All Saint's Church, Staplehurst, Kent
Photograph by Keith Pearce,
© 2002
Martin Culpeper, M.D., of Oxford was Patron of Staplehurst, 1580,
and his brother Edmund Culpeper was advowson of All Saints, having the
right in English law of presenting a nominee to vacant ecclesiastical
benefice.
It is not currently known by Culpepper Connections if there are any
monuments or other traces of the Culpepper family at All Saints.
All Saint's Church Website
National Grid Coordinates:
TQ 787 432 |
Staplehurst, Kent
There was once a stronghold here, but today all that can be seen is a
tree-covered mound, and nobody seems to be quite sure who built the
fortification. It is however worth a visit as it is home to a rather
interesting place where you can step back in time and wander through
beautiful gardens where the air is filled with delicate perfumes and all
is peaceful.
Source: Sean Connolly,
Hidden Places of Kent, 1998, page 103
1831 Topographical Dictionary:
Staplehurst, a parish partly in the hundred of Cranbrooke, and
partly in that of Marden, lathe of Scray, county of Kent, 4 miles
NE from Cranbrook, containing 1513 inhabitants. The church is
dedicated to All Saints.
Location: 9 miles S of Maidstone and 6 miles NE of
Goudhurst. On the A-229.
National Grid Coordinates:
TQ 875 437
Last Revised:
02 Jan 2015
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