Ash, Moat Farm And Oast Houses c.1955
Photo ref:
A232006
Photo ref:
A232006
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Who can fault this lovely view of typical rural Kent? Oast houses like these can be seen in the east and middle of the county; they were used for storing hops, which were dried before being despatched to the local brewery. The windmill grinding corn provided an essential part of agricultural life - an example is just visible in the background.
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A Selection of Memories from Ash
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 Ash
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Although I spent all of my early life - that is up to the age of 21 - in Penge, South London, I also spent some time(s) in Ash (Kent) during August to December, 1963. I have already written about my early life in Penge in another feature. I was just going through the pages that numerous others had written during their times at places in all the Counties in England, and eventually I got as far as ...see more
My first girlfriend in the early 60s, Daphne, lived in the Chequers pub. I wonder whatever happened to her?
Ash is three miles west from Sandwich, a village lying 2 and a half miles south-westfrom Richborough Castle. The Church of St Nicholas has an interesting interior with monuments and effigies.
Zachariah Pettman of Littlebourne married Sarah Jordan of Woodnesborough at Ash on 31 October 1789. They bore 8 children at Ash between 1790 and 1798. They were Edward, Sarah, Sophia, John, William, ...see more
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