Davington
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Ashford Town Walk Guide
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Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
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Notes from the Frith files.
The trade bicycle centre right of the photo belongs to Friars Bakery. The bakery is set back out of view where the bicycle is parked. It is now converted to a bungalow. The single storey building mid-left, was the Rifle Range. All buildings on the left hand side have now been replaced by housing except for the building with the advertising hoardings.
A memory of Ospringe contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
living with nanny
I remember well living with my nanny in Neames Forstell, she was Rose Beake, a formidable lady, but oh how I loved her. I remember going to Selling school, and if it rained or snowed being brought home in the police car by Sargeant Onions. I remember going to play "up round the ring", going to find uncle Harold and aunty Edie, oh so many memories. I was happiest staying with nanny, going to play in the garden of the Sondes Arms, feeding the chickens, except when the cockerel bit me, well I did poke my finger through the wire. I never wanted to go home, I loved it at nanny's, even when aunty Dot tried to make me try coffee, ...read more here
A memory of Selling contributed by pam tinsley
Picking fruit!
It was the summer of 2006 and it was the greatest summer for me, my life is not the same boring life. I want only one thing .... I want to return in England, one of the greatest countries in the world.
A memory of Selling contributed by Bozhana Spasova
A very fine pub
A very fine pub, that's if you can find it, in the middle of nowhere, deep inside Perry Wood. It's worth looking for. This used to be the Perry Wood winkle club in the 1960s and 1970s, where you would get your winkle out of your pocket before another club member did, the loser would have to get the drinks in first! No joke, the landlord in the years I first went there was known as Mad John who collected sailors' hats which were displayed around the 2 bars. I sometimes sat in his garage repairing his daughter's motorcycle with the odd drink to keep me going!!
A memory of Perry Wood contributed by nev bishop
Extracts From Davington & Kent books
The Priory, and what is left of the Priory church, has an ancient history. Two nuns from here were shipwrecked at Reculver on their way to Minster in Thanet. To give thanks for the saving of their lives, they instituted the construction of the twin church towers that once existed at Davington. Thereafter the Reculver towers were called the ‘two sisters’. What was left of the Priory was severely damaged in 1781 when a Faversham gunpowder mill exploded. Since then the Priory has undergone extensive restoration and modernisation, and is now a private house.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
The single remaining tower of the Priory church can be seen across the creek and parkland in this turn-of-the-century view. The church was restored and rededicated in 1932. It is said to be haunted by the ghostly figure of a nun.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Chatham & The Medway Towns".
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.
An extract from from"Maidstone Photographic Memories".
A superb view of the main building and the Gloirette. Although the Castle appears to be medieval, its turrets and
battlements in fact date from a rebuilding in the late 1820s. The lake is part of the river Len.
An extract from from"Maidstone Photographic Memories".