Guess the Place

[John Walker]

We seem to have come to a halt so another clue - a subtle one.   A Macdonalds sign might help.

[castle261]

I remember the watercress beds in Newington. Our school was evacuated there in - 1939.
We lived in Church Lane, the watercress beds were on the same `lane` to Upchurch.

[John Walker]

Now a restaurant in a medium-size village - north west of Maidstone.


On a fairly busy 'A' road that runs North/South.  Station about 1/2 Km away.


This earlier photo might help as the thread seems to have stalled.

[johnfilmer]

Worringly I recognised it immediately, even though I lived a couple of miles up the road nearly 50 years ago. Also as a bunch of 20 somethings it was between us and the off licence so it was driven past a lot
So I'll pass and let someone else have a crack at it.

[John Walker]

I was simply using the OS maps selection. Some of the earlier ones had blue on water courses, but that one was selected because it had fewer identifiable features. I cut off Bog Farm as that was easily found through Google.


That was a 25 inch to the mile search within the drop down options.

Thanks JohnFilmer


Next one - another lost pub.

[johnfilmer]

I was simply using the OS maps selection. Some of the earlier ones had blue on water courses, but that one was selected because it had fewer identifiable features. I cut off Bog Farm as that was easily found through Google.


That was a 25 inch to the mile search within the drop down options.

[John Walker]

Thanks JohnFilmer. 


Out of interest, which of the NLS maps are you using?  I don't seem to have the same map as you use in the drop-down selection.

[johnfilmer]

It is the old watercress beds at Newington. Well done JW.


Over to you.

[John Walker]

Nearer the coast JW. North of A2.


There’s a church off to the south east of the map.

I found one at Newington earlier but my map showed similar but different to yours.  All my maps have water features coloured blue so I discounted it.


So my guess is Newington.

[johnfilmer]

Nearer the coast JW. North of A2.


There’s a church off to the south east of the map.

[John Walker]

Near the river Beult ?

[johnfilmer]

Too far west

[John Walker]

Springhead, Gravesend area?

[johnfilmer]

Well that was a surprise...
Over 20 years ago, we went to Bedgebury to collect a pig hut (as you do), the things that look like shrunken Nissen Huts. Borrowed twin axle flat bed trailer that was wider than our Land Rover Defender 110. Trundled a fair way up an unmade track to a couple of houses only to find that the hut was still in the woods. Much entertainment reversing the combo in (my wife did that, she drives better backwards ) and strapping the hut down, then a simple matter of driving back home.
We came up by the pond in Goudhurst, turned right and then I had to negotiate the narrow bit around the church with its double right angle bends. Not for the faint hearted 
Had a bit of trouble finding a quick bit of map, as every good idea that I had, the map gave away too much information, or that was too easily googled. So its a bit small, from 1908 25inch OS, Nls maps again.
North Kent

[John Walker]

A real guess as I can’t see a picture of the font, Goudhurst?

St Mary's Goudhurst it is JohnFilmer - good guess.


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