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Chartham, The Parade 1905
Photo ref: 53458
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On the left a woman stands in the door of the Post Office, which in 1895 also acted as a money order and telegraph office. Just beyond a carpenter is at work. There is a sizeable stack of what look like floorboards piled against the wall. The downs can just be glimpsed over the rooftops - in 1875 the East?Kent Lunatic Asylum was built here, and accommodated 900 patients.

An extract from Villages of Kent Photographic Memories.

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A Selection of Memories from Chartham

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 Chartham

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My paternal Grandmother was a nurse here in the early part of the 20th century, approx. 1908-1913, her name was Nellie (Ellen) Langron born in Dublin in 1890.
does anyone know anything about the caretaker of the asylum , or anything about any of the staff there around 1972 , any info would be appreicated please
My Relative Jeremiah Sidney Webb Born 1900 and died June1942 he was sailor and proberly amitted in 1913
I live on the old grounds of the hospital and I just love Chartham. I'm a bit sad though because the Stinker School are moving up here and I think their knocking down the hospital.