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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7359 on: October 02, 2022, 11:23:48 PM »
Come on you lot  ;D .      MartinR has practically given it to you ...
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7358 on: October 02, 2022, 11:58:37 AM »
Time for another clue?  The site was originally used for its current purpose in 1242 but ceased to be in 1538.  It returned to its current use in the late 1950s.  The name of the nearby village shows that it was an ancient crossing place.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7357 on: October 01, 2022, 10:20:28 PM »
Pretty well due south from Rochester
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7356 on: October 01, 2022, 10:04:12 PM »
Wild guess time, Rochester area?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7355 on: October 01, 2022, 09:01:27 PM »
Time for the evening clue: the water John mentioned is the River Medway.  Come on, that should make it really easy.
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7354 on: October 01, 2022, 09:08:26 AM »
Less cryptic: North Kent
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7353 on: October 01, 2022, 08:55:15 AM »
Too cryptic for my brain. :-[ ??? :( :)
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7352 on: September 30, 2022, 06:46:37 PM »
Let's try one more cryptic one: "If I had a string of beads (or perhaps a necklace of beads) they might show the way to the stations".
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7351 on: September 30, 2022, 08:34:14 AM »
Time for a cryptic clue I suspect: "You might say that this was a Stock photo".
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7350 on: September 29, 2022, 09:27:25 AM »
I'm 99% sure I know this one but I'll hold fire for others to guess.  :)
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7349 on: September 29, 2022, 07:08:30 AM »
Yes
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7348 on: September 29, 2022, 06:04:21 AM »
Is there water close by?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7347 on: September 28, 2022, 11:34:58 PM »
As you can guess from the name, this was taken in March of last year, but where?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #7346 on: September 28, 2022, 09:52:28 PM »
Location:
  • Nat Grid:                  TR 37931 64924
  • Nearest Post Code: CT11 9BN
  • WGS84:                  51°20'01"N 001°24'51"E or 51.333595,1.414292
The gateway to the Barber’s Almshouses, erected in 1899 to the designs of WG Osborne and Langham and Cole, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
*   the gateway is a distinctive design of strong architectural character, well executed and defined by its ornate detailing within an Elizabethan-cum-baroque style.

See the official listing for the gatehouse: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1461618?section=official-list-entry
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« Reply #7345 on: September 28, 2022, 09:41:45 PM »
Spot on MartinRHidden away around the corner from Clarendon house school in Ramsgate is this amazing Almhouse.
 "Almshouses For Poor Persons Of Good Character Of Not Less Than 60 Years Of Age Who Have Residen In The Parish For Not Less Than 15 Years."
These Almshouses were built, endowed and dedicated to the poor of the parish of St. George by the will of Frances Barber, for many years a resident in that town, in order to perpetuate the memory of her husband Francis Charles Barber and her only son William Charles Barber
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