Guess the Place

[pete.mason]

Stede Hill Harrietsham

[johnfilmer]

As I said, it's easy when you know the answer! I just worked away from Ham Street, staying close to the Military Canal. Went past it twice, third time I went down Marsh Road.
Sorry about delay, been refurbing the loading port of my 40odd year old BSA Airsporter S rifle. It now has a new detent spring and ball, only a couple of mm diameter. That was fun to find when it inevitably shot across the workshop. Done now, calm has returned and I'm ready for the next rat that comes after the bird feeders. The Airsporter packs quite a punch, my modern air rifle is less certain of a kill, weaker (legal?) spring but nicer to shoot. I hate rats 
Next one is a disused water tower, so no surprise its on a hill! But which one? GSV is very similar to this view, close to a road.

[John Walker]

Well done JohnFilmer - Over to you ...


Explanation of my clues.
In 1629, Henry Cuffin, a curate at Ruckinge, was prosecuted by an Archdeacon's Court for playing cricket on Sunday evening after prayers. He claimed that several of his fellow players were "persons of repute and fashion".
I understood that St Mary Magdalene Church steeple was the Ruckinge sighting-point for the Anglo-French Survey.
Ruckinge was an important sighting-point for the Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790), which calculated the precise distance between the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory, using trigonometry. The main cross-channel sightings were between Dover Castle and Fairlight, East Sussex in England, and Cap Blanc Nez, Calais and Dunkirk in France. A grid of triangles was measured to link these viewpoints, which included two base-lines on Hounslow Heath and Romney Marsh. Ruckinge was the north-western point of the Romney Marsh base-line; the south-eastern end was at High Nook near Dymchurch.
The nearby historical waterway is the Royal Military Canal which runs very close to the village.

[johnfilmer]

Like all these things they are only simple when you know the answer...


I have found it, Methodist Church, Marsh Road, Ruckinge.


Now all I need is for JW to explain his clues

[John Walker]

The other church in this village had a connection with Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory

[pete.mason]

I've been looking

[grandarog]

Doesn't look as if many are looking this time.

[John Walker]

A giveaway clue for you - South of Ashford

[John Walker]

A clue for the village Trigonometry

[John Walker]

1:  A curate of this village, was prosecuted by an Archdeacon's Court for playing cricket on Sunday evening after prayers.
2:  Very close to a previous GTP by another member.

[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.