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Diapason
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Re: Guess the Place
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Reply #3155 on:
November 08, 2020, 01:54:02 PM »
Was the infamous hospital St Augustines, Chartham?
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pete.mason
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Reply #3154 on:
November 08, 2020, 12:15:46 PM »
No sir! but a rather (in)famous one nearby
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John Walker
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Reply #3153 on:
November 08, 2020, 11:17:26 AM »
Was it a hospital previously?
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pete.mason
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Reply #3152 on:
November 08, 2020, 08:49:27 AM »
Not a pub for a change, original building has been demolished and a des res built in its place. Where & what was it?
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MartinR
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Re: Guess the Place
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November 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM »
An interesting and ancient church. The bells though are something else. The top three are relatively new 1997/8, but the back three are the ones of interest. 4 and 6 were cast by John Wilnar of Borden in 1634 but the gem in the number 5. That one was cast by Thomas de Weston in 1348. Yes, that's not a misprint it is 672 years old and still in use. It could have been heard by Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims! The Ringing World article (link below) points out that the bell's first job would have been tolling for the victims of the Black Death in 1349, alarmingly prescient today.
My first memory of Chalk was as inexperienced trainee ringer. As we came down the stair the tower captain drew my attention to the list of bells and their dates. Where else would a trainee be trusted with an instrument of this age? Would you sit your grade 1 exams with a Strad?
Details of the bells:
http://kent.lovesguide.com/tower.php?id=240
English heritage entry for the church:
https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1089044
Write-up in The Ringing World:
http://kent.lovesguide.com/articles/chalk1976-11-12.pdf
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CAT
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Re: Guess the Place
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November 07, 2020, 07:59:55 PM »
Sorry John Walker, but Pete has it. It was indeed St Mary’s Church at Chalk. The pic is dated about 1775-1800, though little has changed apart from the roof of the unusual west tower porch.
Over to you Pete
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castle261
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November 07, 2020, 11:12:06 AM »
What I like about this - is you get to know - all those little villages - that you did not know existed.
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pete.mason
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Reply #3148 on:
November 07, 2020, 08:59:58 AM »
St Mary's Chalk
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John Walker
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November 06, 2020, 08:52:58 PM »
Dartford area?
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CAT
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Re: Guess the Place
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November 06, 2020, 02:42:07 PM »
You're to far east Pete
This church is positioned between a large waterway to the north and a major road route to the south. Immediately to the south is a main road between two of Kent's principal town/city.
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CAT
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November 06, 2020, 01:55:42 PM »
You're to far east Pete.
This church is situated between a large waterway to the north and a major road route to the south. Its location is just north of a main road linking two of Kent's principal town/city
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pete.mason
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November 06, 2020, 12:45:22 PM »
North Downs, East of Ashford?
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CAT
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Re: Guess the Place
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November 06, 2020, 08:38:31 AM »
Many thanks John Walker
My next is a pen 'n' wash drawing of a church, but where?
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John Walker
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November 05, 2020, 04:42:40 PM »
That's the place CAT - well done
Over to you ...
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CAT
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November 05, 2020, 04:00:27 PM »
Mount Ephraim, Boughton?
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