Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel
The Church of St Thomas Becket is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Capel, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Capel, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Thomas à Becket” and “St Thomas a Becket, Capel”
- Postal code: TN12 6SX
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The George And Dragon Public House and Paddock Wood railway station.
The George And Dragon Public House
Pub
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The George And Dragon Public House is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel.
Paddock Wood railway station
Railway station
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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. Paddock Wood railway station is situated 2 miles east of Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel.
Matfield House
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Matfield House is a Grade I listed Georgian house in the village of Matfield, Kent, England. The house was built in 1728 in the Queen Anne style for Thomas Marchant, a yeoman farmer from Horsmonden and his heiress wife Mary. Matfield House is situated 2 miles southeast of Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Five Oak Green and Tudeley.
Five Oak Green
Village
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Five Oak Green is a village near Tonbridge, Kent in the Civil Parish of Capel. The village was a centre for hop growing. In the 19th century, The Rose and Crown public house was converted to a hospital to treat the many hop pickers who resided in the village and its surroundings in the late summer.
Tudeley
Village
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Tudeley is a village in the civil parish of Capel, in the Tunbridge Wells borough of Kent, England. The village is home to All Saints' Church, the only church in the world that has all its windows in stained glass designed by Marc Chagall.
Paddock Wood
Town
Paddock Wood is a town and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, about 8 miles southwest of Maidstone. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 8,263, falling marginally to 8,253 at the 2011 Census. Paddock Wood is situated 2 miles east of Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel.
Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel
- Categories: building, tourism, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Capel, Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17643° or 51° 10′ 35″ northLongitude
0.34101° or 0° 20′ 28″ eastOpen location code
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denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q5117739
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In Other Languages
“Church of St Thomas à Becket, Capel” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت توماس بيكيت”
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