New photos:Holt Street & Fredville
Holt Street:the newly built El Nido in 1929. The home for many years of Mr. Chipper, the owner of the Aylesham Cinema and Bingo Club. Now called Badgers.
Holt Street: the old Walnut Tree alehouse, on the left, as it was in 1929. Now a single storey dwelling.
Fredville House and the Majestie Oak in the early 1800’s, artist unknown.
The Majestie Oak, an undated water-colour by an unknown artist, probably mid-19th century.
John Pembleton Plumptre :artist unknown. Possibly commissioned after his election as an MP in 1832
Catherine Emma, Cecilia Matilda, and Matilda Charlotte Louisa, the daughters of J.P.Plumptre-a pre-1850 portrait by an unknown artist
Charles John Plumptre, who inherited the Fredville estate on the death of J.P. Plumtre in 1864, with his wife Fanny Augusta, and children. Henry Weston Plumptre is on the extreme right
The magnificent staircase at Fredville House.
A sitting room in Fredville House, early 1920’s, probably just after the Plumptre family moved to Little Fredville.
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6 Comments
admin
There’s no list or records that I know of, but if you look in the cencus records http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Nonington.html that will give you some of the information you seek.
Mary Nash-Williams
My mother in law was born and brought up on the Fredville estate. Her mother, grand mother and grand father worked on the estate. She loves everything about the history of the estate and wondered if ther was a list of the workers over the years so that she could see her families names , what work they did etc etc. I don’t mind paying for this as it is so important to her.
I would really appreciate any help you could give. The family name was Hollyoaks.
Kind regards
Mary Nash-Williams
admin
Thanks, Baz. Comments like that make it worth while running the site.
Baz Covill
I will look forward to it Clive, thanks for all your hard work, I enjoy it as I’m sure do others.
admin
I’m glad you like it, Baz. I’d been hoping to find a photo of the old Walnut Tree ale house before it was altered for a long time, and then several new [to me] photos of Holt St. and Fredville turn up together.Fingers crossed some more new items will turn up soon.
Baz Covill
Great photos as usual, nice to see my cottage when it was still two storey, I live in Walnut tree cottage