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Iden Green maps
Historic maps of Iden Green and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Iden Green maps
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Benenden| Rolvenden| Hawkhurst| Cranbrook| Angley Mill Pond| Wilsley Green| Sissinghurst| Wilsley Pound| Bodiam| Biddenden| Hurst Green| Tenterden| St Michaels| Smallhythe| Bedgebury| Flimwell| The Chart| Goudhurst| Robertsbridge| Etchingham| High Halden| Peasmarsh
Iden Green area books
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Memories of Iden Green
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Visiting my Parents in Iden Green
I have very fond memories of visiting my parents, Margaret & Percy Thorburn who owned Coveney Cottage from 1961 until 1980.
We used to come down from London on the National Coach to Benenden and then a Fuggles Garage car/taxi would take us down to Iden Green. Alternatively we would meet my parents in the pub (name temporarily forgotten) and have a drink before driving back to their cottage.
I remember the village when it had its own public house and village shop, and lots of the older residents, Fred & Lily of Lilac Cottage, Mrs Daw from the other half of Coveney Cottage, Joan Witterkoff of Seerose Cottage, to name but a few.
My parents are now buried in St George's churchyard, and we come down from time to time to go down memory lane.
Kent memories
Life in A Kent Village During World War Two
Benenden was my home for the first 5 years of my life. We lived in Greenwood, a lovely white Kentish weather-boarded house on the Cranbrook Road, sadly knocked down and modernised a couple of years ago. I was born on February 14, 1940 in a glorious country house in Langley called Rumwood Court, which is still there. It was a maternity home in the War. Of course my mum called me Valentine, because of my date of birth, but luckily Anthony came first. My brother, John, who was six, wrote to my mum, saying 'Call him Chysanthemum.' She kept the postcard for years, to show what a clever boy he was to spell it correctly. My parents had moved to Kent to escape the bombing in London, but of course the Battle of Britain was fought right over the homes of Kent. I remember seeing planes being shot down in flames just above where we lived. Later when the V-bombers came I remember running into the house... Read more
Burnt House Farm
I was born in Burnt House Farm, Sandhurst Kent in 1956, I lived there with
my parents and brother, who started at the village primary school in 1956. My father farmed at Burnt House Farm for about 5 years prior to us moving in 1959, just after my sister was born at the private nursing home in Hawkhurst. If anyone remembers my mother and father, the Pickerings, or if the present owners of the farm read this, I would love to be able to visit the farm and house and just see where I was born. I was told it is a 13th-century house with exposed beams and there was the original brick flooring in the kitchen and probabley an inglenook fireplace in the sitting room. I would love to hear from anyone who can help me on my visit of my birthplace.
MY BEAUTIFUL KENTISH BIRTHPLACE
I was born in East House, Tenterden Road, Rolvenden on 2nd November 1938. My dad was about to join the RAF and I was born in my grandparents' home. There were large cellars below the house - very scarey. East House and West House are joined in the centre by a 'shop' which was the Post Office and telephone exchange in the 1920/30s. My mother, Molly Allsop, was one of the operators of the switchboard in the switch room. Few people had telephones. My grandfather, Joe Allsop JP, was the village postmaster and the mail, telegrams and telephones were all run from that property. In the 1930s the Post Office was moved over the road to a small old double fronted shop which faced up the road towards the Recreation Ground and The Bull. The Post Office then was between Mr Phillips' sweet shop and the fish and chip shop (now a museum). As a little girl I used to be allowed to help Grandad by dusting his shop. There... Read more
My Home Hawkhurst
I grew up in hawkhurst , i lived in gills green in hawkhurst , hawkhurst has a close community everybody knew everybody , most familys that lived there had lived there for years even generations . my dads family had lived there for many years . i have very fond memorys of hawkhurst while i was growing up , the tractors going up and down the road all day . where i lived there were farms all around us. I could smell fresh wood from the wood factory just up the road , i would wake up to the sound of sheep barring in the fields just across the road and birds singing . The kind of thing you would see on the television now advertisted as a country retreat . Miles of beautiful countryside. I remember the village had a happy shopper shop , boldocks the baker`s where once a week my mum would buy the best cheese salad roll i`ve ever had . I remember the jumble sales... Read more
Growing up in Hawkhurst
I have so many happy memories of growing up in Hawkurst in the 1940s /1950s and although Hawkhurst has changed a lot over the years it's a lovely place to visit.
I still remember all the shops along the colonnade and the moor. Buss the bakers at the moor and little sweet shop just round the corner and 'Pipers' the sweet shop was owned by my friend's grandparents.
We used to go hop picking as well.
I also got married in St Laurence's Church which I remember having a new roof as it was bombed during the war.
Maureen Smith (nee Wenham).
Hawkhurst Today
It's funny you should mention the Woods Butchers, I'm living in Hawkhurst now and am only 19 but I'm friends with the daughter who owns Wood Butchers, Emily Wood. I do enjoy living in Hawkhurst, it is interesting to look at the old pictures and see what it used to look like, probably a lot nicer in my opinion. I'm not a fan of the new appliances shop on the corner where there used to be a Circle-C which then changed into an Alldays which then closed down when the Budgens opened. I did enjoy the sweets shop when I was younger though, it's a shame that closed down.
