Elham, High Street c.1960
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Photo of Elham, High Street c.1960

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Elham, pronounced 'Eel-am', dates from Saxon times, and stands six miles north-east of Hythe. Along the nearby valley floor runs an intermittent stream, known as the Nailborne. For years its course will be dry; then suddenly it will come to life. Legend has it that the Nailbourne was brought into being by St Augustine to alleviate the effects of local droughts.

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LEST I FORGET! How it was for my 1st, 2nd and 3 x great-grandparent who lived and worked and died in Elham,Kent, and my dear sweet great-grandfather who was born in the Elham Union workhouse and in 1913 moved his family to New Zealand after his parents died. Lest I forget... how hard it was for them... his mother was sent to Chatham madhouse years prior and died in 1901 ...aged 81. Lest I forget... the hardship and ...see more