The present church has 13th century origins but was substantially rebuilt in the 14th century. The fine west tower with its stair turret and four pinnacles was added in the 15th century, also the chapel was enlarged in 1516. Following a lightning strike in 1624, which destroyed all but the tower, the church was rebuilt and rededicated in 1629. It has a ring of eight bells in the tower which were all were rehung in 1991. The font was made in 1628 of local sandstone and has been described as the best production of its period in Kent. The pulpit dates from the same time,also the organ which dates from 1881.(St.Mary the Virgin Website) <br /> <br />St.Mary the Virgin Website: http://www.chiddingstonechurches.org/stmarys.html <br /> <br />Please Subscribe @ http://www.youtube.com/user/KentEnglandlife <br /> <br />Other Kent England Links : <br /> <br />Dailymotion : http://www.dailymotion.com/kentengland <br /> <br />Facebook :https://www.facebook.com/VisitKentEngland <br />https://www.facebook.com/kent.england.54 <br /> <br />Twitter : https://twitter.com/KentEnglandlife <br /> <br />Google+ : https://plus.google.com/u/0/102064423288960256694/posts <br /> <br />Reddit :http://www.reddit.com/user/KentEngland/ <br /> <br />Tumblr : http://kentengland.tumblr.com/ <br /> <br />Blogger : http://kentenglandlife.blogspot.co.uk/ <br /> <br />VK : http://vk.com/id232382223 <br /> <br />Pinterest : http://www.pinterest.com/kentengland54/ <br /> <br />Stumbleupon : http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/kentenglandlife <br /> <br />Instagram : https://instagram.com/kentenglandlife/ <br /> <br />Part of the Freedom Network. <br />If you would like to join Freedom : https://www.freedom.tm/via/KentEngland <br /> <br />Music: <br />1. "Wisps of Whorls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) <br />Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License <br />http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ <br />2. Amazing Grace 2011 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) <br />Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License <br />http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
