Guess the Place

[johnfilmer]

Looks a bit like Derbies Court at Stalisfield

[John Walker]

As promised - next one.


What is the name of this fine house and where is it?

[John Walker]

Thanks JohnFilmer.  I always enjoy your map GTPs although I can't find the exact map that you use.  If you could supply the link it would be appreciated.


If my PC had predictive text it would probably have 'Over to you JohnFilmer'.  It's a shame more members don't join in.  There is a lot of Kent history to be learned on GTP.


Next one will go up this evening.

[johnfilmer]

You have it JW.


Apologies for being a bit sneaky, using a different view of the same place(ish) on two consecutive posts, but I knew the history of Birling Avenue as the tram road, so set about finding something to illustrate it to our huge audience  . They must have dug the tramway bed down when constructing the Birling Avenue, Berengrave Lane junction, as it is much lower than the A2 today, and would have been impossible for tram to get up that gradient.


Back to you JW (would you believe that phrase came up as predictive text on this iPad, we must get a life...)

[CAT]

I think you have it JohnWalker. It looks as though only the 3rd Ed. map of the OS (c.1907) shows the tramway running alongside Watling Street at this point. By 1929 (4th Ed. Map) the tramway has gone and largely replaced by a strip of land with Birling Avenue along side to the north. Intersting to note that switching of the tramway from one side of Watling Street to the other to avoid existing buildings, namely Rainham Mark to the west and along the middle of the High Street to the east. 

[John Walker]

I think it's on the A2 as it enters Rainham. Junction with Berengrave Lane.  None of my maps show a tramway there though.

[John Walker]

Now to find the actual location ...

[johnfilmer]

Indeed, the Chatham and District Light Railway, later to become Chatham And District Traction Company, who ran the brown buses over roughly the old tram routes until 1955.

[John Walker]

Section of the Chatham & District Tram system ?

[johnfilmer]

More mainstream than that JW.


Clue, look at the road name far right.

[John Walker]

A tramway related to one of the Faversham gunpowder works?

[johnfilmer]

Sandwich is waaaay too far

[MartinR]

As far as Sandwich?

[johnfilmer]

Further east.

[John Walker]

I've not found it but should we be looking in the Gravesend area?  I have a feeling there's a tramway somewhere near there.