Guess the Place

[John Walker]

But to start the ball rolling, north of the M20?

More NE of the M20

[shoot999]

Well my excuse is I've been a bit busy and not had the time to play. Although it has to be said I never guess churches right anyway.   


But to start the ball rolling, north of the M20?

[John Walker]

I thought as it's a church it might have been guessed quickly.

[John Walker]

Can be seen on GSV through gaps in trees. Station nearby.

[MartinR]

That's not a problem John.  I've come across places in the past where the "official" name is different from the name the locals use.  Examples are Nevilles Cross on maps (should be Neville's Cross), "No Place" (council tried to change it to Co-operative cottages) or my favourite: Hell Lane in the village of Sodom, now renamed to Upper Ettingshall Rd, in Upper Ettingshall.

[John Walker]

Thanks JohnFilmer - An interesting one but a very difficult one to find.


Next one ...

[John Walker]

Hmm, according to GSV and other mapping services, 51.254580, 0.516145 is in Bockingford Lane, not Bockingham Lane.  See https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/51%C2%B015'16.5%22N+0%C2%B030'58.1%22E/@51.2545808,0.5155978,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d51.2545801!4d0.5161453!5m1!1e1

Thanks MartinR - My typo - now corrected.

[MartinR]

Hmm, according to GSV and other mapping services, 51.254580, 0.516145 is in Bockingford Lane, not Bockingham Lane.  See https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/51%C2%B015'16.5%22N+0%C2%B030'58.1%22E/@51.2545808,0.5155978,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d51.2545801!4d0.5161453!5m1!1e1

[johnfilmer]

The old Bockingford Arms, now a private house as Bockingham Steps. An imposing building, but quite shallow upstairs.

www.dover-kent.com/2014-project/Bockingford-Arms-Loose.html
We installed a heating system there some years ago, challenging but hugely interesting, I did the design. The main rooms downstairs used new cast iron sectional radiators (think old school type) that had to be assembled on site. The instructions specified the torque for the connecting nipples by where a given weight man stood on which length bar. Failed to mention the three other guys hanging onto the radiator!
Over to you JW
 

[John Walker]

Bockingford Arms or Bockingford Steps, Bockingford Lane, Bockingford, Loose ?

[johnfilmer]

Right stream and valley

[John Walker]

Loose ?

[johnfilmer]

Clues.

The property is part named both as pub and house for the hamlet. The road leading up the valley side next to the property is now also named for the hamlet, but used to be Farm Hill.
The building across the road from the property, visible on the right of it in the picture, was an industrial one (of many) until about 120 years ago. It is also named for the hamlet.

[johnfilmer]

Not beside the Medway itself, but feeds into it. There’s vague for you 


This view across the valley has the Medway off some way to the right.


The GSV screenshot (from 2009) is not closer as there is a gap in its availability in front of the building.

[John Walker]

Beside the river Medway - somewhere?