Bishopsbourne, St Mary's Church 1903
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Photo of Bishopsbourne, St Mary's Church 1903

More about this scene

With its Norman doorway, medieval wall paintings and 17th-century Flemish glass window, St Mary's Church sits in an idyllic rural setting. Its most famous rector was the 16th-century theologian Richard Hooker, who wrote 'The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity'. He died in 1600 and is buried in the graveyard. Beside the graveyard is Oswalds, once home to the novelist Joseph Conrad.

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A Selection of Memories from Bishopsbourne

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Bishopsbourne

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I loved school. There was one teacher, Miss Castle, she lived with her sister in a house attached to the school. One day Miss Castle gave us all a small Union Jack flag and told us to stand beside the school wall as someone important was coming by and sure enough along came Winston Churchill, we all waved our flags and he gave us the V for victory sign. The purpose of his visit was to inspect a railway gun (The Bosche Buster) which was housed in an old railway tunnel further up the road.