a village of England, county of Kent, on the Eden, near its confluence with the Medway, 6 miles W.S.W. of Tunbridge. It has a fine old church with many interesting monuments, a Baptist chapel, and two national schools. In the vicinity is an ancient mansion called Penshurst Place, the birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney and Algernon Sidney. Manufactures of paper are carried on; and there are stone quarries in the neighbourhood. Pop. 1628.