Bilsington
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- 4 photos on Bilsington appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Bilsington
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My memories of Bilsington
I can remember moving to Bilsington village when I was just over seven years old.
I attended Bilsington Primary School and have clear memories of Miss Fellows (the headmistress). She had a kind heart I think but at the time she seemed very strict to me. She would take us off for nature walks and it was during these times that I learned to love the soft greens of the countryside. She would point out to us the wonders of the wildlife and plants and we would pick grasses and wild flowers to take back and decorate our classroom with.
Our Sports Days were held in the field opposite the school ( the one with the monument in) and ...read more here
Contributed by Creina Lightle
Kent memories
My memories of Bilsington
I can remember moving to Bilsington village when I was just over seven years old.
I attended Bilsington Primary School and have clear memories of Miss Fellows (the headmistress). She had a kind heart I think but at the time she seemed very strict to me. She would take us off for nature walks and it was during these times that I learned to love the soft greens of the countryside. She would point out to us the wonders of the wildlife and plants and we would pick grasses and wild flowers to take back and decorate our classroom with.
Our Sports Days were held in the field opposite the school ( the one with the monument in) and ...read more here
A memory of Bilsington contributed by Creina Lightle
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 wife Kate Elizabeth Butcher was my mother's mother, her name was Daisy Barton, she had a sister Carrie Ann Barton but she died with her mother of influenza in 1915, they are buried together in Willesborough cemetary. I had lunch in the Warren Cottage Hotel, a 300 year old building nearly opposite where my granddad and mother lived. The landlady ...read more here
A memory of Willesborough contributed by maureen weall
Lympne castle stables
I used to have my horse Shogun there and its a real part of Lympne and the castle!
A memory of Lympne contributed by natalie miller
Extracts From Bilsington & Kent books
Bilsington is a small village on the main Hythe to Tenterden road. Once near the sea, it is now several miles inland. Near this cross-roads stands a jagged finger of brickwork pointing to the sky. This obelisk was put up to Sir William Cosway, who owned the Priory nearby. He died after falling out of a stage coach in 1835. The obelisk has been fully restored following a recent lightning strike.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
Bislington looks over Romney Marsh, a region both low and flat, which was reclaimed from the sea in ancient times. The Romans farmed here and constructed massive dykes that still perform a role in safeguarding the region’s interests.?They also founded the port of Romney.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
This little church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, sits on the edge of Romney Marshes; its origins go back to the 12th century. A local family famed for its smuggling activities, the Ransleys, are recorded to have been baptised here. The chancel was built in the 13th century.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
The church is close to
the photographer, yet he
is obviously in a rural
location. This shows how
comparatively small
Ashford was a century
ago. Will growth on a
similar scale take place
over the next hundred years?
An extract from from"Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories".
This photograph was
taken a century ago, and
a world away from the
same road today, which
seems at times like a
public motor-racing
circuit - it is now part of
the Ashford ring road.
Again we see attentive
pedestrians, and manure
going to waste in the roof!
An extract from from"Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories".