| 词条 | Speldhurst |
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|country = England |official_name= Speldhurst |population = 4,978 |population_ref = (2011 Census including Ashurst and Langton Green)[1] |shire_district= Tunbridge Wells | shire_county = Kent |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= Tunbridge Wells |post_town= Tunbridge Wells |postcode_district = TN3 |postcode_area= TN |dial_code= 01892 |os_grid_reference= TQ555415 |coordinates = {{coord|51.1516|0.2219|display=inline,title}} }} Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} west of the town. Speldhurst has a primary school, a parish church, a general store with post office, a pub, a violin shop and a small business park. HistoryThe name Speldhurst derives from the Old English for 'wooded hill ('hyrst') where wood-chips ('speld') are found'.[2] Parish ChurchSt Mary's Church Speldhurst was designed by John Oldrid Scott and built by Hope Constable of Penshurst, being dedicated to St Mary on 6 May 1871. The stained glass windows are by Burne Jones and William Morris. At present the parish of Speldhurst is part of a united parish with Ashurst and Groombridge. A previous incumbent of St Mary's Church Speldhurst was Rev Baden Powell, the father of Lord Baden-Powell who founded the Scout Movement. Rev. Powell married his second wife in the Church, and she is buried in the churchyard. Local customsSpeldhurst has an annual pram race on the second Sunday in May. There are various race categories of different age groups with the main event being two laps around the village. Contestants have to push a "baby" around the course and all have to down half a pint every time they pass the two drinks stations, one situated by the George and Dragon and the other by the old Northfields pub.[3][4] Parish villages and hamlets
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128760&c=Speldhurst&d=16&e=62&g=6440024&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474714679061&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=24 September 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url = http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/county/Kent|title = Key to English Place Names|date = |accessdate = 2 Sep 2014|website = |publisher = University of Nottingham - Institute for Name Studies|last = |first = }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Speldhurst-pram-race-preparations-begin/story-11993929-detail/story.html |title=Speldhurst pram race preparations begin |publisher=This is Kent |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2012-11-08}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Verdon|first=Anna|title=Hundreds turn out for annual Speldhurst Pram Race|url=http://www.courier.co.uk/Hundreds-turn-annual-Speldhurst-Pram-Race/story-21109009-detail/story.html|publisher=Kent & Sussex Courier|accessdate=19 May 2014}} External links{{Commons category|Speldhurst}}
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