Bedgebury Cross


Bedgebury Cross is a hamlet in the civil parish of Goudhurst. It is located in the Bedgebury Forest area of Kent, England, on the B2079 road connecting Goudhurst with the A21 [road (England)|A21 road] at Flimwell. The term cross refers to a wayside cross that originally existed at this site; this cross is replicated in the brickwork of the chimney of one of the cottages. Presumably the chimney was built over roughly the site of the cross.
Probably the most well-known Bedgeburian is Thomas Culpeper, the lover of Queen Catherine Howard, who was Henry [VIII of England|King Henry VIII]'s fifth wife. Culpeper and Howard were both executed when the affair became known.