Guess the Place

[MartinR]

@Beachbum, with an invert like that and no flat roadway/walking surface/trackbed that looks like a water tunnel.  I'd say canal, but the T&S has the railway in it, and there were no other major canals in Kent!   I'm thinking therefore flood relief or similar?

[MartinR]

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Offham.

Location:

• Nat'l Grid:                  TQ 66023 58067
• Nearest Post Code:   ME19 5NZ
• Co-ords (WGS84):     51°17'51"N,000°22'48E or 51.297520.37998

The church itself looks rather interesting.  A Saxon private chapel, rebuilt c. 1080 and hence missing from Domesday, but is mentioned in the Textus Roffensis.  Of the original Norman build, only the lower part of the tower is extant, but the 13thC work was interlaced with Norman work, and indeed scars can still be seen.  It's now on my list of places to visit!  Church website, with an excellent 3D tour: http://www.stmaryswestmalling.org.uk/?page_id=181

[Beachbum]

Thanks John Walker, that sounds like a sport worth watching. Perhaps they should bring it back with some Benny Hill Music playing?

Okay, the next one for you............

[John Walker]

St. Michael and All Angels Church?

You have it Beachbum - over to you.


St. Michael and All Angels Church, Offham.

My clue about an unusual item on the village green ......
The village is famed for its medieval quintain which stands on the green, believed to be the last remaining example in the country.
The quintain consists of a wooden post around eight feet in height with a freely rotating arm on the top. One end of the arm is flat (the "eye"), with the other used to attach heavy objects such as a leather pack. In a sport dating back to perhaps Roman times, a horseman would ride at the quintain at full pace with his lance extended to strike the flat end. Should the horseman not be riding sufficiently quickly, the arm would swing around and the heavy object knock him off his horse.

[Lutonman]

I Think you have it Beachbum at Ofham,

[Beachbum]

St. Michael and All Angels Church?

[John Walker]

Snodland?

Not Snodland Lutonman - head South West.

[Lutonman]

Snodland?

[John Walker]

The church is not right in the village.


Something unusual on the village green

[John Walker]

If Lenham is Mid Kent then you need to be around 15 miles roughly WNW.

[MartinR]

Well I reckon that Lenham is just about mid-Kent.  Would I be right looking for a small village a few miles west of there?

[John Walker]

Small village just west of mid-Kent.

[grandarog]

Recognised the War Memorial, so know which Village the Church serves .Will hold off for a while.

[John Walker]

Next one everyone....  Another church so shouldn't be too difficult.

[John Walker]

Thanks, Martin.  A very interesting report on the gardens.  I'd never have known any of that otherwise.


Next one up shortly.