There is an early mention of a Nonington butcher in Nonington in a sale document of 1659 relating to the sale of The White Horse alehouse in Church Street by Henry Pingle of Nonington, a butcher by trade, and his brothers. The Pingle family appear in Nonington church records throughout the 17th century and […]
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Esther the Nonington witch. A conspiracy of silence?
The parish of Nonington did not escape the horror and injustice of the “witch-hunts” in Puritan Kent. In his 1932 book “Those Superstitions” Sir Charles Iggleston tells the sad story of the persecution and death of Esther, a “witch” who lived and supposedly practised her “craft” somewhere in Nonington. Unfortunately the location of Esther’s house […]
Beauchamps Wood in Nonington, Kent, by Peter Hobbs.
An illustrated article on the archaeology and history in and around Beauchamps Wood in Nonington. Please use the link below to view.
Chillenden parish alehouses.
Chillenden Parish. East Kent Order Book, Epiphany 1654/5 John Godfry.John Godfry of Chillenden is a man of good behaviour and the house where he dwells has been a very ancient victualling house, this court does now licence the said house and the said Godfrey to keep victualling and John Godfrey shall go with two sureties to […]
Gunston or Goodnestone Alehouses
The following information about the alehouses of the old parish of Goodnestone, sometime Gunston, came to light some twenty or more years ago whilst I was researching the alehouses of Nonington and was therefore not pursued in any great detail and is in note form. The information was obtained in the main part from the […]
Wimlingswold Alehouses & Beer Shops.
+++ On the 1670’s licencing rolls two license holders are shown for Wimlingswold. Robert Shasted, with guarantor Richard Jones of Chillenden, and Roger Sharp. No signs [alehouse names] are shown for either licencee. The Yorkshire Grey/Halfway House. Once situated in Womenswold/Wimlingswold parish on the main Dover to Canterbury road. Converted into an hotel and re-named […]
THE PLUMPTRE HOSPITAL IN PLUMPTRE SQUARE, NOTTINGHAM
In 1392 John de Plumptre, a merchant of the staple of Calais who traded mainly in wool and four times mayor of Nottingham, was granted a licence by King Richard II to found and endow a hospital or house of God for two chaplains and thirteen poor widows ‘bent by old age and depressed by poverty.’ The […]
BAPTIST CHAPEL IN EASOLE STREET IN NONINGTON-REVISED 20.10.2022
BAPTIST CHAPEL IN EASOLE STREET IN NONINGTON