Kilndown is a village 5 miles (8 km) west of Cranbrook in Kent, England.

The Bedgebury Estate was mentioned in an 814 charter and was a known home to the Culpeper family in the 16th century.

The estate contained two Iron Furnaces to help defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The Combwell Estate was formed during the reign of King Henry II by Robert de Thurnham, who founded a Premonstratensian Abbey, which became an Augustinian Priory, Combwell Priory, in 1220.

This led to its development, including craftsmen, shops, a public house.