Cheriton, St Martin's Church 1903
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Photo of Cheriton, St Martin's Church 1903

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Cheriton's original parish church is of considerable antiquity – it contains some stonework dating from the Norman conquest. In the graveyard lies buried Samuel Plimsoll, who invented the Plimsoll Line. Modern housing now occupies most of the area between the church and the photographer, and the rural aspect is much diminished.

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A Selection of Memories from Cheriton

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 Cheriton

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I started my musical career at the Leas Cliff Hall. Worked in Murdoch's music shop at 15 yrs. I was on the beach with mother during WW1 when Tontine Street was bombed - amazing because I asked Mum to stay longer or we could have been one of the 29 casualties.
My paternal grandparents (Bert and Win Kennett) lived at 108 Cheriton High street for a long time, I don’t think my dad (Eddie Kennett) was born there, I am sure his sister Molly and brother Brian where. I have strong memories of spending Christmas’s at 108 Cheriton High Street; I think opposite was a small cafe known as Grouts tea shop. Then the barbers in the small road just off the high street between the White Lion and ...see more
This is where my parents were married.
My mother remarried in 1962 to a lovely man who lived in Ashley Avenue, Cheriton. With my husband and our two children we always used to visit and once a week I went to visit on my own. We had some lovely times there, my sister would come down from Shrewsbury with her husband and two children for holidays or Christmas. Unfortunately it only lasted a few years because in 1965 our family emigrated to Australia ...see more