# Matfield > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Matfield > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Matfield.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matfield > Source revision: 1289806654 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Kent, England For other uses, see [Matfield (disambiguation)](/source/Matfield_(disambiguation)). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Matfield" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Human settlement in England Matfield Matfield Post Office Matfield Location within Kent OS grid reference TQ655415 Civil parish Brenchley and Matfield District Tunbridge Wells Shire county Kent Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Tonbridge Postcode district TN12 Dialling code 01892 Police Kent Fire Kent Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament Tunbridge Wells List of places UK England Kent 51°08′56″N 0°21′53″E / 51.1488°N 0.3648°E / 51.1488; 0.3648 **Matfield** is a small village, part of the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Brenchley and Matfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brenchley_and_Matfield&action=edit&redlink=1), in the [Tunbridge Wells](/source/Tunbridge_Wells_(borough)) borough of [Kent](/source/Kent), England. Matfield was awarded the title of Kent Village of the Year in 2010.[1] ## Buildings and amenities [St Luke's Church](/source/St_Luke's_Church%2C_Matfield) is a Grade II [listed building](/source/Listed_building). Matfield currently has a butcher's and grocery store. Following the closure of The Wheel Wright's Arms in 2017, the village now only has two pubs, The Star and a gastropub, The Poet at Matfield, which was formerly known as the Standing's Cross. This unusual name lasted for over 150 years from the earliest days of the pub. It was so named as, in the 1840s, John Standing ran an alehouse in his cottage and served his customers homebrew from barrels in his front room. However, he had problems with his cellar which flooded whenever it rained. So, he sold his house and moved across the road into a bakery – converting it into Matfield’s new alehouse. The pub was creatively named to celebrate this event, hence ‘Standing’s Cross’.[2] More recently the pub was renamed to ‘The Poet’ in commemoration of the World War One poet, Siegfried Sassoon, who was born in the village. ## Geography Matfield is located around 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of [Royal Tunbridge Wells](/source/Royal_Tunbridge_Wells) and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of [Paddock Wood](/source/Paddock_Wood). The village grew up around its [village green](/source/Village_green), which is the largest in Kent.[3] The village green features a large pond at its northern end. Overlooking the green is the grade I listed [Matfield House](/source/Matfield_House), a Georgian building with a stable block and coachhouse at the rear.[4] The green is used for events such as the annual village fete and by Matfield Cricket Club for home matches. ## Notable people - [Siegfried Sassoon](/source/Siegfried_Sassoon) (1886–1967), poet, was born in Matfield. - [Theresa Thornycroft](/source/Theresa_Thornycroft) (1853–1946), sculptor, lived in Matfield. - [Frank Marchant](/source/Frank_Marchant) (1864–1946), cricketer and captain of [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), born in Matfield House. - [Alan Watt](/source/Alan_Watt_(cricketer)) (1907–74), cricketer, lived in Matfield - [Harrison Weir](/source/Harrison_Weir) (1824–1906), artist, lived in Matfield. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Matfield is Kent Village of the Year!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110812210037/http://brenchleyandmatfield.co.uk/item/matfield-kent-village-year). Brenchley Parish Council. 16 September 2010. Archived from [the original](http://brenchleyandmatfield.co.uk/item/matfield-kent-village-year) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Standing's Cross"](http://www.dover-kent.com/2014-project/Standings-Cross-Matfield.html). *DOVER KENT ARCHIVES*. Paul Skelton. Retrieved 8 August 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-parish_3-0)** ["Brenchley & Matfield – Villages in the Weald of Kent"](http://www.brenchleyandmatfield.co.uk/). Brenchley Parish Council. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["MATFIELD HOUSE (1250644)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1250644?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 16 March 2015. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Matfield](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Matfield). - [Matfield](https://web.archive.org/web/20101207112215/http://www.villagenet.co.uk/highweald/villages/matfield.php) - [The Poet](http://www.thepoetatmatfield.co.uk) Places adjacent to Matfield Colt's Hill Paddock Wood Collier Street Pembury Matfield Brenchley Kipping's Cross Lamberhurst Quarter Goudhurst v t e Towns and villages in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells Ashurst Baker's Cross Beal's Green Bedgebury Cross Benenden Bidborough Brenchley Capel Colliers Green Coursehorn Cranbrook Culverden Down Curtisden Green Five Oak Green Frittenden Goudhurst Groombridge Hartley Hawkenbury Hawkhurst High Brooms Horsmonden Kilndown Lamberhurst Langton Green Matfield Paddock Wood Park Pembury Royal Tunbridge Wells Rusthall Sandhurst Southborough Speldhurst Stone Cross Sissinghurst Swattenden List of places in Kent This Kent location article is a stub. 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