Guess the Place

[MartinR]

Well it's not St Thomas the Apostle, Harty, so would I be right in invoking the "-ish"  and assuming the north Kent coast from, say, Reculver to Thanet?

[John Walker]

Is this memorial in the entrance of a churchyard?

[grandarog]

Not Medway. go East sameish  latitude.

[MartinR]

If anyone is interested there's a history of Coldred (2 GTPs previous) in Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldred

[MartinR]

Medway Towns?

[grandarog]

Here we go .As Remembrance Day is approaching we have a Soldiers grave.Where would you find the resting place of this brave man.
Blurred to make it harder.

[grandarog]

Thanks Lutonman.That was easy for me as my friend Sam Hollands the Sculpture lives in our Village.I have always admired her works which grace many places.
You can all see her work on the link below.


http://www.samholland.co.uk/

I will put up the next Guess later.

[Lutonman]

Spot On Grandarog, This was a clue in a Canterbury Treasure trail I did this year. It followed my adventure around Maidstone. Not been to Canterbury for a number of years and its changed a lot.


You can see it here
23 High St - Google Maps




Over to you

[grandarog]

Is that a photo of part of the base of Sam Holland's Statue of Chaucer at Canterbury?

[Lutonman]

Thank you Martin R


Away from buildings this time then, where do you find this part of a statue? Easily viewable on a street corner.

[Lutonman]

Sadly, Lutonman it was not St Pancras Church, Shepherdswell, which is actually dedicated to St Andrew, but you were one village out  . Maybe a confusion as to the location of the church in relation to the village?

I actually took the name from the title of a photo from the web but shortened it to make it simple

[MartinR]

Guildford colliery.  Thanks for the photo, I'd been trying to work out what the crescent shaped structure was, particularly since it is quite an embankment where is crosses Little Haynes (thanks GSV).  I'd even wondered if it was associated with the earthworks around the church, but clearly is the remains of the spur from Eynesthorpe to the colliery.
http://www.eastkent.freeuk.com/mining/guilford_colliery.htm

[John Walker]

I notice that there is a preserved winding house to the South East of this church and a curving rail line that circumnavigates the church and connects with the East Kent Light Railway at Eythorne.  Which colliery would that have been?

[CAT]

That is their modern conjoined name MartinR, but prior to there joining they were both two separate parishes in their own right each with an historic parish church. The one for Shepherdswell, or Sibertswold to give its its other name, is dedicated to St Andrew whilst Colderd is dedicated to St Pancras. It is interesting to note that the main focus of Coldred village today is closer to the line of the A2, whilst the church sits about a mile to the north. This may suggest the church has its origins as a manorial chapel associated with a manor house, or Court Lodge.

[John Walker]

Excellent historical information CAT, as always.  thank you