Guess the Place

[John Walker]

Close to an historical waterway,

[pete.mason]

For those of you too young to have been "Gooned".....

[Dave Smith]

Pete. Bal ham( "The Road To", I think?). That was a record by Peter Sellers. You obviously were also a Goon Fan? Happy days. Another of my "asides", sorry folks.

[grandarog]

Another one I know .I will hold back a while,give others a chance.

[John Walker]

It looks like a chapel (possibly Methodist) or has it been converted into a private house?

You are on the right track MartinR but I believe it's still an active Methodist church according to their website.

[MartinR]

It looks like a chapel (possibly Methodist) or has it been converted into a private house?

[John Walker]

Thanks JohnFilmer,


I had a bit of luck there as I started off searching to see if it was connected with Thurnham Castle.  That put me close to the right area.


Next one ... A nice easy one    

[johnfilmer]

You are right JW, it is the entrance to Boxley Abbey.


I went there to advise on heating options for some proposed outbuilding conversions. I also was invited into the house to discuss them. The details are lost, but I remember being amazed at the historic artefacts that were literally everywhere. No camera phone then, so no sneaky pics.


Back to you.

[John Walker]

I think it's the ruins of Boxley Abbey Gateway
Tyland Lane, Boxley

[johnfilmer]

Motorway, railway, both in close proximity.

[johnfilmer]

Ah the Goons 


I spent quite a while around Tooting, Balham, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Peckham from the late 70s to 2000s chasing Housing Associations for servicing contracts. Even then a majority of my contacts just gave me a blank look if I launched into Goon humour or references like this.

[pete.mason]

Bal Ham, gateway to the South

[johnfilmer]

Mid Kent, not Dover.


Ecclesiastical connection, but not Bayham. Finally got the darned predictive text thingy to stop putting Balham!

[pete.mason]

Bayham Abbey?

[John Walker]

Is this in the Dover area ?