Wickhambreux, Canterbury, Kent - Tudor cottage - real photo postcard 1973

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• Picture / Image:  The Tudor Cottage, Wickhambreux [or Wickhambreaux], Canterbury, Kent - real photo type
• Publisher:  Sunbeam Photo Ltd., Thanet
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  4p brown Machin definitive
• Postmark(s):  place illeg, 1973 light slogan
• Sent to:  Canada
• Notes / condition: very slight paper scuffing on back 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Wickhambreaux (/'w?k?mbru?/ WIK-?m-brew) is a village, just off the A257 Sandwich Road, five miles from Canterbury in the county of Kent, England, United Kingdom.

Wickhambreaux manor was the home of Joan of Kent, wife to Edward Plantagenet, and mother of Richard II. The tomb of Edward Plantagenet, popularly known as the Black Prince, is in Canterbury Cathedral.

Joan was very much a power behind the throne and was well loved for her influence over the young king. So much so that when she returned to London from a pilgrimage to Canterbury in 1381, which included a visit to her Wickhambreaux estate, and found her way barred by Wat Tyler and his rebels on Blackheath, the mob not only let her through unharmed, but saluted her with kisses and provided an escort for her for the rest of her journey.

An alternative spelling may be Wykham Brewes as seen in 1418, the home of a weaver called John Bourneman. Other places mentioned in the record are Goodneston by Wyngham, Mungeham and Elmestone. ^[1]

Wickhambreaux's ancient 14th century church includes an Art Nouveau stained glass window dating from the 19th century.

Historically the village was a farming community but as with so many rural villages many of the residents work in local towns. Although only small in population, around 500, it is a busy village with its church activities, Produce Association, competitive cricket club and many other similar interests. Village shops closed over the years but despite the small population the primary school still occupies its original historic building dating back to 1869.

The surrounding countryside is good farm land producing some of Kent's finest fruit as well as cereal and vegetable crops.

The village green is bordered by a tall white clapboard mill with working water wheel, the parish church, several houses and a public house, The Rose Inn. There was once another public house, 'The Hooden Horse', in The Street adjoining the village green, known until the 1950s as 'The Swan' this closed in 1979.

The practice of hoodening in the village was carried out by labourers who went from door to door, collecting funds, sometimes aggressively, for their Christmas festivities. The hoodening tradition has since ended, but today is immortalized in some of the routines performed by Morris Dancers.

The Parish Church is that of St Andrew, which is renowned locally for its wall painting and Art Nouveau stained glass. The Parish Priest is Rev Chris Wilkinson.

The house in the trees on the village green was used as the 'Gluemans' house in Powell and Pressburger's wartime classic film A Canterbury Tale.

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=kent

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=posted