Eden Valley Museum

The Eden Valley Museum is a local history museum housed within a preserved example of Kentish vernacular architecture that has been Grade II* Listed. It is in the High Street of the historic market town of Edenbridge, Kent. The museum holds notable collections demonstrating the history of cricket ball making, tanning as well as archaeology and an extensive archive of local information. The museum is also notable as the home of a needlework box made by a German POW during World War Two. The box was featured as part of the BBC's 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' project.
The museum building itself is a Grade II* listed timber framed house dating from 1380-1410. It was initially an open Hall house but was extensively re-built during the 16th century to add a first floor and chimney. In the late 18th and early 19th century the front of the building was clad in brick. Today the timber framed bones of the building are invisible from the outside. Known today as Church House, the house was originally known as Doggetts Farm until 1913 when Miss Geraldine Rickards converted it and added Rickards Hall adjoining to the west. In 1921 Miss Rickards gave the house to the Parish Church for community use. The Museum was established following an exhibition in 1995 marking the centenary of the Edenbridge Town Council, organised by the Edenbridge and District Historical Society. In 1997 the Eden Valley Museum Trust was formed to develop and run a museum for the Edenbridge area. The Trust was granted charitable status in November 1997, and with the aid of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund the Museum opened in 2000. The Museum is a registered charity. Church House is held on lease from Edenbridge Town Council. Admission to the Museum has been free since 2004.

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