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Chiddingstone, Kent
Chiddingstone maps
Historic maps of Chiddingstone and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Chiddingstone maps
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Chiddingstone books
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Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
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Around the Kent Coast
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Cinque Ports and theTwo Ancient Towns Photographic Memories
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Memories of Chiddingstone
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Memories of the forgotten school
Around 1950 there was a boarding school established in the castle. A great feature for me were the routine supervised strolls around the local countryside including trips to the sugar white sandstone quarry, the subterranean hideaway of Dick Turpin and his horse, hidden in a copse located in a nearby meadow, the chiddingstone itself with metal handcuffs where wayward wives would... [more]
Shared on 16 September 2006
Kent memories
See biography on my website - all stories of my childhood days at Charcott including photos.
Shared on 28 February 2008
I moved to the Bower in 1945 with my parents and two brothers. We lived there until 1952 when we imigrated to Canada. The road takes a fairly sharp turn to the right just in front of the house and on Guy Fox night we used to turn off all the lights and open the gate to the field. I remember... [more]
Shared on 11 November 2007
I am unsure of the date my sister Grace married Bill Hallett and lived on the Green Leigh Village. My name is Daphne Russell, nee Hooker. My sister also being Grace Hooker before marriage. My nephews still live in the area. I am in Australia and have wonderful memories. We came from Tonbridge. I was a telephone operator at Tunbridge Wells.... [more]
Shared on 25 October 2008
My grandparents lived and worked in Cowden. I spent all of my holidays with them from an early age from about 1965 to the late 1970s. My granddad worked on the railways and then with Leighs builders (Edenbridge) and after he retired he was the gardener at Chantrills. My grandmother (Mrs Pocock) worked at the Cowden stores and I spent my... [more]
Shared on 07 September 2008
My father was born in Ide Hill and, when he left school, worked as delivery boy for Pierce's shop. That's how he met my mother, delivery goods to the large house Emmets, where she was a housemaid. When, eventually, I was born we lived about a mile outside the village, beside Sundridge Hospital, or The Union as it was known as... [more]
Shared on 06 November 2007
In 1971 I was a lad of 15 and had made friends with some people living behind the Hilden Manor. The owner wanted needed help to dig out a large pond in his back garden, so I volunteered with his two sons to hand dig this pond in the hot summer sunshine. We had not got very far when we hit... [more]
Shared on 06 August 2009
My great-great-grandfather was a blackmith in Langton Green in 1851, he went to Hampshire for a while and then moved back to the Rusthall area by 1881.
I have all details about the family if you want to know more - other names connected are LENEY and LANGRIDGE
Rowena (nee Heat)
Shared on 14 June 2009
Extracts From Chiddingstone & Kent books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Chiddingstone, inspired by Frith photos.
Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories
This unspoiled row of 16th- and 17th-century half-timbered houses facing onto the church was built and owned mainly by small farmers and tradesmen, who formed the backbone of the rural affluent society. Behind the houses is the 'Chiding Stone', a bulbous lump of sandstone to which scolds were brought to learn the error of their ways; legend has it that it gave the village... [more]
This is an extract from Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories.
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Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories
This unspoiled row of 16th- and 17th-century half-timbered houses facing onto the church was built and owned mainly by small farmers and tradesmen, who formed the backbone of the rural affluent society. Behind the houses is the 'Chiding Stone', a bulbous lump of sandstone to which scolds were brought to learn the error of their ways; legend has it that it gave the village... [more]
This is an extract from Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories.
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Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
Situated next to Penshurst Station, this village grew to accommodate visitors on their way to take goods to the town. The railway was built in 1850, providing easy access to London, Tonbridge and Sevenoaks. The construction of St Mary's Church and its neighbouring primary school followed shortly after. In 1860 the village was home to Duke & Sons, famous makers of... [more]
This is an extract from Kent Revisited Photographic Memories.
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