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Offline John Walker

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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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Offline stuartwaters

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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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Offline stuartwaters

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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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Offline John Walker

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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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Offline John Walker

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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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Offline MartinR

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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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Offline John Walker

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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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Offline stuartwaters

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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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Offline John Walker

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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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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8428 on: May 16, 2023, 11:53:54 PM »
Found it, but will hang fire
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8427 on: May 16, 2023, 11:08:16 PM »
Your good wishes are appreciated, but on this occasion misplaced.  I had to take my son up to Mildenhall for an interview which was why I was away from the main machine.  Having said which, that was the first night away (other than hospital trips) since before the pandemic.  These drugs certainly mess you up, the only thing is that they keep the bloody cancer at bay and keep me above ground, so I'll keep taking them!
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