Fordcombe

Human settlement in England

Penshurst

District

Sevenoaks

Kent

Region

South East

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List of places: UK; England; Kent

51°8′N 0°11′E / 51.133°N 0.183°E / 51.133; 0.183

Fordcombe is a village within the civil parish of Penshurst in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The village is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, five miles (8 km) west of Royal Tunbridge Wells.

The church, part of a united benefice with Penshurst, Chiddingstone and Chiddingstone Causeway, is dedicated to St Peter. Several members of the Hardinge family are buried in the churchyard:

Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), British Army Field Marshal, Governor-General of India
Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge (1822–1894), British politician
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858–1944), British diplomat and statesman, Viceroy of India
Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1894–1960), British Army officer and courtier
Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge (1828–1892), British Army general, Governor of Gibraltar
Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge (1859–1933), British diplomat

Chafford Arms pub

The Chafford Arms pub is at the heart of the village.

External links

Media related to Fordcombe at Wikimedia Commons

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Towns and villages in the Sevenoaks District, Kent, England

List of places in Kent

51°8′N 0°11′E / 51.133°N 0.183°E / 51.133; 0.183

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