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The Archive - Issue 53 (Digital Copy)

The Archive - Issue 53 (Digital Copy)

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Articles:
Archaeological Discoveries at the Meads in Sittingbourne, Kent. A brief note on their importance to the archaeology of Swale and Kent
Report on HRGS Meeting - Christmas Meeting
The Anglo Saxon Graves found at The Meads, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne
Scocles Road and its origins
Archive Photos of Milton Regis and the Light Railway bridge
Was Alfred Really That Great?
The Third Sir Edward Hales
The 1911 Census
Battle of Britain Relic Appeal
Letters to the Editor
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Memories of Roman Graves Near Sittingbourne

Does anyone have any infomation about the Roman graves that were uncovered, I believe near the A249
sometime towards the end of the 1950s ?
I remember as a youngster,riding my bike,somewhere near there and looking at a row of graves all containing
skeletons.
I do remember seeing rings on the fingers of a couple of them.
I am not too sure of exactly where they were found,but I would not have ridden my bike very far from Sittingbourne.
My memory of the account has faded somewhat,and when I try to recall the event,Highsted sometimes slips
into account.
Are there records of it anywhere locally ?

- D Chapman


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Church Graffitti - Footprints in Porches

I am a volunteer for the Churches Conservation Trust. Haceby, the church I look after has some unusual graffiti in the porch and this has started me on a quest for other similar images. I am especially looking for footprints in porches, how and why they are there has intrigued me. Some local churches also have footprints, but I am yet to widen my search to neighbouring counties. If your church has some footprints it would be the first ones outside Lincolnshire I have located.
- G Roger


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The Archive - Issue 53 (Digital Copy)

The Archive - Issue 53 (Digital Copy)

This file is downloaded after payment is completed.
PDF file.

Articles:
Archaeological Discoveries at the Meads in Sittingbourne, Kent. A brief note on their importance to the archaeology of Swale and Kent
Report on HRGS Meeting - Christmas Meeting
The Anglo Saxon Graves found at The Meads, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne
Scocles Road and its origins
Archive Photos of Milton Regis and the Light Railway bridge
Was Alfred Really That Great?
The Third Sir Edward Hales
The 1911 Census
Battle of Britain Relic Appeal
Letters to the Editor
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Sittingbourne Tithe Apportionment (Digital Download)

Sittingbourne Tithe Apportionment (Digital Download)

£3.00

PDF document - downloadable when payment is received.

This is an 18-page document, detailing all of the landowners, tenants, landholdings and tithes paid, in the Parish of Sittingbourne, in 1841.

Surnames included in this document are:
Anderson, Arrowsmith, Ashenden, Ashtell, Ayling, Back, Bailey, Bake, Baker, Barley, Barnard, Barns, Barrell, Bate, Bathurst, Bedford, Bennett, Berry, Best, Bigg, Bishop, Blackader, Blake, Blaxland, Bodun, Bonny, Bottle, Boulding, Bowle, Bradbridge, Bradley, Brenchley, Brown, Browning, Bunyard, Burley, Burton, Cardell, Carlow, Castle, Castleman, Champion, Chapman, Cheesman, Chefson, Cleave, Cleaver, Clifford, Cobb, Colebut, Coleman, Colley, Comber, Cooke, Cooper, Coppin, Couchman, Coutler, Coveney, Cowland, Crittenden, Cromp, Cruttenden, Dadds, Darell, Davis, Deacon, Dean, Denne, Divers, Dobson, Drayson, Dunster, Duthie, Eaton, Edmonds, Edwards, Egar, Elfick, Everest, Fenner, Fidge, Foord, Ford, Fordred, Foster, Fox, Fry, Fryar, Fullman, Garret, Gascoyne, Gasson, Gatland, Gee, Gibbing, Gibbs, Giblan, Gilbert, Goodhew, Gooding, Gordelier, Gouge, Grant, Grayling, Greaves, Green, Grunt, Hadley, Hales, Hambly, Hammond, Hams, Hardaway, Harnden, Harris, Harrison, Harriss, Hassell, Head, Hedgcock, Henry, Higgins, Hinde, Hobbs, Hogben, Hogwood, Holt, Homewood, Hopper, Howe, Hudson, Huggens, Hunt, Hyder, Ironmonger, Ives, Jarret, Jarrett, Jarvis, Jay, Kennet, King, Kingsmill, Knowles, Lacy, Lake, Lay, Lennhy, Lewis, Lion, Long, Lunnifs, Lushington, Mackay, Macklen, Makepeace, Maklen, Maplesden, Marsh, Mason, Masters, Medwin, Miller, Mills, Milner, Mitchell, Montresor, Morris, Morrison, Moulton, Murrels, Murton, Ottaway, Packman, Palfrey, Panton, Parker, Pay, Payne, Pearce, Peters, Phillips, Philpot, Pilcher, Piles, Popperwell, Porter, Ransom, Ratcliff, Reason, Redman, Reeve, Reeves, Renshaw, Richards, Richardson, Ridman, Rondeau, Ruff, Ruler, Russell, Saxwell, Scott, Sellen, Senior, Sergeant, Shakespear, Shepherd, Shirley, Shotter, Sidders, Simpson, Smeed, Smith, Snelling, Snoard, Snourd, Standen, Stevens, Stone, Stringer, Strouts, Stunt, Summers, Sutton, Tarpe, Terry, Thomas, Tidy, Tilby, Tilley, Tong, Tucker, Twopeny, Valance, Vallance, Vinten, Vipon, Wakefield, Walker, Walter, Webb, Weller, Wenman, Wheeler, White, Whitnall, Wilby, Wilcocks, Wiles, Willis, Willson, Winch, Wise, Wood, Woolaston, Young, Alexander, Turner.
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The History of Paradise Chapel, Milton Regis (digital copy)

The History of Paradise Chapel, Milton Regis (digital copy)

£3.50

Edited by Alan Abbey

This is an HRGS publication. It is formatted as a pdf document, this enables you to search the text and zoom in and out. The text is copyrighted and up to 10% may be reproduced for research purposes but may not be resold or traded by a third party.
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Transcription of 1791 Survey of Yeakell Map of Sittingbourne

Transcription of 1791 Survey of Yeakell Map of Sittingbourne

£4.50

PDF Document available to download upon receipt of payment.

A Book of Reference for Yeakell's 1791 Survey of Sittingbourne (map available to view at The HRGS Research Centre).

Contains the reference letters to the landowners indicated on the 1791 map of Sittingbourne and details of the land boundaries, usages and parish boundary.
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The Archive - Issue 51 (Digital Copy)

The Archive - Issue 51 (Digital Copy)

£1.00

This file is downloaded after payment is completed.
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Articles:
The Hidden Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
Lullingstone Roman Villa
In Remembrance - Ken Rowles and Leo Rawling
Book Review of 'Farewell To Kent' by Helen Allinson
Did Tunstall Once Have a Norman Church?
(One last look at...)That Viaduct Again!
Report on HRGS Meeting - Talk on The Magic Lantern by Gerald Cramp
Suggestions for a Day Out - Gravesend
Research at Sheerness Library
The Heritage Protection Bill
Joan Cason of Faversham, Witch

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SITTINGBOURNE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. A.D. 1200-1500. A Paper READ BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF THE Sittingbourne Literary and Scientific Association, March 22nd, 1877, BY THE REV. W. A. SCOTT ROBERTSON, M.A.(Digital Download)

SITTINGBOURNE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. A.D. 1200-1500. A Paper READ BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF THE Sittingbourne Literary and Scientific Association, March 22nd, 1877, BY THE REV. W. A. SCOTT ROBERTSON, M.A.(Digital Download)

£4.50

PDF document - downloadable when payment is received.
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