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Sevenoaks, Kent
Sevenoaks maps
Historic maps of Sevenoaks and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Sevenoaks maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Kent
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Sevenoaks 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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8 Sevenoaks photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Sevenoaks
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Bat and Ball railway station near Sevenoaks
My wife, Elizabeth, and I bought a house in Sevenoaks when we married in 1971 and had nearly five happy years living just to the north of the town, close to Bradbourne Park lakes before business forced us to move away. I remember my daily commute by train to work at the Bank of England in the City and having experienced... [more]
Shared on 05 October 2008
One of my brothers worked at the fish shop 'Packman's' next to the greengrocers and the lady with the pushchair and small child is my sister-in-law and her children.
Shared on 11 May 2006
When I first started school we would walk up the High Street in a "crocodile" to a cafe were we had our lunch. We then walked back to school for the afternoon lessons.
Shared on 10 April 2009
Kent memories
I lived in Riverhead from when I was 2 until we moved to Sundridge when I was 12. Our house was the one next to the church but hidden by the bus shelter in one of the pictures. Arthur Tye the butcher was my godfather. I also remember the steps up to 'The Heights' - when I was little, I used... [more]
Shared on 30 August 2009
I was born in Tunbridge Wells, but my parents had a flat in Riverhead and we moved to London Road, Riverhead when I was a baby. My grandparents lived at the Heights, next to the church. I remember the steps the way they are in the photograph, but also I remember when there was only the one road through Riverhead and... [more]
Shared on 01 January 2009
Our first home was in Robyns Way, Riverhead
Elizabeth and I married in 1971 and moved into our first home which we bought together at 21 Robyns Way. From our house we could walk round Pontoise Close and along a path at the edge of a sandpit, past a ramshackle village hall and into this church which we attended frequently. We lived in Riverhead for more than four years... [more]
Shared on 20 January 2008
The cottages on the side known as St Athreda
I used to be in Oakbank School and my uncle lived in Seal. His cottage is on the right hand side of this photo.
Shared on 15 June 2009
I lived on Seal High Street (pretty well opposite the half timbered building & the horse trough in the photograph) from 1939 to 1951. My father was in the fire brigade. In those days you auditioned to become a choirboy. The Church music was very elaborate & mostly we enjoyed it - although we were discreetly naughty, especially during the vicar's... [more]
Shared on 08 March 2008
Extracts From Sevenoaks & Kent books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Sevenoaks, inspired by Frith photos.
Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories
The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889. Standing between the Dartford Road and Seal Hollow, and with its Club Hall visible on the north side, it was built by the Constitutional Club company for social and political meetings, and contained billiards, smoking... [more]
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Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories
The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889. Standing between the Dartford Road and Seal Hollow, and with its Club Hall visible on the north side, it was built by the Constitutional Club company for social and political meetings, and contained billiards, smoking and committee rooms, refreshment bar and cloakrooms. It was later adapted... [more]
This is an extract from Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories.
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Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories
One suspects that these groups of children, with one accompanying nursemaid, seated on the benches and the steps of the canopied bandstand, have been induced to pose by the photographer, to complement this carefully-composed photograph. The houses beyond stood in the Dartford Road. The ground was given to the town in perpetuity in the late 18th century by the 3rd Duke of Dorset. It is possibly the oldest cricket ground in England,... [more]
This is an extract from Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories.
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