From the Nonington parish magazine of December, 1898.
Category: Farms and manors
The fire at Kittington Farm in February of 1898
From the Nonington parish magazine of March, 1898.
The East Kent Volunteers, The Defence of Fredville, 1895
The following item concerning the East Kent Volunteers comes from the Nonington parish magazine for May, 1895.
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 hand side of the road leading from The Royal Oak Inn to the church (now The Haven). He is a haulier and […]
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 Vironfosse when the armies of the English and French kings met but did not come to battle in October, 1339 ; and took part […]
The hamlet of Essesole in 1501
The descriptions of the house and land plots have been taken from the Essesole Manor rental roll of 1501. As can be seen on the sketch map, traced from the 1870’s OS map, the house plots and roads are still readily recognizable, especially to long term residents of Nonington. Some of the 1501 roads and […]
Nonington Parish Charities
Thomas Bate of Challock held land in Challock and Nonington with which he made bequests during the reign of Henry VIII. In Nonington his bequest consisted of:- “Landes given by Thomas Bate to thentent that one priest shulde celebrate masse within the said parishe iij (3) tymes yerelie for ever. Also: rent or ferme of […]
Eswala, or Eswalt, and the d’Aubignys (also Albini).
One of the families favoured with awards of land by William II was the d’Aubigny’s (also Albini, Albineo, and Albinione) one of whom was William, (known as ‘Pincerna’), Master Butler of the Royal Household. Around 1100 or so Pincerna’s younger brother, Nigel, gave the Manor of Eswalt (Eswala) to his kinsman the Abbot of St. […]
Boys Marriage settlement of 1626.
Whitfield archive ref. :EK/U 373/T61. Boys Marriage settlement, 1626. The following information is from a 1667 copy of a marriage settlement of 3rd day of April in the second year of Charles I. (1626) between: Sir Edward Boys the Elder of ffredvile ( the first party). Sir Edward Boys the Younger of ffredvile( the second […]
Oxenden, later Oxney-revised 24.5.2013
Oxney Wood is now in Aylesham and Womenswold parishes, but for centuries Oxenden, as Oxney was originally known, formed part of old Nonington’s southern boundary with Womenswold parish. Oxenden, Oxney’s original name, probably comes from the Old English, Oxena denn,”oxena” meaning oxen or cattle, and “denn”, meaning a woodland pasture or clearing. The original Oxenden […]
