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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishTudely All Saints 
HundredTwyford 
LatheAylesford 
Poor Law unionTonbridge 

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:


Maps

Online maps of Tudeley are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictTunbridge Wells
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtTN11
Post TownTonbridge

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