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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5111 on: August 16, 2021, 09:09:30 AM »
You are right JW, it is the entrance to Boxley Abbey.


I went there to advise on heating options for some proposed outbuilding conversions. I also was invited into the house to discuss them. The details are lost, but I remember being amazed at the historic artefacts that were literally everywhere. No camera phone then, so no sneaky pics.


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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5110 on: August 15, 2021, 11:17:39 PM »



I think it's the ruins of Boxley Abbey Gateway
Tyland Lane, Boxley
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5109 on: August 15, 2021, 10:23:36 PM »
Motorway, railway, both in close proximity.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5108 on: August 15, 2021, 07:33:21 PM »
Ah the Goons  :)


I spent quite a while around Tooting, Balham, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Peckham from the late 70s to 2000s chasing Housing Associations for servicing contracts. Even then a majority of my contacts just gave me a blank look if I launched into Goon humour or references like this.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5107 on: August 15, 2021, 04:49:21 PM »
Bal Ham, gateway to the South
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5106 on: August 15, 2021, 02:31:33 PM »
Mid Kent, not Dover.


Ecclesiastical connection, but not Bayham. Finally got the darned predictive text thingy to stop putting Balham!
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5105 on: August 15, 2021, 02:06:45 PM »
Bayham Abbey?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5104 on: August 15, 2021, 12:45:36 PM »
Is this in the Dover area ?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5103 on: August 15, 2021, 10:15:28 AM »
Not Eynsford, Pete, nor a castle.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5102 on: August 15, 2021, 09:39:12 AM »
Eynsford Castle?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5101 on: August 15, 2021, 09:24:03 AM »
That was the product of a bit of careful sleuthing and a lot of luck - start at the Cathedral and work outwards I thought. Couldn't be much closer :) It was good to be back electronically wandering the streets of Canterbury.
Where are these remains?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5100 on: August 14, 2021, 06:43:19 PM »
Quote from: johnfilmer on August 14, 2021, 06:02:11 PM
The view through the gates on GSV that are signed Old Palace, is almost identical to your picture.


It’s the chimney pot that clinched it!


Wow!  I wasn't expecting it to go that quick.  What gave it away?  :)


Back to you JohnFilmer


The view is from outside the west end of the cathedral, looking through the gates of The Old Palace.  I had a walk round a couple of days ago.


LINK TO ST ALPHEGE CHURCH BELLS


http://kent.lovesguide.com/tower.php?id=217
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5099 on: August 14, 2021, 06:02:11 PM »
The view through the gates on GSV that are signed Old Palace, is almost identical to your picture.


It’s the chimney pot that clinched it!
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5098 on: August 14, 2021, 05:56:43 PM »
That tower looks like it could be St Alphege in Canterbury?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5097 on: August 14, 2021, 04:52:40 PM »
Quote from: Lutonman on August 14, 2021, 04:41:50 PM
Is it Tenterden way?


Head North East a way Lutonman
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