Cranbrook is a small market town with a shopping centre one can expect from its size. A wide range of shops can be found in the high street. It is on the main bus route from Maidstone to Hastings . The main train service from Dover and Ashford to London can be caught at nearby Staplehurst , about 5 miles to the north.
Cranbrook has a very pretty old high street, which winds through this small market town which retains the pretty medieval character from its past. It is an old town, which came to prominence in the 15th century as a centre of the weaving industry, much like nearby Tenterden . In 1331 the export of unwashed wool was prohibited by King Edward III. He encouraged weavers from Flanders to settle here, thus bringing their weaving and dying techniques to England. Many of the buildings date back to this prosperous time, including the parish church, St Dunstans which is known locally as the Cathedral of the Weald because of its size.
Cranbrook has a very pretty old high street, which winds through this small market town which retains the pretty medieval character from its past. It is an old town, which came to prominence in the 15th century as a centre of the weaving industry, much like nearby Tenterden . In 1331 the export of unwashed wool was prohibited by King Edward III. He encouraged weavers from Flanders to settle here, thus bringing their weaving and dying techniques to England. Many of the buildings date back to this prosperous time, including the parish church, St Dunstans which is known locally as the Cathedral of the Weald because of its size.
Cranbrook for which the name is derived from brook(stream) where the cranes were to be found the lies about 18 miles east of Royal Tunbridge Wells on the B2189. The earliest record of the name is in the Domesday Monochorum of 1070 as Cranebroca.
Cranbrook boasts one of the most impressive windmills in the country - The Union Mill. It was built in 1814 by James Humphrey for Henry Dobell. It is an impressive Stock Mill, on a three storey brick base, standing 75ft high it is the second tallest in the country. It fell into disrepair, and was bought by Kent County Council in 1957.
EDUCATION
Kent is renowned for the quality, choice and commitment to excellence of its educational system in both the public and private sector. Noteworthy schools in the area include Ashford, Benenden, Bethany, Cranbrook, Dulwich, Friars, Kings, Marlborough House, St Edmunds, St Ronans, Sutton Valence and Underhill to name but a few.
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