The origin of The Ash Path is to be found in the minutes of a Nonington Vestry meeting of 1883. From the Nonington Parish Vestry minutes:-March 13th 1883.”Mr. Plumptre proposes to give a public footpath from Hanging Hill gate (at the southern end of Nonington Cricket Ground) to the North Corner of North field which […]
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John Harvey (Nonington) Ltd-some notes by L.E. Fox written in 1974 & 1979
The late Mr. Leonard E. Fox was Company Secretary of John Harvey (Nonington) Ltd. for many years, and the following are copies of some notes he made on the company in 1974 with a revision written in 1979.
Nonington’s Various Windmills-Revised
The following have been revised- Nonington’s Various Windmills https://nonington.org.uk/the-windmills/akholte-ackholt-windmill-1309/ The Barson or Barfreston mills. The Easole Corn Mill The Easole Pug or Feed Mill.
St. Mary’s Church historical notes & The Ancient Manor of Oesewalum -Revised
https://nonington.org.uk/st-marys-church/ https://nonington.org.uk/the-old-manors-of-nonington/oesewalum-also-oeswalum-and-osuualun/
Nonington and the East Kent Volunteers-revised
Nonington and The East Kent Volunteers
Nonington and the coming of the railways-revised
Nonington and the coming of the railways, the page has been revised. https://nonington.org.uk/railways/
The Ale Houses of Nonington-pages revised.
All four pages of The Ale Houses of Nonington have been revised: The White Horse, later The Hawks Head, in Church Street, Nonington. https://nonington.org.uk/the-ale-houses/the-redd-lyon-later-the-phoenix-at-frogha/ https://nonington.org.uk/the-ale-houses/the-royal-oak-the-drove-in-holt-street/ The Walnut Tree in Holt Street, Nonington
Knowlton, also Knolton and anciently Chenoltone or Cnoltone, on the NE border of Nonington
Although not part of the old parish of Nonington the small adjoining parish of Knowlton has had close connections to Nonington over the centuries. Since the 1670’s the Knowlton estate has included Kittington, a manor and estate adjoining Knowlton parish in the north-eastern corner of Nonington. Knowlton, often written as Knolton in the past but […]
Nonington and The Kentish Rebellion and Second English Civil War of 1648
The following article is in brief the parts played in the Kent Rebellion, a precursor to the short lived Second English Civil War of 1648, by those with connections to Nonington. For further information and updates go to the illustrated main article The rebellion had its origins in part in the Canterbury riots of Christmas […]
New photos:Holt Street & Fredville
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