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Offline grandarog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4930 on: July 17, 2021, 02:13:55 PM »
Bit out of my area , :) .


 Elmsted.. St James the Great,  51.1645° N, 1.0259° E

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Offline Diapason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4929 on: July 17, 2021, 01:01:05 PM »
Lynsted?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4928 on: July 17, 2021, 12:41:24 PM »
Kent Downs
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4927 on: July 16, 2021, 07:32:21 PM »
I'm out all day tomorrow at Chatham Dockyard.  My sister has organised a vintage pram enthusiast's get-together and I'll be covering the day on video for her.


I Will check for any replies to this GTP in the evening.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4926 on: July 16, 2021, 07:28:53 PM »
Close to one of the county's Roman routes but quite rural.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4925 on: July 16, 2021, 01:15:16 PM »
Thanks John


I enjoyed that one and like you said - something different.  I managed to reduce the search once I'd noticed that the track ran exactly East/West (compared against the wording) and there aren't that many tracks like that to search along in Kent.  Most seem to be at angles.


Next one.  Should be easy ...
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4924 on: July 16, 2021, 07:51:23 AM »
You have it JW, Headcorn station it is.


Just being a little economical with the truth MartinR, can’t make it too easy  ::)


Over to you JW
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4923 on: July 16, 2021, 07:32:58 AM »
Devious!  I notice that you didn't mention that the junction was no more, just a copse of trees on Google maps satellite.  Well done John (subject to John's confirmation).
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4922 on: July 15, 2021, 10:32:08 PM »
At last!     Headcorn Station.  The branch being the Kent and East Sussex line heading for Tenterden and beyond.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4921 on: July 15, 2021, 10:22:50 PM »
The mainline station is still very active, my younger son lives almost opposite.


The Railway Hotel is no more.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4920 on: July 15, 2021, 09:11:30 PM »
Do the station and junction still exist?  Are they mainline or heritage?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4919 on: July 15, 2021, 08:35:48 PM »
Still searching :D
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4918 on: July 15, 2021, 05:56:14 PM »
I forgot to mention that the map is an OS 25inch to the mile, revised 1906 and published 1908.
This meant some substantial additional information had only just been incorporated.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4917 on: July 15, 2021, 12:19:24 PM »
That was local knowledge greatly assisted by our good friend Mr Google :)
I thought that I might try something a little different - an old map (from NLS maps)
It is possibly too easy for the train spotters (like me) and there are obviously only so many railway lines to search, so we will see. Enjoy!
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4916 on: July 15, 2021, 10:28:32 AM »
It does look odd.  The gap between the stones looks to be far too wide.  The official listing calls them "Decorative chalk voussoirs placed towards east end to suggest blocked round-headed south entrance" which sounds suitably vague.
Grid ref (from the listing): TQ8917257403
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