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Kennington photos

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Kennington maps

Historic maps of Kennington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Kennington maps

Kennington map

Historic map of Kennington

Kent map

Illustrated Victorian map of Kent

Kennington map

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Kennington 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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Kennington books
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Memories of Kennington

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Patient at Grosvenor Sanatorium

I was a patient at Grosvenor Sanatorium from 1941 - 1943. I was 19 and  recovering from TB with many other patients. Despite our illness they were happy times. We produced and starred in our own concerts. We had our own radio station operated by us and we took requests for songs. I am 80 years old now and living in... [more]

Shared on 02 July 2008 by Chris Northcott.

Kent memories

Ashford's tank

Ashford's tank is a Mark IV World War One Tank. It was built in 1916, but it is believed it never saw active service

Shared on 21 April 2009 by Jamie F Miller.

Just a Young Girl

We used to live in Hempstead Street. My granfather was the local milkman. I often rode on the back of his horse and cart, does anybody remember this, or have photos of 20 or 22 Hempstead Street? I would love to have just one.

Shared on 03 January 2009 by Marion Foster Neerowsell.

The Old Fogge Family Residence in 1454

This is the old family house of Sir John Fogge, much of it has been rebuilt over the years and it is now in the hands of developers so we will watch to see it being restored and given a useful purpose in the community.
We are descended from this family, my mother was a Fogg. We are now in the... [more]

Shared on 18 July 2008 by Joy Cousins.

East Hill old cotts

I visited the nursery quite a lot, we knew the people who work there. I was only ten years old. I remembered the pub up the road, Duke of Marlborough. Where have the good memories gone, from Malcolm Read.

Shared on 05 May 2008 by .

east hill

i can remember visiting this nursery on east hill. It belonged to my grandfather and I spent many happy days going around the plants with him, I remember him growing yellow tomatoes. His two elderly sisters lived in the cottage. Can anyone else remember this nursery it was demolished in the 60's and was made a car... [more]

Shared on 29 November 2006 by Anne Wylie.

High street

I can remember being taken shopping in the High Street, to Sainsbury's before it was a supermarket. There were tiled floors and walls, wooden counters with cheeses, cold meats and bacon, and the assistants wore their hair in nets or hats. There were seats for the elderly customers and nothing was ready-packaged.

Shared on 26 September 2006 by Jacqueline Selcoe.

105 The Street

I have no memories of Willesborough as I visited it for the first time on 26.8.08. My reason for visiting was that I was trying to find where my grandparents once lived, and surprise surprise it's still there, 105 The Street. Their names were Thomas Alfred Barton and his second wife Flossie May Foster. This was Thomas's second wife, his first... [more]

Shared on 27 August 2008 by Maureen Weall.

Extracts From Kennington & Kent books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Kennington, inspired by Frith photos.

Villages of Kent Photographic Memories

This is a 16th-century building par excellence, much altered and added to down the centuries; it is timbered, tile hung and jettied, and bears a cluster of tall chimneys. Sad to say, Kennington is not very rural now; it has become ever more just a suburb of Ashford. In 1895 there were brick and tile works in the village. In... [more]

This is an extract from Villages of Kent Photographic Memories.
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Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories

Wye College 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe. During the 18th century it became a boys' grammar school, and in 1892, the home of Wye Agricultural College.

This is an extract from Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories.
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Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories

WYE, Bridge Street 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe. During the 18th century it became a boys' grammar school, and in 1892, the home of Wye Agricultural College.

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