Kington St Michael, Church Of St Michael And All Angels c.1960
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Long-standing local residents do not remember the church tower without its pinnacles, although one pinnacle was struck by lightning and fell down in the early 1990s. The church was restored in 1858 by J H Hakewill, but the tower is 1725, in Gothic style, and the baroque mouldings may not be original.

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A Selection of Memories from Kington St Michael

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 Kington St Michael

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My uncle, Stanley Lee, owned the row of cottages called "Folly Row", and he let us rent the first in the row, number 19. This was our first married home and we were very thrilled to have a house to ourselves, as many of our married friends were unable to find anywhere to live and had to stay with parents. There was no electricity or water or main drainage at first, but we had a huge garden and wonderful ...see more
Ggg.grandad Worthy Tanner lived here in 1881 with his wife, Elizabeth and grandson Alfred Tanner. Worthy was born at Langley Burrell in 1804 and was an agricultural labourer all his working life. It seems that the Tanner name originated from this area back to 1566.