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John Walker
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May 19, 2020, 06:20:05 PM »
Shipbourne ?
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pete.mason
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Reply #1902 on:
May 19, 2020, 08:49:15 AM »
Less than 10 miles as the crow flies from Trottiscliffe
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John Walker
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May 18, 2020, 10:46:28 PM »
West Kent
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John Walker
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May 18, 2020, 04:57:44 PM »
Your name clue made me think of Trottiscliffe but I can't find your pub there.
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pete.mason
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Reply #1899 on:
May 18, 2020, 01:33:48 PM »
One to ponder. So many different ways is the village name pronounced. Which is right? Take your pick
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John Walker
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May 18, 2020, 01:06:09 PM »
Well done Pete. Staplehurst it is. The Dicken's connection is the train crash he was involved in close to Staplehurst. Over to you...
The
Staplehurst rail crash
was a
derailment
at
Staplehurst
, Kent on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm. The
South Eastern Railway
Folkestone
to London
boat train
derailed while crossing a viaduct where a length of track had been removed during engineering works, killing ten passengers and injuring forty. In the
Board of Trade
report it was found that a man had been placed with a red flag 554 yards (507 m) away but the regulations required him to be 1,000 yards (910 m) away and the train had insufficient time to stop.
Charles Dickens
was travelling with
Ellen Ternan
and
her mother
on the train; they all survived the derailment. He tended the victims, some of whom died while he was with them. The experience affected Dickens greatly; he lost his voice for two weeks and afterwards was nervous when travelling by train, using alternative means when available. Dickens died five years to the day after the accident; his son said that he had never fully recovered.
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pete.mason
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Reply #1897 on:
May 18, 2020, 12:39:52 PM »
Staplehurst
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John Walker
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Reply #1896 on:
May 17, 2020, 09:21:48 PM »
A Dickens connection.
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John Walker
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May 17, 2020, 04:24:25 PM »
Not Charing either Pete. Need to continue roughly SW from there.
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pete.mason
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Reply #1894 on:
May 17, 2020, 11:20:29 AM »
My first thought was Charing,
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John Walker
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May 17, 2020, 10:32:36 AM »
Not Harrietsham Pete but you're within about 12 km.
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pete.mason
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Reply #1892 on:
May 17, 2020, 09:03:02 AM »
Harrietsham
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John Walker
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May 16, 2020, 11:52:00 PM »
Not Boughton Pete although I can see your thinking.
Head WSW.
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pete.mason
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Reply #1890 on:
May 16, 2020, 03:50:31 PM »
the Street, Boughton under Blean?
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John Walker
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Reply #1889 on:
May 15, 2020, 02:34:03 PM »
Thanks Keith
It helped using Google Earth back in time maps.
Next one folks - shouldn't be too difficult, so no clues yet. ...
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