2021

TQ6541 : Matfield Village sign

taken 3 years ago, near to Matfield, Kent, England

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Matfield Village sign
Matfield Village sign
Kent Village Signs

King George VI recommended that the old custom of identifying villages with carved or painted name signs could be revived. In 1920, Biddenden had won a Daily Mail competition for a sign featuring the two Biddenden Maids.
More villages followed, especially in 1953, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. More signs have been put up due to the Millennium. This has meant half of the county villages are identified.]
See also Link , an article on Kent Village Signs

Matfield

Matfield is a small village, part of the parish of Brenchley and Matfield, in the Tunbridge Wells borough of Kent. The village has the largest village green in Kent, with a large pond. It has three pubs, a village store and butchers. The church, St Luke's, is about 1km south of the village centre.


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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement
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TQ6541, 157 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 8 January, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6581 4179 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:9.0811N 0:22.1643E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 6582 4180
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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