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Offline grandarog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8954 on: September 05, 2023, 09:58:42 AM »
Elmley Bird Reserve?  :-\
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Offline Jackie Paper

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8953 on: September 04, 2023, 10:36:32 PM »
Yes. Red hot already.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8952 on: September 04, 2023, 10:24:50 PM »
Shepey?
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Offline Jackie Paper

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« Reply #8951 on: September 04, 2023, 09:18:22 PM »
No. But the right sort of landscape.
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8950 on: September 04, 2023, 08:20:44 PM »
Somewhere on the Hoo peninsula?
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Offline Jackie Paper

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8949 on: September 04, 2023, 04:10:18 PM »
OK here's the cover of an album by an excellent Kent based band.
The image is of a Kent location.     
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8948 on: September 04, 2023, 03:07:22 PM »
Well done Jackie Paper, it is the War Memorial of those two villages, situated roughly between them.

Dedicated on 9th April 1921, there is a contemporary account and photo on the village website Doddington, Kent. (Note that other Doddingtons are available).

The parishes are intertwined, where I live to the south of Doddington, there was a lump of Newnham separating our island of Doddington from the village, and from memory (unreliable at best) the south side of at least part of Doddington Street was in the parish of Newnham.

I did research a lot of this a few years ago when my early steps in Ancestry led me to discover that my paternal ancestors were from Doddington and nearby Wychling. My great great grandfather was born in 1825 in a house that I can see from our upstairs window!

Over to you….
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Offline Jackie Paper

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8947 on: September 04, 2023, 01:37:05 PM »
Got it.
Between Doddington and Newnham
51.280968, 0.787408
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8946 on: September 04, 2023, 11:18:10 AM »
Between M2 and A20, on a bend in the road connecting A2 to A20
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8945 on: September 03, 2023, 08:39:28 PM »
One of those churches has a newer, very distinctive, tower.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8944 on: September 03, 2023, 03:01:12 PM »
The two villages have shared quite a bit over the years, but both still have their own ancient church and a pub each.

I was maybe a little too economical with the truth replying to Jackie, in that it is on land opposite one of the local “big houses”, because the son was killed in WW1. Being a lieutenant in WW1 was a singly dangerous occupation. Two are commemorated from that time.
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8943 on: September 03, 2023, 12:13:30 AM »
Found it - that last clue helped.  I'll pass for now as I'm away from my PC etc for a week.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8942 on: September 02, 2023, 07:46:39 PM »
The twist is that it serves two nearby villages, situated between them.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8941 on: September 02, 2023, 12:37:05 PM »
It honours all the local fallen, with no other specific definition.
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Offline Jackie Paper

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #8940 on: September 02, 2023, 11:39:43 AM »
Not in a village or churchyard?
Perhaps a memorial to staff from a country estate, or a public school?
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