CHIDDINGSTONE, a parish in the hundred of SOMERDEN,
lathe of SUTTON at HONE, county of KENT,
7 miles (-W. by S.) fro.m Tollbridge, containing 1096
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the exempt
deanery of Shoreham, and in the peculiar jurisdiction
and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated
in the king's books at £28. 9. 4. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, has considerable portions in the
later style of English architecture. This parish lies in
the Weald; in the Textus Roffensis, it is called Cidingstane;
in other records it is termed Chiding-stone, froin
a large stone, supposed from its name to have been the
spot where judicial affairs were transacted. It is bounded
on the south by a branch of the Medway, and is intersected
by the river Eden, about a mile south of which,
on an eminence, is the village, which is usually called
High-street.