The Old Parish of Nonington

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  • Nonington, a general introduction to a small place in East Kent history
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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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  • The Nonington War Memorials-revised 12.10.2020

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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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  • St. Mary’s Church in Nonington: monumental inscriptions noted by the Reverend Bryan Faussett in 1758

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      The Reverend Bryan Faussett (1720-1776) was a  wealthy Kent clergyman who pioneered archaeology in Kent and excavated and recorded scores of sites in parishes in close proximity to Nonington.These excavations were recorded…

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  • Nonington: settlement before the Anglo-Saxons

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    Aerial photographs of the old parish of Nonington taken in the last half of the 20th century clearly indicate  the sites of several early settlements dating back to the Iron Age [circa 500…

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  • Ralph Colkyn of Esol in Nonington: the massacre of the Jews of Canterbury and the Second Barons War (1264–1267)

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      When Henry III succeeded to the English throne after the death of his father, King John, in 1216. He initially had the support of the powerful English barons. However,  over the years…

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  • Church Street in Nonington

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      Church Street was once made up of the present Church Street and what is now known as  Pinner’s Lane.

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  • The Fredville “Step Tree” and other chestnuts. Updated 24.4.20

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    In the 1930’s Dr. Hardman, a noted East Kent historian recorded the memories of  Richard Jarvis Arnold of of life in Nonington in the 1880’s & 90’s. Mr. Arnold, a blacksmith born in Nonington…

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  • Nonington Parish Charities

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      Thomas Bate of Challock held land in Challock and Nonington with which he made charitable  bequests during the reign of Henry VIII. In Nonington his bequest consisted of:- “Landes given by Thomas…

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  • Holt Street in Nonington: a photographic guided tour-updated 22.03.2020

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  • Holt Street Farm in Nonington: the Slave Trade, Caribbean Pirates, and the founding of the British Museum.

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    It is now difficult to believe that the pleasant hamlet of Holt Street, more especially the present Holt Street Farm, had connections to the Atlantic Slave Trade between West Africa and the Caribbean.…

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  • Nonnington via Sandwich to London by sea, a weekly service!

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    In the 1830′s Nonington was served by a weekly service to London via the port of Sandwich allowing residents, especially the shop keepers, to have goods brought in from outside of East Kent.…

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

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DONATIONS TO HELP FUND THE PUBLISHING OF NONINGTON, A SMALL PLACE IN HISTORY.

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