2023
TQ8538 : Close up of the village sign at Biddenden
taken 1 year ago, near to Biddenden, Kent, England
Close up of the village sign at Biddenden
The village sign shows the Biddenden Maids. Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were known as the Biddenden Maids. They were born in 1100 joined together at the hips and shoulder. They lived together for 34 years still joined. When one of them was seized with a fatal illness and died, the other refusing to be separated died six hours later. In their will they left their property to the poor of Biddenden.
A speech was made by the Duke of York (later George VI) at the Royal Academy in 1920 on the revival of village signs. The Daily Mail organised a village signs competition and exhibition offering a total of £2,200 in prizes. Ten awards were made and the design from which this sign was made secured a special prize of £50. For the sign in its setting see
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