The Religious Society of Friends, better known as “Quakers”, were founded in the North of England in the mid-17th century by George Fox, their name possibly originates from Fox telling a magistrate he was appearing before “to tremble (or ‘quake’) at the name of God”.During the Commonwealth under the leadership of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and […]
Black Grouse in Nonington
I’ve just been looking through a copy of some estate papers for the old St. Alban’s Court estate at Nonington and I’ve found the following reference to a game bird no longer found in Kent. In May of 1810 William Osmund Hammond of St. Alban’s Court in Nonington recommended that William Oxenden Hammond, his son […]
FULKE ROSE OF HOLT STREET FARM, ALSO NONNINGTON FARM, IN NONINGTON, KENT: THE SLAVE TRADE, CARIBBEAN PIRATES, AND THE FOUNDING OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Revised & updated 31.07.2023
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. This was one of the darkest periods in British history which, whilst bringing incredible riches to a few European plantation owners, brought […]
ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE OLD PARISH OF NONINGTON
Articles regarding archaeological discoveries within the old parish of Nonington are now accessible from links on one page
FROGGENHAM OR FROGHAM, A SMALL HAMLET IN NONINGTON
Frogham most likely derives from the Old English: “Frocgena ham: the place of the frogs, meaning the place with a lot of frogs” . from Frocga, frog, and ham, which can mean variously enclosure, homestead, village, manor, estate. Some Medieval documents refer to Frogenham, not greatly different to “Frocgena ham”. Another possibility is that the […]
Nonington Butchers shops & premises
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 […]
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.