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Ightham maps
Historic maps of Ightham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ightham maps
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Ightham books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Ightham and the local area. View all Ightham 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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4 Ightham photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Ightham
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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 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
Kent memories
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
My father Fred Beeching, was born at Dovedale Cottage in 1926, sadly he has now passed away, but left us with many stories, he attended school in ightham, and my Grandparents also Fred Beeching and Rose Beeching are buried in St Peters Church yard.
It would be great if anyone has pictures or memories of Ivy Hatch, i have visited the... [more]
Shared on 26 November 2007
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
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
Extracts From Ightham & Kent books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ightham, inspired by Frith photos.
Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
This 14th-century building with its 15 bedrooms and ancient halls boasts a fascinating list of owners including knights, MPs, sheriffs and businessmen. Mystery surrounded the old mote when a skeleton was discovered bricked up in a wall. In 1900 the house belonged to Sir Thomas Colyer-Ferguson. In 1953 it belonged to an American, Charles Henry Robinson, who bequeathed it to the... [more]
This is an extract from Kent Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories
This delightful rambling village acquired its name from the Saxon king Ehta, or Otha's settlement. But nearby Oldbury Hill has traces of Neanderthal hunters and an Iron Age fort on its slopes. For many years the village shop here in Ightham was kept by Benjamin Harrison, who achieved international recognition in the Victorian era for his archaeological work in this area. He died in... [more]
This is an extract from Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories
This delightful rambling village acquired its name from the Saxon king Ehta, or Otha's settlement. But nearby Oldbury Hill has traces of Neanderthal hunters and an Iron Age fort on its slopes. For many years the village shop here in Ightham was kept by Benjamin Harrison, who achieved international recognition in the Victorian era for his archaeological work in this area. He died in... [more]
This is an extract from Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
