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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8454 on: May 21, 2023, 11:22:01 PM »
Thank you for the complement. :)

I have what passes for me as a busy day tomorrow so it will be tomorrow evening before I have anything to post.  I'll endeavour to be as cryptic as possible!

By the way, did you note that the spire is another bipartite spire?  A neat link to the previous GTP.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8453 on: May 21, 2023, 11:12:25 PM »
MartinR, you are a genius! The artwork was indeed in the churchyard of the church of St Mary the Virgin in Upchurch. It is or was (I don't know because I haven't visited since I took the picture) behind the church so GSV wouldn't have been any help anyway.

And there was I thinking I was being cryptic with my clues so far. Further clues would have been that the village stands on an ancient road, so ancient in fact that it pre-dates British history. Also that there was a Roman settlement on the site and that a famous pottery was located in the village.

Over to you.....
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8452 on: May 21, 2023, 10:42:38 PM »
Upchurch: St Mary the Virgin looks possible.  It's in Swale, it's to the west of Bobbing and it has (in part) the right type of wall.  Unfortunately GSV is no help.

Looking up Francis Drake¹ in Wikipedia states that his father moved from Devon to Upnor where he eventually became the Vicar.  There is a couple of problems here though: (1) the Upnors were part of the parish of Frindsbury until a new church was built in Lower Upnor in 1884 and (2) Upnor is in Medway, not Swale!  However Upchurch² in WP states that "The settlement of Otterham Quay lies a mile west of the village at the head of Otterham Creek. This small port gave young Francis Drake his first experience of the sea".  Another article on the Rainham history website proved far more details.³  It appears that Edmund (Francis' father) was vicar of Upchurch 1560-1567.

Location of church:
  • Nat Grid:                    TQ 84374 67497
  • Nearest Post Code:   ME9 7AJ
  • Co-ords (WGS84):      51°22'36"N, 000°38'52"E or 51.37658,0.64779
Corner of Horsham Lane and The Street


¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake
²https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upchurch
³http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/articleslist/20-the-real-edmund-drake-vicar-of-upchurch-1560-1567
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8451 on: May 21, 2023, 09:53:15 PM »
Quote from: John Walker on May 21, 2023, 06:03:44 PM
Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough?

Nope. Another clue tomorrow if nobody's got it by then. Shoot99 was on the right track.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8450 on: May 21, 2023, 06:03:44 PM »
Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8449 on: May 21, 2023, 04:23:11 PM »
Quote from: shoot999 on May 21, 2023, 04:21:30 PM
Drake the seafarer?

Yes, a Devon man who learned his trade on the River Medway.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8448 on: May 21, 2023, 04:21:30 PM »
 Drake the seafarer?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8447 on: May 21, 2023, 04:07:11 PM »
Swale Council area.....
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8446 on: May 21, 2023, 04:06:28 PM »
Gillingham, as in “proper “ Gillingham, Gads Hill, Grange Road area?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8445 on: May 21, 2023, 02:57:32 PM »
As far as the Medway Towns?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8444 on: May 21, 2023, 01:32:03 PM »
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8443 on: May 21, 2023, 11:10:34 AM »
Bobbing?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8442 on: May 21, 2023, 09:25:00 AM »
Quote from: John Walker on May 21, 2023, 09:07:15 AM
Holy Trinity Church, Murston ?

Nope....
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8441 on: May 21, 2023, 09:07:15 AM »
Holy Trinity Church, Murston ?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8440 on: May 21, 2023, 08:26:43 AM »
Time for a clue methinks......

The small port located near here gave a very famous British sailor his first experience of the sea......
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