The Old Parish of Nonington

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Any donations to help with the costs of publishing this website will be gratefully received and can be made by Paypal to clivemwebb@gmail.com

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  • Captain Francis Hammond of St. Alban’s Court: The Thirty Years War & The Bishops Wars
  • Nonington, Kent : a Contribution to its Early History By Dr. Frederick William Hardman, LL.D., F.S.A. with notes by Peter Hobbs of Old St. Alban’s Court, Nonington.
  • The founding & development of Nonington College of Physical Education by Stephen Burke-Part 1:
  • Nonington College during World War II by Stephen Burke, who has kindly allowed me to publish the following article which was originally published on the Nonington College Facebook Page.
  • The Boys Family of Fredville & Bonnington in the English Civil War of 1642-1651 [revised 03.01.2021]

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  • Captain Francis Hammond of St. Alban’s Court: The Thirty Years War & The Bishops Wars

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    Francis and Robert Hammond  were members of Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition to Guyana [Guiana], now a part of Venezuela, that left England in June of 1617 in search of El Dorado, the fabled…

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  • Nonington, Kent : a Contribution to its Early History By Dr. Frederick William Hardman, LL.D., F.S.A. with notes by Peter Hobbs of Old St. Alban’s Court, Nonington.

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    A verbatim copy of the draught manuscript of an unpublished history of Nonington written by Dr. F. W. Hardman in the early 1930’s. The page numbers shown are those of the copy, not…

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  • The founding & development of Nonington College of Physical Education by Stephen Burke-Part 1:

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    A lady who had sudden and alarming acts of faith  or  How to found a college with no money  By the late 1920s St Alban’s Court was being rented out to Commander Arthur…

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    Nonington College during World War II by Stephen Burke, who has kindly allowed me to publish the following article which was originally published on the Nonington College Facebook Page.

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    Although the United Kingdom and France both declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, to begin with not a huge amount happened on the western front and the period was dubbed the…

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  • The Boys Family of Fredville & Bonnington in the English Civil War of 1642-1651 [revised 03.01.2021]

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    During the English Civil War of 1642 to 1651 close neighbours, friends and even family members frequently  took opposing sides in the conflict between the Royalists and Parliamentarians. These divisions were very obvious…

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  • Nonington and Cromwell’s Commission in Kent of 1655-57

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    A commission was established by Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth to control and punish anti-Cromwell and anti-Parliament land-owners in Kent. One of the commission’s leading members was Major John Boys of…

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  • Nonington & The Second Boer War, 1899-1902

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    The Nonington Parish Vestry minutes of 1899 record that at least five volunteers from Nonington were serving in the 3rd Battalion of The Buffs [East Kent Regiment], the regiments volunteer battalion, in what…

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  • Easole Corn Mill in Nonington-newspaper articles 1965-70.

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    The following PDF files are of newspaper articles about the Easole Corn Mill which replace the scans of the newspaper articles previously published on the Easole Corn Mill page.  They were kindly sent…

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  • H.S. Pledge & Sons Ltd., millers & corn merchants of Ashford, Kent-the Nonington years

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    The 1871 census records a Henry S. Pledge and family as living in Ratling Street, near to Ratling Court. Henry may have started his apprenticeship at the Easole corn mill but in 1871…

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  • The Nonington War memorials-further revised 13.10.20.

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    There are two memorials to the Fallen of the Two World Wars in St. Mary’s Churchyard, a roll of honour in the yew tree by the main entrance to the churchyard and a…

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  • Captain Francis Hammond of St. Alban’s Court: The Thirty Years War & The Bishops Wars
  • Nonington, Kent : a Contribution to its Early History By Dr. Frederick William Hardman, LL.D., F.S.A. with notes by Peter Hobbs of Old St. Alban’s Court, Nonington.
  • The founding & development of Nonington College of Physical Education by Stephen Burke-Part 1:

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This website is at present entirely self-funded and receives no other financial assistance.
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