Guess the Place

[Beachbum]

Another clue...........

[Beachbum]

Thanks grandarog and John Walker.
So where are all our other Members? Please have a go at this Fun game and try your own secret location if you get the right answer.
Come on and have a go, clues will always be given to help you...................

[grandarog]

Recognised the gate,but had to think where I had seen it.
Will hold off like John Walker.
 Maybe attract some one new to the game. Come and play.

[John Walker]

Found it but I'll hold back for now, having submitted quite a few GTPs lately.

[Beachbum]

  Thanks John Walker.
The building has a very interesting history. As the story goes  the timbers which were used to build the pub came from The Spanish Armada (known to the English as The Black Pigs - hense the name) wrecked off the the Kent coast in 1588.  Although it is thought that some part of the building dates  further back.



The next one for you.................

[MartinR]

Location:

• Nat Grid:     TR 27877 56379
• Post Code:  CT3 1LF
• WGS84:       51°15'40"N 001°15'53"E or 51.26100,1.26477

[John Walker]

You have it Beachbum.  My maternal Grandmother was born close to this pub.  It's the small hamlet of Summerfield, Staple.  Her Dad is listed as a market gardener.


Over to you.




https://staple-online.com/history%20of%20the%20black%20pig.html

[Beachbum]

The Black Pig at Staple..............

[John Walker]

Very quiet perhaps a further clue needed.


East Kent

[John Walker]

Until recent years it was the only pub with that name in England.  It was initially a brewery as well.
It also doubled-up as the village store for a period.

[John Walker]

Thanks MartinR - I was way off beam for a while on this one.  Couldn't have found it without your clues.




Next one.  Shouldn't last long.  Still exists and is easily seen on GSV.  (The name on the wall has been photoshopped out)


16th-century timbered-framed and white-walled country pub, Grade 2 listed.

[MartinR]

Bang on the nail.  Location:

• Nat Grid:     TQ 88184 57447
• Post Code   ME9 0TR
• WGS84:      51°17'06"N 0°41'50"E or 51.28507,0.69716

As you've found, WP pages at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormshill and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Giles_Church,_Wormshill
Official listing at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1060971?section=official-list-entry
Next clue would have been "Taking a train to the station will not help you" - Wormshill & Bredgar Light Railway!

[John Walker]

At last - found it!   St Giles Church,Wormshill.   The following fits the clues nicely.


A church existed before the Norman conquest. In 1086 the lack of change in value pre-conquest to 1086 (as now) may suggest that no major building work had occurred in the intervening 20 years. In the south wall of the nave by the porch is what looks like an Anglo-Saxon double-splayed window. The window had been covered up and was revealed in 1879. Tatton-Brown (1993) states that it is not possible to be certain that it is an Anglo-Saxon window, but it is possible it could be early Norman. The official listing record describes the church as "First half C11, C13 and C15, restored 1879–80 by Clarke" which agrees with Tatton-Brown's earlier date.
The village itself has pagan roots as indicated by the toponymy of the name Wormshill (from the Anglo-Saxon god Wōden). The church appears to have been built, at least in part, by Normans as it displays Norman architectural features. The church also contains a 13th-century chest, first discovered in the early 20th century. The church register dates back to 1700.

[MartinR]

You're heading in the right direction, but you've only got halfway there.  Yes, it is a church.  I've just checked, and it's not on GSV.  However the window is visible in both the village and the church pages on Wikipedia.  Wikicommons has exactly the same photo.

[John Walker]

I've searched various churches (I'm assuming it is a church?) east of Aylesford but it might be that window doesn't appear in any of the photos I've found.  Will have to take some guesses.


Thurnham area?