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HRGS Useful Websites
Sittingbourne-related (and surrounding) Sites
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CSI Sittingbourne
A blog for the ongoing conservation lab set up in The Forum, Sittingbourne, which is working on finds from Anglo Saxon graveyard uncovered during The Meads Excavation. |
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My Sittingbourne - local directory for Sittingbourne-based people and businesses.
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Sittingbourne Remembers These pages are dedicated to the memory of the men and boys of Sittingbourne and Milton Regis in Kent England, who lost their lives in the Great War 14 -18.
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Kent-related Sites
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Andy McGowan's Photostream on flickr I know this isn't a 'historical' site but these pictures are beautiful and will be the classic shots of the places we're all familiar with in the future.
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Council for Kentish Archaeology - Catalogue of the Articles in the Kent Archaeological Review available to search. Some available online for free. Back issues can be ordered.
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| History of Rainham - an archive of historical information and photos about the history of Rainham, Kent and the surrounding areas |
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Kent Archives Service The collections are divided between the three centres in Maidstone, Canterbury and Whitfield near Dover. You can either search through all the collections online or choose one specific office.
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Kent Churches - John E. Vigar's Kent Churches
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| Kent Family Garden - an avenue of online public data sharing to those who do not otherwise have the facility or ability to post their own data. (Part of the Parish Clerks Online Website) |
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Kent Topographical Tradition (part of Kent Archaeological Society Website) - Transcriptions of important books (or portions of books) relating to the history and archaeology of Kent
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Maidstone - I remember it well
A site dedicated to people's memories of Maidstone during the fifties and sixties.
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Medway Council Archives Service - Cityark
We preserve and make available for research the archives of the Medway area of Kent and also the parish records of north-west Kent. Our oldest records date from 604. Cityark consists of a searchable database of piece-level descriptions of the original historical archival documents in our custody, an imagebase of scanned images of our most popular records, interactive query tools and branch pages containing guidance. |
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Visitor Information Centres in Kent
Ashford, 18 The Churchyard, Ashford, TN23 1QG Website
Broadstairs, Dickens House Museum, 2 Victoria Parade, Broadstairs, CT10 1QS Website
Canterbury, 12-13 Sun Street, The Buttermarket, Canterbury, CT1 2HX Website
Deal, The Landmark Centre, 129 High Street, Deal, CT14 6BB Website
Dover, Old Town Gaol, Biggin St, Dover, CT16 1DL Website
Faversham, Fleur de Lis Centre, 13 Preston Street, Faversham, ME13 8NS Website
Folkestone, 20 Bouverie Place Shopping Centre, Folkestone, CT20 1QN Website
Gravesend, Towncentric, 18a St George's Square, Gravesend, DA11 0TB Website
Herne Bay, William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5NX Website
Maidstone, Town Hall, Middle Row, High Street, Maidstone, ME14 1TF Website
Margate, 12-13 Teh Parade, Margate, CT9 1EY Website
New Romney, New Romney Station, New Romney, TN28 8PL Website
Ramsgate, 17 Albert Court, York Street, Ramsgate, CT11 9DN Website
Rochester, 95 High Street, Rochester, ME1 1LX Website
Royal Tunbridge Wells, The Old Fish Market, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5TN Website
Sandwich, The Guildhall, Sandwich, CT13 9AH Website
Sevenoaks, Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, TN13 1LQ Website
Tenterden, 2 Manor Row, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6HP Website
Tonbridge, Castle Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1BG Website
Whitstable, 57 Harbour Street, Whitstable, CT5 1AQ Website
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National Sites
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1911 National Census Online (Free search facility but need to purchase credits to view transcriptions and original images). KCC libraries sell vouchers to access Find My Past if you don't want to pay online, which are also valid on the 1911 Census website.
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| Ancestry.co.uk provide lots of useful resources to help you to research your family tree. BMD indexes, Census Returns, Military Records and lots more. You can also build your family tree online and share it with others. Most of these services are available by subscription only. There is a library edition that is free to access from your local KCC library and allows limited facilites to be used free of charge on the Ancestry.co.uk website. |
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| British History Online pilot digital library of historical sources. Browse the resources by subject, source and time period. |
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| Cyndi's List An extensive site listing useful online resources for the genealogist - although beware it's so big it's easy to get lost!! |
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| Familysearch Free searchable access to millions of records, including the International Genealogical Index. |
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| Find My Past Family History Website - BMD Indexes, Parish Records, Military Records, Migration Records etc. Many are pay-per-view. KCC libraries sell vouchers to access Find My Past if you don't want to pay online, which are also valid on the 1911 Census website. |
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FreeBMD Free BMD provide many of the national birth, marriage and death registers online for free. They have a search engine which makes finding your ancestors a lot easier. It should be noted, however, that the registers are not complete so if you can't find your ancestor it may not mean their birth, marriage or death entry doesn't exist. There are also transcription discrepancies as each entry has been typed into the database - e.g. if you're searching for the surname Jeffrey you might find it spelt Jeffery, Jeffrey, Jeffreys, depending on how clear the original was. It might be worth using wildcard characters to search, e.g. Jeff*.
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FreeReg
Free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, that have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K. Not yet complete. |
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| Google Earth View satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. |
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| Historical Directories - digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919 |
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Institute of Conservation - Advice on the conservation of documents and artefacts.
Care and conservation of...
- Archaeological materials
- Architectural ironwork
- Books and family bibles
- Carpets and rugs
- Carved stone
- Ceramic and glass
- Clocks
- Costume and textiles
- Decorative schemes and surfaces
- Ethnographic objects
- Family documents and archives
- Fashion accessories
- Frames and gilding
- Furniture
- Jewellery
- Oil paintings
- Photographic materials
- Plastic materials
- Prints, drawing and watercolours
- Silver and plate
- Stained glass
- Care and preservation of removable digital and electronic media
- Guidelines for the mounting and framing of works of art on paper
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Learn Medieval Latin - (part of The National Archives Site) A 12-part tutorial course with sample documents to try out. There is also an advanced course.
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Learn Palaeography - (part of The National Archives Site) Learn to read old handwriting with sample documents.
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| Old Maps (ordnance survey maps of the UK from mid-1800s) |
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Oxford Art Online A wide range of search options, and extensive links to images from galleries and museums around the world. Free of charge if you belong to Kent Libraries and enter your Library Card Number. Searchable by name, date, location and many other search criteria.
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" By 1600 coloured wallpapers were being produced, and a paper of about that date (destr.) from Borden Hall, Sittingbourne, Kent, was printed in black on a red ground, with jade green and turquoise foliage and flowers. Although papers were usually pasted to walls, this example had been nailed to the plaster with large flat-headed nails." |
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| Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The biographies of many famous, and not so famous, people are available here. Free of charge if you belong to Kent Libraries and enter your Library Card Number. Searchable by name, date, location and many other search criteria. |
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Oxford Music Online This invaluable research tool brings together 50,000 articles on all aspects of music, sophisticated search and browse capabilities, Sibelius-enabled musical examples, and extensive links to musical sites on the Internet. Free of charge if you belong to Kent Libraries and enter your Library Card Number. Searchable by name, date, location and many other search criteria.
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" By 1600 coloured wallpapers were being produced, and a paper of about that date (destr.) from Borden Hall, Sittingbourne, Kent, was printed in black on a red ground, with jade green and turquoise foliage and flowers. Although papers were usually pasted to walls, this example had been nailed to the plaster with large flat-headed nails." |
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| Oxford Reference Library Oxford English Language and Reference Dictionaries, Bilingual Dictionaries, Quotations, Maps and Illustrations, Timelines, Encyclopedia. Free to access if you enter your Kent Library Card Number. |
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| Pastscape search nearly 400,000 records held in the national historic environment database. |
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| Past Thinking - Past Thinking is a blog about where the past meets the future, covering archaeology, history, computing, and where they all meet. Well worth a look. |
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| RootsChat - A forum for people researching genealogy. Free to join and post messages on. |
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| Viewfinder Historic Photographs Held by the National Monuments Record. |
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HRGS INFO PAGES
What's New on the HRGS Forums...
02.04.2012
Ufton Lane School (0) This is the only photo that I have seen of the interior of my first school, Ufton Lane. I think that I have identified my father`s youngest brother, who must have died soon after the photo was taken. I recently visited the school and was allowed to see all...
18.03.2012
Does anyone recognise this funeral photograph? (2) Could this be the tail end of the funeral? The first photo is obviously Chalkwell Road and this one is looking West up Holleybank Hill. and toward Chalkwell.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff426/bryn2/100_0682.jpg
16.03.2012
Alston family and Chalkwell Tannery (0) I am researching the Alston family who owned the Chalkwell tannery through the 'first half' of the 19 century. Can you confirm that William Alston was the first Alston - he died 1833; then did his son William S Alston carry on the business, but died young? Do...
16.03.2012
Buggs' Field and Sittingbourne Street names (1) Thanks for your enquiry.
I can help you with the location of Buggs Field, as I came across it last week whilst comparing the 1840 Tithe Map with the 1791 Yeakell Map! It’s strange how these things seem to work out!
Below is an image from the 1791...
23.11.2011
Ufton Court/Ufton Manor/ Ufton Court Manor? (1) Three pictures of the elusive Ufton Court Farm, of which there appears to be nothing left. Accessed via a footpath known locally as `The Ashpath` or `Cinder Track` which began approximately at the junction of Ufton Lane/West Ridge. The first few yards are...
28.06.2011
Cement Industry (2) If it is of any interest, I have just discovered the route of the pipeline through which the slurry from Highsted Chalk Quarry was pumped to the Smeed Dean Brickfield and Cement Works at Murston.
'The slurry pipeline rises from the pit in the `tunnel`...
23.06.2011
" The Kings Yard ", Sittingbourne (1) http://www.hrgs.co.uk/components/com_agora/img/members/2/mini_kings-yard.jpg
I think I might have a definitive answer for you for this one - provided I've got the right time period, as you didn't mention what date your reference was from. That doesn’t...
07.06.2011
Sittingbourne Alms Houses (4) From Archaeologia Cantiana vol. XLIII (1931) page 59
'To the Alms House next unto the Vyne, a pair of sheets and coverlet.'
Will of Margery Smythson, 20 April 1508
06.06.2011
Sittingbourne Home Guard (1) Lt. TG Elliott, 2/Lt FW Hollands, Lt D Barr, Lt C Brown, Lt HG Rush, Lt W Kirkman, Lt GWH Allen, Lt FH Fox, Lt P Delavault, Lt G Coombes, Lt CA Wilde, MBE, 2/Lt WH Jordon, Lt SB Tong, Lt H Barter
Lt R Andrews, 2/Lt W Reynolds, Lt J Blackburn, 2 Lt EA...
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