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Kingsnorth maps

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

Kingsnorth map

Historic map of Kingsnorth

Kent map

Illustrated Victorian map of Kent

Kingsnorth map

Historic Map of any Kingsnorth postcode

Kingsnorth maps
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Kingsnorth photos

We have no photos of Kingsnorth, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Ashford, Willesborough, East Hill, Great Chart, Kennington, Ham Street, Bilsington, Orlestone, Ruckinge, Hothfield, Eastwell, Smeeth, Bethersden, Brook, Westwell, Woodchurch

Kingsnorth books

Displaying 3 of 15 books about Kingsnorth and the local area.   View all Kingsnorth 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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Kingsnorth books
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Memories of Kingsnorth

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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.

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.

Extracts From Kingsnorth & Kent books

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

Chatham & The Medway Towns

The expansion of the dockyard, the building of permanent military installations and the garrisoning of large numbers of troops in the area enabled the population of Chatham to overtake that of Rochester.

This is an extract from Chatham & The Medway Towns.
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Chatham and the Medway Towns Photographic Memories

Trees line one side, and telegraph poles the other side of this section of the A2 from Rainham to Gillingham, where Mrs Hall had her hairdresser's shop, E H Chatfield was the confectioner and Len Button the butcher. Zebra crossings gave pedestrians priority over vehicles from 1951, but the little dog on the right has other priorities; the number of pedestrians would seem to present no problems to either the disappearing horse-drawn vehicle or the approaching cyclist.... [more]

Chatham and the Medway Towns Photographic Memories

The shop with the telephone kiosk outside, the van, and the electricity supply lines dispel some of the timelessness that clings to one of the area's more remote villages, where The Bell inn has refreshed its customers (although not always with Style & Winch beers) since Tudor times.

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