Guess the Place

[MartinR]

The two underpasses are still there.  The tramway underpass at TQ85018,65134 is now the service road to a road to what I'm guessing is an extension of Amethyst Horticulture.  The other underpass at TQ85614,65006
 is visible on GSV (see below) but appears to have no current use.  The Cedars is now an "assisted living residence".

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3534952,0.6644794,3a,75y,353.26h,78.04t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQ0Cy96i2SFPF5VaPvY70Sw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DQ0Cy96i2SFPF5VaPvY70Sw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D281.10046%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1

[grandarog]

I will concede this one  to John Walker. If he had looked at the 1906 map that's where johnfilmer got the image from. Its George deans old brickfield .Remember it still there not that long ago.

[John Walker]

The nearest I can find is on Watling Street (A2) just east of the junction with Hartlip Road.  I'm looking on the OS Six Inch  1888 to 1913 map and it looks different but I can pick out matching sections.

[johnfilmer]

There is, and has been for some years, a transport cafe on the edge of this map section.

[johnfilmer]

Sorry about that, but I thought to indicate that MartinR was on the right road, but that it would yet to be classified.


I wondered when the road classifications appeared, so thanks for that link MartinR.


Railway is not industrial, but part of the main network.

[John Walker]

Is the rail line an industrial line rather than a mainline?  I'm presuming MartinR's guess of the A2 is wrong?

[MartinR]

Very true.  See https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=1922_Road_Lists for details of the original scheme.

[johnfilmer]

Probably still Watling Street in 1908, MartinR.

[MartinR]

Brook St Mary's official listing is at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1232974

[MartinR]

Would the road be the A2?

[johnfilmer]

Thanks JW, the search would have been quicker but the church didn't display its name on GSV satellite.
Sticking with map clues, where is this in 1908?

The brickworks later migrated over the road to where the gravel pit is shown, and after closure (in late 60s?) has evolved into an Industrial Estate.

[John Walker]

Well done and over to you JohnFilmer and sorry you just missed it Grandarog.  The church also looks to be worth a visit.


Brook is in a gently rolling valley top immediately south of the North Downs. The brook referred to rises here and flows east to join the combined East and West Stour, that is, the River Great Stour. The south-east fifth of the parish is woodland. Brook has a small village museum. The human population of this area rose by 3 during the 10 years to the United Kingdom Census 2011. The 11th century Grade I listed parish church is dedicated to St Mary.  There is also a Baptist chapel. The church of St. Mary, erected about 1075, is of stone, in the Early Norman style, and has a tower containing 3 bells: the tower was struck by lightning in 1896, and the northwest corner destroyed but was restored in 1899: there are 160 sittings. John Betjeman described the church as "unaltered early Norman church ... a massive church which carries its longevity more convincingly than many older and tidier churches"

[grandarog]

Beat me to it. 

[johnfilmer]

Brook Agricultural Museum, The Street, Brook near Ashford.

[John Walker]

The name of a discontinued TV Soap might help.