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Fred and Dorcas
My Great Grandparents were Fred & Dorcas Beeching, and both died in 1915, they lived in Dunks Green, and two of their sons Sydney and William were killed in the Great War, their names appear on the memorial stone in Plaxtol i think.
Does anyone have memories of Dunks Green from any years.
Brian
A memory of Dunks Green contributed by brian beeching
Sturdey Family Tree
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, Kent. 1851 Census:- Aged 52, Agricultural Labourer, born Fawkham, Kent. 1861 Census:- Aged 63, born Plaxtol, Kent. Death registered 2nd Qtr, 1870 at Malling Regn. District. Aged 72.
William Sturdey Son (second child) of Daniel and Mary Sturdey, nephew of Elizabeth Sturdey (died c.1794).
William and Sarah had four children, (1) Elizabeth - 1851 Census:- Aged ...read more here
A memory of Plaxtol contributed by Susan Enright
Can anyone help?
Can anyone help? I am looking for a photo or info about my great grandfather's shop in Tonbridge at 84 Barden Rd. It was called the Domestic Oil Stores and was owned by Frederick Albert Nice. My grandad, Reginald Cecil Nice (Jock), and my two great aunts, Irene and Gertrude Nice, also worked there. Apparently my great grandad or grandad owned the first motor car in Tonbridge. I left Tonbridge when I was four years old in 1966 and it was still there then. I would be so grateful if someone can help or has any memories of this shop.
A memory of Tonbridge contributed by heather marchant
Bank Street School
This is the year when the school finally closed. It was worn out but much loved. The roof leaked, the knots in the floorboards stood high while the wood was highly polished with years of wear. The teachers had large baby boomer classes. Many pupils were bussed in from Higham Wood. We sang "Now the day has ended" at the end of every school day before putting the chairs on the tables to help the cleaners. There were large oil heaters and big black chimneys in every classroom and on cold and wet winter days the classroom would be filled with the aroma of the drying woollies draped over the guard rail. In summer, jam jars of sweetpeas would sit atop ...read more here
A memory of Tonbridge contributed by Jenny Saggers
Extracts From Hadlow & Kent books
These attractive ivy-clad ruins are not as ancient as they look: they are part of the castle constructed as a folly by Walter May along with his 170 foot high tower. Such Gothick confections were very popular with more eccentric landowners at the end of the 18th century. Demolition was begun in 1951, but was almost immediately stopped following protests by the local artist Bernard Hailstone.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
Hadlow lies in the Medway valley close to Tonbridge. A car is turning by the King’s Head, with the eccentric Hadlow tower looming over the roofs in the background. This was constructed in the early 19th century by Walter May so that he could enjoy a prospect of the sea; however, the South Downs prevented his dream from being realised. In 1823, William Cobbett on one of his ‘Rural Rides’ was much impressed by the tower, calling it ‘the most singular thing I have ever seen’. It is now protected by a preservation order.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
In this village churchyard there is a 19th-century memorial to thirty hop pickers who drowned when their cart slipped over a crumbling bridge and dragged them into the depths of the River Medway. In 1859 Walter Barton May built a 170ft-tall tower at Hadlow Castle, and in 1951 it became protected by a special preservation order. The tower is very prominent in the mid-Kent landscape.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
In 1933, 70 acres of chalk
downland were acquired by
Chatham and Gillingham
councils to create this
beautiful open countryside
nature reserve between the
two towns. The local wildlife
includes several species of
orchids and butterflies. At
the centre of this picture,
we can see the horses of
travellers whose mobile
homes are among the trees.
An extract from from"Chatham and the Medway Towns Photographic Memories".
The bus advertises Fremlins’
ales outside the Red Lion,
a Style & Winch house of
flamboyant grandeur, but
now no more, sad to say.
There are now traffic lights
and a great deal more
traffic where this policeman
stands on point duty at the
junction of High Street with
Corporation Street (left) and
Star Hill (right).
An extract from from"Chatham and the Medway Towns Photographic Memories".