TQ6541 : Matfield Village sign
taken 3 years ago, near to Matfield, Kent, England
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 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.