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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3163 on: November 09, 2020, 01:41:17 PM »
Any connection with Oakwood Cemetery ?
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3162 on: November 09, 2020, 09:00:40 AM »
no but getting nearer. Climb over the gate, get on your hands & knees and you'll find BIG clues  :D
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3161 on: November 08, 2020, 11:39:54 PM »
Hermitage Lane ?
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3160 on: November 08, 2020, 07:09:23 PM »
Within a country mile or so
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Offline grandarog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3159 on: November 08, 2020, 06:12:02 PM »
Are we near to the old Oakwood Mental Hospital ?

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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3158 on: November 08, 2020, 04:15:08 PM »
yes, one of the fringe villages or suburbs
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3157 on: November 08, 2020, 03:42:20 PM »
Maidstone?
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3156 on: November 08, 2020, 02:29:06 PM »
No go West
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Offline Diapason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3155 on: November 08, 2020, 01:54:02 PM »
Was the infamous hospital St Augustines, Chartham?
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3154 on: November 08, 2020, 12:15:46 PM »
No sir! but a rather (in)famous one nearby



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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3153 on: November 08, 2020, 11:17:26 AM »
Was it a hospital previously?
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pete.mason

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3152 on: November 08, 2020, 08:49:27 AM »
Not a pub for a change, original building has been demolished and a des res built in its place. Where & what was it?
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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3151 on: November 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM »
An interesting and ancient church.  The bells though are something else.  The top three are relatively new 1997/8, but the back three are the ones of interest.  4 and 6 were cast by John Wilnar of Borden in 1634 but the gem in the number 5.  That one was cast by Thomas de Weston in 1348.  Yes, that's not a misprint it is 672 years old and still in use.  It could have been heard by Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims!  The Ringing World article (link below) points out that the bell's first job would have been tolling for the victims of the Black Death in 1349, alarmingly prescient today.

My first memory of Chalk was as inexperienced trainee ringer.  As we came down the stair the tower captain drew my attention to the list of bells and their dates.  Where else would a trainee be trusted with an instrument of this age?  Would you sit your grade 1 exams with a Strad?
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Offline CAT

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3150 on: November 07, 2020, 07:59:55 PM »
Sorry John Walker, but Pete has it. It was indeed St Mary’s Church at Chalk. The pic is dated about 1775-1800, though little has changed apart from the roof of the unusual west tower porch.


Over to you Pete
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Offline castle261

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #3149 on: November 07, 2020, 11:12:06 AM »
What I like about this - is you get to know  - all those little villages - that you did not know existed.


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