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Wittersham maps
Historic maps of Wittersham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Wittersham maps
Wittersham photos
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Smallhythe| Peasmarsh| Leigh Green| Playden| Tenterden| Appledore| Rolvenden| Rye| St Michaels| Woodchurch| Benenden| Camber
Wittersham area books
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Leigh Green Cricket Club
Does anyone have any memories of Leigh Green Cricket club? I live on a farm in Leigh Green which was supposedly the cricket green & pavilion & would love to find out more about it.
Clare House
Does anyone know where the name Clare House came from? Is this property in the High Street, north side? I had relations surnamed 'Clare' who lived in a very similar property in the 1930/40s. The front door is different now, and steps went up to it. Any information please?
22 High Street
The building on the left, next to the Town Hall with five windows on the first floor was W H Smith & Sons and my father, Gordon Howard, was the manager. I was born in the flat above the shop in 1955.
W H Smith & Son
The building on the right was W H Smith & Sons. My father, Gordon Howard was the manager and we were living in the flat above the shop from 1955 to 1965. You can see that the shop is closed because the shutters are down. The shop front was painted dark green. The windows upstairs are open so we must have been at home and it must have been fine weather!
W H Smith & Son
My father, Gordon Howard, was manager of W H Smith & Son in 1955, the year I was born. It's amazing looking at these photos taken at the time I was living in Tenterden. It's possible I saw the photos being taken or we might actually appear in one of them.
A 'Wealden' House Converted to 'Continuous Jetty' Type
Interesting photo: this timber-framed building is actually a 'Wealden' converted to 'Continuous Jetty' type.
"Towards the close of the 15th century, an entirely new kind of dwelling appeared in the Weald. Its [the Continuous Jetty type] distribution is wide and more general than that of the 'Wealden' house, and it is extremely common in East Anglia. Whether developed in either of the areas where it is found, or imported as a complete design, it is impossible to say.
It was the first vernacular house type in the region to be constructed with two stories throughout. Although the hall was retained as a principal room it was not open to the roof; it was floored over as part of the initial construction and a chamber fomed above. There can be little doubt that the growing popularity of this house [type] during the first half of the 16th century provided a very strong stimulus towards the flooring-over and conversion of earlier halls.
It tends to be an urban type,... Read more
Collecting Runner Beans
My mothers' side of the family all come from Appledore and thereabouts.
I have 3 out of 4 of older sisters who were all born in Appledore. I was born in Wallsend on Tyne. My mother and father (he was stationed at Appledore in the second world war), moved up to Wallsend before I was born. But, when I was very young, we would travel down to Appledore during school holidays, I enjoyed these trips tremendously and have many happy memories of Appledore. In particular, I remember collecting runner beans from my Uncle Lens' smallholding along with other members of my family.
I still have cousins and an Aunt who live in the village and nearby but, unfortunately, we don't seem to see each other as often as we would like. I now work in a job which means I travel aroud the globe and all over the place. I last visited about 3 or 4 years ago and, although the village has changed over the years, it will always... Read more
