St. Mary, Chiddingstone, Kent

Description

The church of St. Mary is of stone in various styles from Early English to late Jacobean, and consists of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, and an embattled western tower of Kentish rag stone, containing a clock and 8 bells: there are hatchments and tablets to the Streatfeild family: the chancel was restored about 1870, and the church in 1898, at an outlay of about £1,000; in 1901 the tower was renovated and the bells rehung at a cost of £1,000, the gift of Mrs. Yates, of Latymers, Penshurst: the church affords 350 sittings.

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1558.

Findmypast have the following online for Chiddingstone, St Mary: baptisms 1631-1919, marriages 1558-1919, burials 1631-1922