Tudeley, Kent
Historical Description
Tudeley, a parish in Kent, 2½ miles E by S of Tunbridge station on the S.E.R. Post town, Tunbridge. Population, 1133. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. There are mineral springs similar to those of Tunbridge Wells. The living is a vicarage, united with Capel, an the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £180 with residence.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Kent | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Tudely All Saints | |
Hundred | Twyford | |
Lathe | Aylesford | |
Poor Law union | Tonbridge |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1663.
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints, at Tudeley, is of brick and stone in the Perpendicular style, and has a tower with spire containing 3 bells there is a very fine altar-tomb, with canopy, to the family of Fane, dated 1545-71, and restored in l876, when the church was restored: it has several stained windows and 150 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Tudeley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Tudely (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Tudeley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.