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Borough Green, Kent
Borough Green maps
Historic maps of Borough Green and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Borough Green maps
Historic map of Borough Green
Illustrated Victorian map of Kent
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Borough Green books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Borough Green and the local area. View all Borough Green books
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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1 Borough Green photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Borough Green
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In 1953 very few households had television. I remember going along to the Fourways cafe on Coronation Day with my parents so that we could watch the Coronation on the television. My sister was only 3 and I was 5. The cafe was run by Mr and Mrs King. My now step mother worked there as a cook. Years later the... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2006
Kent memories
I have an old postcard of this same image!
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I have just found an old postcard of this image! It belonged to my late great aunt's husband. I'd love to hear your stories if you lived in this village around this time or have a relative who did!
Shared on 01 May 2009
Interesting to see this picture though I don't think that by the 1960s Ightham was ever this free of traffic except early in the morning.
The building in the centre of the picture was a petrol station and provider of all sorts of bits and pieces. Was it run by Mr Arthur? My father would drive down there... [more]
Shared on 29 February 2008
This memory is not mine, but that of my mother in law, Beatrice, nee Head. She grew up in the Girls Training Home in Boxley Road Maidstone until she was 14 when she had to go 'into service'. One of her first jobs was as a housemaid at Ightham Mote where she also looked after the two little boys... [more]
Shared on 05 February 2008
This view was seen by me every day that I went to school at Judd School in Tonbridge. I caught the bus here. There were two bus routes through the village - Number 9 which ran from Maidstone to Sevenoaks and operated by Maidstone & District - and the number 122 which was operated by Southdown and ran from Gravesend to... [more]
Shared on 15 September 2006
I was born in London in 1940. Our flat was demolished by the first flying bomb so my parents moved to West Kingsdown when I was three months old. From an early age I remember being taken quite regularly by my mother along the A20 hitching a ride to Wrotham. When arriving in Wrotham and after walking along... [more]
Shared on 31 March 2009
William Sturdey, Christened 3 Dec 1797 at Eynsford. 1851 Census:- Aged 53, Agricultural Labourer, Nut Tree Hall, Plaxtol Village. 1861 Census:- Aged 67 (s/b 63??), Farm Bailiff at Nut Tree Hall. Death Reg'd 3rd Qtr 1877 at Malling Regn District, aged 80 yrs. William Sturdey married Sarah Farrant (dob 1798,) 12 Oct 1819 at Wrotham Parish Church,... [more]
Shared on 30 March 2007
These are the memories of my mother May born Ivy Hatch 1921.
The photo shows the gardens and rear elevation of Ivy Hatch Court. The house was owned by Colonel C.N.Watney and his wife Winifred from at least 1919 until approx 1945 when it was sold and converted into apartments/flats. There was a daughter Miss Patricia Watney and a son,... [more]
Shared on 18 April 2008
Extracts From Borough Green & Kent books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Borough Green, inspired by Frith photos.
Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
I would love to know what these children were doing along this quiet residential road. Were the eight boys reluctantly looking after the toddler for a busy mum? And what games were they planning with the two wheelbarrows? Today this road is a busy traffic thoroughfare used by motorists bound for Sevenoaks and/or the M20.
This is an extract from Kent Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Villages of Kent Photographic Memories
Borough Green was once a hamlet in Ightham and Wrotham parishes, six miles to the east of Sevenoaks. The two old houses in the centre show how piecemeal were the alterations carried out by various owners down the centuries: below each has a wall of stone rubble, and above at least two courses of brick, laid at different times. Tie-bars... [more]
This is an extract from Villages of Kent Photographic Memories.
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Maidstone Photographic Memories
This view looks towards the Gloirette; on the left can be seen the main building. In this picture, the magnificent location of the Castle, surrounded by its enchanting lake, is clearly seen.
This is an extract from Maidstone Photographic Memories.
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