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Paddock Wood is a town and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Maidstone. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 8,263, [ 2 ] falling marginally to 8,253 at the 2011 Census. [ 1 ]
Old John Brunt V.C. Pub Sign. The John Brunt V.C. is a public house in Paddock Wood in Kent, England. Originally named The Kent Arms, on 3 September 1947 the pub was formally renamed John Brunt V.C. in honour of an English soldier, John Brunt, who won the Victoria Cross in the Second World War who spent his teenage years in the town.
Paddock Wood railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line and Medway Valley Line in south-east England, serving the Borough of Tunbridge Wells town of Paddock Wood. The station also serves the villages of Matfield , Brenchley and Horsmonden , which do not have stations of their own.
The building is built in a post-war brick style, although the design echoes some features of earlier gothic Anglican churches. [4] The rose window at the west end, was designed by Joan Howson in memory of former Paddock Wood resident, John Brunt VC.
Mascalls Academy (formerly Mascalls School) is a co-educational secondary school and a sixth form with academy status located in Paddock Wood, Kent. Etymology [ edit ]
It was named after the town Paddock Wood in Kent, England. In the early 1900s, Fred Pitts immigrated to the lumberland of Canada. From a log cabin he built there as a home, he set up a post office, collecting letters and parcels on horseback for residents of the settlement. He named the settlement Paddockwood after the village he had left in ...
The junction was at Paddock Wood and followed the Medway Valley down to the county town of Maidstone that had been by-passed by the new main line. Twelve years later, on 18 June 1856 the extension of the line further down the Medway Valley was opened, to join the North Kent Line at Strood (which had opened in 1847).
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