General history of industry and commerce
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Nonington and The Great War-plans for evacuation in the event of a German invasion
As the outbreak of armed conflict between the British Empire and the German Empire became more certain plans were made to evacuate the civilian population of Kent in the event of invasion. The…
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The Napoleonic Wars:-Nonington’s 1804 evacuation plan
In 1803 Napoleon began planning an invasion of England and began to gather and train a new army in camps on the north French coast which eventually amounted to some 200,000 men supported…
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Recently come to light photographs of:Holt Street
Recently I have been fortunate enough to have had access to the archive of the late Aubrey Sutton, a Nonington born man with an interest in local history whose father harvested the last…
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Recently come to light photographs of: the Fredville Houses and the hamlet of Frogham
Recently I have been fortunate enough to have had access to the archive of the late Aubrey Sutton, a Nonington born man with an interest in local history whose father harvested the last…
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Molly and Tommy Smith-cave dwellers
The Kentish Gazette of the 30th November, 1886, reported: “The death has occurred at the Eastry Union of ‘Molly’, who for half a century or more has lived in a cave at Womenswold. ‘Molly’…
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The present parish of Nonington, where and why.
The present parish of Nonington, often spelt Nonnington, is to be found in East Kent some two miles or so to the north-east of the A2 approximately mid-way between Dover and Canterbury. Sandwich is some…
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Notes made by Dr. Hardman concerning the discovery of a denehole at Church Lane, Nonington, in May of 1939.
Discovered in the last week of May 1939 in the grounds of Mr. F. G. Garlinge of Church Lane (now Vicarage Lane), Nonington. Mr. Garlinge has recently built a bungalow on the right…
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Sir John de Beauchamp-updated with illustrations
Sir John was one of the most successful of King Edward III commanders in the wars in Northern France and the Low Countries. He fought in Flanders in 1338; was present at the array at…
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The Ratling Fireball, 1741
The Ratling Fireball:– On December 11, 1741, a fire-ball appeared soon after noon-day, and the sun shining, but few people saw it, and they could only guess at its course; which, however, was…
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Nonington and the Volunteer Rifles
On 12 May 1859 Jonathan Peel the Secretary of State for War, wrote to the lieutenants of the counties of England, Scotland and Wales authorising the formation of volunteer rifle corps and of…