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Online MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8443 on: May 21, 2023, 11:10:34 AM »
Bobbing?
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8442 on: May 21, 2023, 09:25:00 AM »
Quote from: John Walker on May 21, 2023, 09:07:15 AM
Holy Trinity Church, Murston ?

Nope....
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8441 on: May 21, 2023, 09:07:15 AM »
Holy Trinity Church, Murston ?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8440 on: May 21, 2023, 08:26:43 AM »
Time for a clue methinks......

The small port located near here gave a very famous British sailor his first experience of the sea......
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8439 on: May 20, 2023, 11:53:36 PM »
North-East of Maidstone.....
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8438 on: May 20, 2023, 10:15:58 PM »
Maidstone?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8437 on: May 20, 2023, 09:12:24 PM »
Quote from: John Walker on May 20, 2023, 05:50:11 PM
Starter guess.    Suttin Valence area?

Nope, further north-ish....
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8436 on: May 20, 2023, 05:50:11 PM »
Starter guess.    Sutton Valence area?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8435 on: May 20, 2023, 05:46:17 PM »
I was away from home when I saw your reply and it looked close enough and I didn't want to be pedantic  :) . 

I didn't know there were two St Marys so close together.

Now to try and find your current GTP.  :)
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8434 on: May 20, 2023, 05:24:52 PM »
Thank you John, though technically, it seems I didn't get it right. For the sake of avoiding confusion though and it might seem unsporting, I'm going to take the turn.

Where is, or was (because the photo is a few years old now) this unusual art work?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8433 on: May 19, 2023, 11:44:03 PM »
FYI
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8432 on: May 19, 2023, 11:06:46 PM »
Well that had me totally confused.  When Stuart gave it as "Saint Marys Church, Sevington" I looked it up, and clearly it wasn't.  The spire and the body were quite wrong.  Then when John confirmed it I went looking further.  The church in the GTP is St. Mary the Virgin, Sevington Road, Willesborough.  This is a grade II* listed building (number 1071042) and is quite unusual in having the bipartite spire.  Listing details are at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1071042?section=official-list-entry and the location information is:
  • Nat Grid (Listing):        TR 02923 41529
  • Nat Grid (Streetmap):  TR 02924 41533
  • Nearest Post Code:     TN24 0YR
  • Co-ords (WGS84):       51°08'14"N,000°53'57"E or 51.13710,0.89926

However, and this is the confusing bit, around half a mile to the south-east is St Mary's, Sevington.  Same name (nearly) and very close goegraphically.  This one is much plainer in plan and doesn't have the bipartite spire.  It is , however, grade I (1233902) and less "improved" from the original.  Listing at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1233902?section=official-list-entry.  Location:
  • Nat Grid (listing):           TR 03705 40875
  • Nat Grid (Streetmap):    TR 03705 40877
  • Nearest Post Code:       TN24 0TP
  • Co-ords (WGS84):         51°07'51"N,000°54'36"E or 51.13093,0.91003
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8431 on: May 19, 2023, 09:57:11 PM »
You have it StuartWaters  :) ,  Over to you ...
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8430 on: May 19, 2023, 09:02:38 PM »
Saint Marys Church, Sevington?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8429 on: May 18, 2023, 06:45:10 PM »
Outskirts of large town.
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