Guess the Place

[DaveTheTrain]

Hi Rog,  No that is a mate of mines.  I was in Preston Street.  I will post a picture later!

DTT

[grandarog]

DaveTheTrain......Was this your Engine at Faversham ?

[DaveTheTrain]

Wow, well done JW.  And JF was so close.

The minor road, directly next to the site is Featherby Road.  The Major Road is the one JW listed.   Featherby road, when I was a lad was passable over a footbridge.  The footbridge was removed when the link road went in.  Of interest the land here was set aside for years, since at least the 1970s in preparation for the link road.  In the end the link road was built about half a mile further West than the land set aside.

I think there was a proper crossing with a crossing here in the 1940s, just visible in the 1940s aerial view.  My grandparents worked this farmland all their lives.

A link to the KLIS map so that you can zoom out and see the other Fort, which I think is called Grange Fort further North.  On the old Forum I believe Rog (Grandarog) put up a bit of history of the site.

Of interest there has been a lot of name changes.  Originally, Featherby Road was Grange Lane.  Also Beechings Way (as it now called) and the crossing I mention above, was known as "Beechums Crossing".  A mate of mine, an old Gillingham resident still refers to the road as "Beechums Way".  I know not the reason for the change. 

The location (for those interested) is https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Featherby+Rd,+Gillingham/@51.3830754,0.5772129,451m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x47d8d29aaaaf4011:0xf9af1f3dab531d1d!8m2!3d51.3774137!4d0.5743759!16s%2Fg%2F1vxdxk8g?entry=ttu


The KLIS Map I took the image from is here, under Map Views (1946 Map):   
https://webapps.kent.gov.uk/KCC.KLIS.Web.Sites.Public/ViewMap.aspx
DTT

[John Walker]

That took some finding 

Just off Yokosuka Way near Twydall ?  Will be interesting to learn what the guns were protecting from that position.

Yokosuka (横須賀市, Yokosuka-shi) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of February 2024, the city has a population of 373,797, and a population density of 3,708 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,600/sq mi).[1] The total area is 100.7 km2 (38.9 sq mi). Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city is host to United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

[johnfilmer]

Is the road running north south (ish) Bloors Lane?

[DaveTheTrain]

Okay John, a couple of clues.  West of Sittingbourne.  To the immediate South is a very large post-war council estate that followed a road naming convention that connected it with many other parts of Kent.  And the road adjacent has a very International theme!!! 

[John Walker]

I went up and down that line on a 1940s map a couple of days ago but couldn't find it. Sittingbourne area?

[DaveTheTrain]

Apologies Gents,  a couple of days tied up with the Faversham Transport event, where we had our steam engine.  But back now.

Yes that is the main London to Coast Main Line in the photo.   Also the site has been on KHF, it may have been on the old forum.
DTT

[John Walker]

Is that a main line railway running left to right in the upper half?

[John Walker]

White Cliffs area?

[DaveTheTrain]

I believe so.

[John Walker]

Gun emplacements?

[DaveTheTrain]

Thanks BB.  Nice documents there.  My mother worked for Vyes in Rochester.

 Now,where is this.  No clues yet.

[Beachbum]

Well done DTT, it is Truro Court Hotel.

The Bonus point would be for Chylton Lodge (see plan).

The previous Truro Lodge was purchased by the Vye Famiy the day before Auction in 1907.

I remember the whole Site being sold on as a Investment Building Plot, eventually being to expensive to develope. Eventually being de-valued and Homefleet House sheltered housing built.

[DaveTheTrain]

A nice local one for me.  Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate.  For the bonus point, the Truro Court Hotel.  And for another point, a mystery tunnel thrown in for good measure!