other by the old Northfields pub.[1]

Speldhurst has become famous for the "Speldhurst sausages" which are known world wide.[2]

Parish villages and hamlets

External links

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References

  1. ↑ "Speldhurst pram race preparations begin". This is Kent. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2012-11-08. 
  2. ↑ Peter Lamb. "Lambs Larder Speldhurst Sausages". Lambslarder.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-08. 
Towns and villages in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells
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