Sundridge, Kent
Sundridge is a village within the civil parish of Sundridge with Ide Hill, in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The village is located on the A25 road to the east of Westerham Its church is dedicated to St Mary.
Among the village's famous former residents are:
Anne Seymour Damer (1748–1828), the daughter of Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway and Caroline Conway, who would become a noted sculptor and the owner of Horace Walpole's famous estate, Strawberry Hill.[1]
Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885), the youngest brother of the famous poet William Wordsworth. Christopher would later become Bishop of Lincoln.[2]
Beilby Porteus (1731–1809), The Bishop of London, who spent the autumn of 1803 living in Bishop's Court, Sundridge.[3]
[edit] Sundridge Aerodrome
In 1910 a small aircraft construction factory was opened at Sundridge Aerodrome, Chevening Road, 51°16′55″N 0°07′40″E / 51.2820°N 0.1277°E, by Prince Serge de Bolotoff, a sales representative for Albatros Flugzeugwerke, Berlin, who had gained experience of aircraft design at the Voisin works, Billancourt, France. In 1927 the factory buildings became a bus depot, but during World War II they reverted to military use, providing storage for crash-damaged aircraft. Three hangars, now used as farm out-buildings, are grade II listed buildings.[4][5]
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- ^ Margaret King, Ill Fares the Land; A Social History of the Village of Sundridge from 1719-1826 (Sunridge: Friends of St. Mary's Church, 2008), 71.
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ King, Ill Fares the Land, 57.
- ^ Woodhead, Lindy (2008). Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge. Profile Books. pp. 147–8. ISBN 978-1-86197-169-2.
- ^ "Exploring Kent's past". Maidstone, England: Heritage Conservation Group, Kent County Council. 2009. http://www.kent.gov.uk/ExploringKentsPast/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MKE31513. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
Coordinates: 51°16′N 0°08′E / 51.267°N 0.133°E
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