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	Chiddingstone Castle
		Situated in the beautiful Weald of Kent, Chiddingstone Castle was originally a medieval manor, but at the beginning of the 18th century, it was rebuilt as a Carolean mansion.
		The castle also houses a substantial Buddhist collection, emanating from Eyre Bower's particular interest in Japanese culture and the influence this form of religion had in their society.
		Whatever your interests, Chiddingstone Castle is simply a delight, and the village has a lovely church and several fascinating buildings.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /manor%20houses/chiddingstone%20castle.htm (424 words)

	Online dictionary - Chiddingstone
		Chiddingstone village is a parish within the district of Sevenoaks.
		It is unique in that, apart from the church and the Castle, the entire village is owned by the National Trust.
		It is described as being " the most perfect surviving example of a Tudor village in the county".
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Chiddingstone (130 words)

	Chiddingstone Village Kent
		Chiddingstone, with its row of 16th and 17th century houses, is one of the most attractive hamlets in Kent, a county famous for its vernacular architecture.
		Chiddingstone takes its name from the sandstone block known as the 'Chiding Stone' which lies beside a footpath in the park of Chiddingstone Castle.
		In 1977 the castellated Gothick Chiddingstone Castle was left to the National Trust on the death of its owner, Denys Bower.
	www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housekent_chidd.htm (316 words)

	Walk 19 : Hever to Leigh
		Chiddingstone Castle (tel 01892 870 347) is not much of a castle compared with Hever - it is more of a country squire's house, masquerading as a fantasy castle.
		The castle is open from April to October (unless closed for a function): in April, May and October it is open on Sundays, Easter and public holidays; in June, July and September it is open Wednesday to Sunday and on public holidays.
		The village of Chiddingstone became wealthy as a centre of the iron industry in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
	www.ac026.dial.pipex.com /WALK/book_1/walk_19.shtml (889 words)

	Chiddingstone Kent - (A perfect Tudor village) - an English Village (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the early 1900's one of the Streatfeilds turned the original manor house into Chiddingstone Castle, which is a good example of the Gothic Revival style.
		Chiddingstone is a beautiful village with many fl and white tudor houses.
		The gothic splendour of Chiddingstone Castle can be seen from a few places on the route through the village.
	www.villagenet.co.uk /sevenoaks-weald/villages/chiddingstone.php (445 words)

	National Trust \| South East \| Chiddingstone & the Chiding Stone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of the prettiest villages in Kent, and perhaps England, Chiddingstone is a beautiful example of a Tudor one-street village.
		With the expansion of Chiddingstone Castle, formerly High Street House, several houses were demolished to make space for the castle grounds.
		Chiddingstone Castle is not owned by the Trust but by the Denys Eyre Bower Trust and is open to the public.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-south_east/w-south_east-places/w-south_east-places-north_kent/w-south_east-places-north_kent-chidding.htm (333 words)

	denys bower and chiddingstone castle
		Denys Bower was an eccentric collector who bought Chiddingstone Castle in 1956 and left it to a private trust on his death in 1977.
		He bought Chiddingstone Castle in 1956 for £6,000 with a loan for the whole amount from the Bank and opened it to the public to display his collections.
		On his death in 1977 he left the Castle to the National Trust (who owned Chiddingstone Village) but they refused the bequest and instead it was inherited by a private trust.
	www.chiddingstone.net /pages/buildfold/caastle/bower.html (530 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle Kent
		At the beginning of the 19th century Henry Streatfeild began to remodel the house in the 'Castle Style'.
		When Chiddingstone Castle was purchased by Denys Bower in 1955 the building was derelict.
		Chiddingstone Castle is set in a 35 acre park with magnificent views of the Weald.
	www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housekent_chidcas.htm (680 words)

	BBC - Kent - Discover Kent - Castles - Best of the rest
		The castle stands in 14 acres of spectacular grounds that are open free of charge to the public.
		Simple in plan, the original castle was built by William de Eynsford and consisted of a stone structure, located within a bailey and enclosed by a curtain wall.
		Although the castle was never attacked or besieged a major fire in around 1600 left only enough of the castle to make a farmhouse.
	www.bbc.co.uk /kent/do_see/castles/the_rest.shtml (757 words)

	Buildings in Chiddingstone
		The parish of Chiddingstone is graced by a huge number of ancient buildings.
		Chiddingstone, on the other hand, is on a smaller and more private scale.
		The three important country seats in the parish are Chiddingstone Castle in the centre, Stonewall Park to the south and Bore Place to the north.
	www.chiddingstone.net /pages/buildings.html (265 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle, Kent - for visitors, business conferences, educational trips, and wedding venues. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Chiddingstone Castle, Kent - for visitors, business conferences, educational trips, and wedding venues.
		Chiddingstone Castle is 35 miles from London, 10 from Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, and Tunbridge Wells.
		The Castler is situated in the ancient National Trust village of Chiddingstone, in a maze of lanes that are a delight to explore.
	www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk /location.htm (87 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle, Kent, England
		When the castle was built, the village high street was truncated at the Castle Inn and a long detour made to the road to take it around the castle lake and garden.
		Imagine a road running from the front of the castle straight off the left hand side of the picture - that would be roughly the route of the old High Street.
		Here is a view of the castle painted by A R Quinton on card number 1280 in the Salmon Series.
	www.roughwood.net /PostcardAlbum/Kent/Chiddingstone/ChiddingstoneCastle.htm (281 words)

	Sevenoaks Life, Sevenoaks Kent UK - Castles and Stately Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This Georgian Castle is a modelling of a 17th century iron-masters house in picturesque surroundings with a fishing lake.
		It was later the home of Anne of Cleves and within the castle costumed figures feature "Henry VIII and his six wives".
		Leeds Castle is a classic English castle, built on two islands in the middle of a lake.
	www.sevenoaks-life.co.uk /index.php/article/articleprint/22/1/4 (554 words)

	The Castle Inn - Chiddingstone Village
		The unique row of timbered houses, known as Chiddingstone, contains a village shop, a lovely church, and a thriving school and, tucked away in one corner in the lea of Chiddingstone Castle, is the Castle Inn.
		During the 14th century Chiddingstone was connected with the Burghesh family, who played a distinguished role at Crécy and Poitiers.
		Originally the street of houses continued past the Castle Inn, through where the gates are now, and on to Chiddingstone Castle, known then as High Street House, thus called before the original manor house was made into a mock castle.
	www.castleinn.co.uk /village.html (462 words)

	Restaurant Spy - Castle Inn Chiddingstone Edenbridge Kent Beautiful Pub Pubs Inns
		Chiddingstone Edenbridge Kent TN8 7AH Tel: 01892 870247
		There are genuine cobwebbed windows in the toilets at the Castle Inn in Chiddingstone, near the castle.
		Its not difficult to understand the attraction of the place for the numerous tv and film production companies that use the 14th century inn for films such as "A Room with a View" and "Elizabeth" to name but two.
	www.restaurantspy.com /uk/england/kent/castleinn.htm (243 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle, Kent - for visitors, business conferences, educational trips, and wedding venues. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Should an evening reception be desired, the Tudor Village at Hever Castle is only 10 minutes away, and can arrange such, as well as provide accommodation.
		Access to the Castle on the day of your wedding, for florists, photographers, musicians, etc. must be arranged with the Functions Manager.
		It is essential for the bride and groom to arrange a visit to the Castle a week or two before the wedding to go through the final arrangements with the Functions Manager.
	www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk /options.htm (609 words)

	The Village of Chiddingstone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The most commanding of the houses opposite the church is the old Castle Inn which dates certainly from 1637 and probably a century or two before that.
		But the 19th century squire who fancied a castle rather than a mere house to live in had the road diverted so that the hoipoloi could be kept fashionably at arms length.
		The first Chiddingstone Streatfield was an Elizabethan ironmaster, and the family remained squires and patrons of the village for 450 years.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /johnno/chid.htm (282 words)

	Louise and I went to Bromley to choose some flooring for her bathrooms and I also bought some prints for my lounge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Castle Inn does good food and beer and is very comfortable, with a relaxed atmosphere.
		After that we had to leap over a ditch and slip between two strands of barbed wire fence before we were back on the track to Chiddingstone.
		Although there are only three or four buildings in Chiddingstone, of which only the pub and church were open, there were about 50 cars parked in the street.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /wandering/DIARY/Chiddingstone-8Feb1999.html (443 words)

	Chiddingstone
		Chiddingstone is said to be one of the ‘prettiest one street villages in Kent’, resembling life in Tudor times with the line of half-timbered houses, all of which is now protected by the National Trust.
		It is thought that Chiddingstone gained its name from the carved sandstone known as Chiding Stone, which lye behind the village.
		Chiddingstone castle remained in the Streatfield family until 1936 when the last member died, after that the castle became a school and became occupied by troops during the war.
	www.sojourn.co.uk /AVTK/chidding2.htm (175 words)

	Tony Wedd of Chiddingstone - his work on Landscape Energies, Lost Technology and Flying Saucers
		The Castle owners were, however, selling off parts of the estate and he acquired a magnificent walled garden on the edge of the village.
		Even at that stage, Tony put forward a theory that the ley was marked with hawthorns on the lower ground, pines on the higher ground, and that the double planting around the tumulus was to mark the changeover.
		During the period that he was studying the landscape around Chiddingstone and plotting the alignment of pine clurnps, he was also investigating local UFO sightings as they occurred, and was, in fact, the local representative of the International UFO Observer Corps, whlch had been set up by the journal Flying Saucer Review.
	www.goddardmultimedia.fsnet.co.uk /tonywedd/index.html (3768 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle, Kent - for visitors, business conferences, educational trips, and wedding venues. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was officially admitted that there are problems in rural areas, but West Kent schools have the answer on their doorstep: Chiddingstone Castle.
		The Castle, one of the historic houses of Kent, was the home of Denys Eyre Bower, matchless art collector who was then described as the modern William Beckford.
		The Castle can be opened at any time of year for booked school parties.
	www.chiddingstone-castle.org.uk /education.htm (369 words)

	Castles in England, a Traveller's Britain page from Buxton Online
		Rochester Castle : The Norman Castle in Rochester
		The British castle forms a valuable part of our colourful and historic heritage, one that shows us the true nature of civilisation as it was in the darker more violent years of Britain's past.
		The oldest of our remaining English castles is at Richmond in Yorkshire, built during 1071 by Alan Rufus.
	www.buxtononline.net /travellers/castles.htm (271 words)

	Three Days in Kent
		Scotney Castle Garden is often overlooked by visitors to the region, and that is unfortunate.
		On the contrary, Leeds Castle is not “the loveliest castle in the world,” as its literature invariably states.
		In fact, Leeds Castle is an ambitious, successful commercial enterprise, with an historic castle, whose interior is mostly modern, as its centerpiece.
	www.softadventure.net /kent2000.htm (2797 words)

	Chiddingstone Village
		Chiddingstone Castle is a traditional country squire's house with the charm of a fantasy castle.
		In 1955 the ancestral seat of the Streatfeilds was on the verge of ruin until connoisseur Denys Eyre Bower, who died in 1977, took it over.
		Chiddingstone Castle is situated in the ancient National Trust village of Chiddingstone, amid a maze of lanes that are themselves a delight to explore.
	www.edenbridgetown.com /places_of_interest/edenbridge/chiddingstone.shtml (266 words)

	Hidden Gems Tour 1
		The garden is a particular delight with beautiful displays most of the year.
		10 miles to the south is the picturesque village of Chiddingstone and the village’s highly unusual castle.
		Chiddingstone Castle is 19th century gothic in style set in 35 acres of parkland and boasts an interesting collection of Egyptian antiquities, Japanese lacquer and swords and antiques from the Jacobite period.
	www.heartofkent.org.uk /pages/content.asp?PageID=91 (186 words)

	The Castle Inn - Walk to Bough Beech Reservoir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From Chiddingstone Village, going east and leaving the village school on your right, turn left down a wide path just before the new churchyard, past two houses, and continue downhill alongside a fence.
		Go through a gate, carry on by the hedge in the next field, 'til you come to an opening on the left; through here and turn right to a gate by a road.
		Looking over to the right from here, you have a very fine view of Chiddingstone Castle and St. Mary's church.
	www.castleinn.co.uk /walkbb.html (525 words)

	Village photos and information
		Chiddingstone Castle was nearly derelict, when it was bought by Denys Bower in 1955.
		Bower filled the Castle with a wide-ranging collection including English furniture, Japanese lacquer and swords, Egyptian antiquities, and Stuart and Jacobean relics.
		Chiddingstone Castle is now owned by a charitable trust, which opens it to the public, and the grounds and gardens are being restored to how they would have looked in the late 1800s.
	www.ontaworld.co.uk /england/kent/chiddingstone/photo7.html (79 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle Hotels. Hotels near Chiddingstone Castle - Accommodation UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All our discount Chiddingstone Castle hotels are specially selected with guaranteed low internet rates for all our England and UK hotels.
		From a cheap Chiddingstone Castle hotel, to 4 and 5 star Chiddingstone Castle hotels with special offers, you are sure to find the best Chiddingstone Castle hotel Accommodation for you.
		Take a Picture tour of Chiddingstone Castle, and please come back after your visit to submit your own.
	www.picturesofengland.com /England/Kent/Chiddingstone/Chiddingstone_Castle/hotels (819 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle, , Edenbridge, TN8 7AD - www.stately-homes.com
		A charitable trust was formed to care for this Aladdin's treasure, and after many heartbreaking setbacks the whole of the castle is now open to public view (except for those parts occupied by staff).
		Chiddingstone Castle is not a museum, but a living country house which is set to endure long into the future so that generations to come may enjoy it.
		In redecorating the house they have not tried to repeat past fashions, but to choose styles which would have appealed to the Streatfeilds - well-to-do, appreciative of quality, but scornful of ostentation - and to Denys Bower, with his unfailing sense of the fitness of things.
	www.stately-homes.com /areas/details.asp?HID=826&ID=846&path=12,21,76,846 (362 words)

	Chiddingstone Castle, Kent - Visitor Parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For a large party a specially booked tea is advisable, which will be served in a private room.
		There is ample parking at the North front of the Castle.
		The ground floor, tea-room, and toilet arrangements are easily accessible, being on one level.
	www.chiddingstonecastle.org.uk /parties.htm (163 words)

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