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Offline grandarog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5627 on: November 13, 2021, 10:48:54 AM »
Woodstock Manor. Derelict since before WW2,.As kids we all played in and around the house and Park.
 Civil Defence used it for training after the War .All the floors were knocked out in the south wing (which is the photo..) for rescue practice.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5626 on: November 13, 2021, 08:56:16 AM »
Woodstock Park?  Approximately on the opposite side of the road to the Science Park.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5625 on: November 13, 2021, 08:26:48 AM »
I’ll pass this one, unfair advantage  :)
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5624 on: November 12, 2021, 08:34:42 PM »
Spent a day driving around Folkestone and Dover with a mate looking at all the historical bits we could find before Covid struck.Thats how I remembered the Chimney like tower.
Next one where was or what was house called .Long since demolished. Swale area.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5623 on: November 12, 2021, 07:57:06 PM »
That was quick Grandarog  :)


It's since been a gym and a live music venue - not sure which it is currently.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5622 on: November 12, 2021, 07:41:49 PM »
New I had seen it somewhere. It is all that is left of the old Dover Harbour Railway Station.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5621 on: November 12, 2021, 07:24:04 PM »
For a minute there I thought it was the Calor Gas Shop by Castle Road  Sittingbourne Eurolink. :) :) :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5620 on: November 12, 2021, 06:59:59 PM »
Right, here we go - next one folks.




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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5619 on: November 12, 2021, 11:54:38 AM »
There are three listed buildings in the area shown: Church Farm House (grade II), the oasthouse behind it (grade II) and the Old Vicarage (also grade II).  Their entries on the Heritage list are at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1060669 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025875 and https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1060670 respectively.  Evidently the Old Vicarage used to be three stories, but in the 1960s changes was reduced to two.

The location of the Old Vicarage is: TN12 9GQ - TQ 74727 44800 - 51°10'33"N 0°29'54"E

If you want the NLS 25" map of the area superimposed on today's satellite image, go to http://https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=51.17637&lon=0.50021&layers=168&b=1

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5618 on: November 12, 2021, 11:40:57 AM »
It is Maidstone Road, Marden.


My wife knew the occupants of Church Farm from when she and the lady of the house worked for Segas. In 1981 a good friend gave me a hand, with his Standard Atlas pick up (!) to move a pair of large, very heavy, thick gauge galvanised feed bins from their barn to our feed and tack room that we made in an old building at home. They were about 5ft long overall, 3ft tall at the front, the hinged lids sloping back and upwards, with a heavy duty hasp ready to take a padlock on both lids. Dodgy place Marden when you have to lock up your pig feed!


A couple of years later and my boss had bought the barns and redeveloped them into high end housing.


About 10years ago I did a preliminary survey at The Old Vicarage for a new owner. Very interesting with lots of original features, but a lot of 1960s “improvements” needed removing. An extensive basement had a self contained flat in part of it. The roof space was huge and where I proposed siting the boilers, unvented water cylinder and the controls including for extensive solar. I had retired before he went ahead. It was a wonderful money pit!


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5617 on: November 12, 2021, 11:11:57 AM »
Maidstone Road, Marden ?   I enjoy your map GTPs JohnFilmer.   Like you and MartinR, I also enjoy searching these maps and using the slider.  How Kent has built up over the years.  Hardly the Garden of England now.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5616 on: November 12, 2021, 10:16:55 AM »
I'll second that JF.  Playing with the slider and watching how hundred+ year old property boundaries and features translate into modern developments and crop markings is an absolute timewaster of the best sort.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5615 on: November 12, 2021, 09:18:36 AM »
Nls maps is the site to go to JW. I can spend hours just looking and watching places evolve over time.


You are on the right lines (sorry...) it is the Ashford,Paddock Wood etc line.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5614 on: November 11, 2021, 11:13:28 PM »
The only 25 inch OS maps I have found have the railways marked with Dover added on the end so not sure if mine will match the location.  Are we on the Ashford-Tonbridge line somewhere?




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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5613 on: November 11, 2021, 06:41:37 PM »
The railway was marked as South Eastern and Chatham, SE&CR, or as my grand father put it - Slow, Easy & Comfortable - but I suspect he was not a frequent user!
The Vicarage and Church Farm both pre-date the railway, which cuts between them and the Church.
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