The begining of Easole Street. The first post office building was in the house on the right, the doctor’s surgery on the leftA view from the the begining of Easole Street looking back towards the Royal OakFurther down the road towards the Baptist chapel outside of The Firs. The orchard to the right now has three bungalows on it.The Firs, now Cerne House, is just off to the left. The black wooden building was demolished in the 1960’s. Just behind it is the entrance to what is now Easole Heights.A family group, believed to be the Croft family, at “The Firs”, now Cerne House.Looking from “The Firs” towards Fredville Park across the old orchard. Frank Austen’s carpentry shop, now the site of the 1st bungalow on the right of the present Easole Heights. If the lights were on at night it meant he was making a coffin.Easole Heights looking towards the mills. The bungalow is built on the site of the carpenter’s shopEasole Street circa 1905-6, some five years or so before the chapel was built. The building visible on the right is believed to be a cottage which occupied the site before the chapel was built. The Baptist Chapel, in the left background is the roof of one of the two pairs of cottages demolished in the early 1960’s to make way for bungalowsOne of the thatched cottages behind the Chapel.A closer view.A view from the fields at the rear of the cottages. Mrs. Hill’s shop, Easole St.An opposite view of the shop and houses. Just in picture on the right is Shakespeare Cottage, an old 16th century or earlier building which was demolished in the 1970’s.Shakespeare Cottage, the home of the Washford familyShakespeare Cottage, Four Limes is immediately to the right of the pictureFour Limes, Easole St., built in the mid-1800’sDame Laura Knight circa 1910. She later became a well-known & respected member the Newlyn School of ArtistsArthur Bates, the maternal uncle of Laura Knight and Eva Croft. Circa 1915. He lived in Four Limes until his death in 1931Evaline Croft, known as Sissie, painted in 1896 by her sister Dame Laura Knight. Sissie married Robart [Ro] Crofts, a Canterbury pharmacist whose family lived at “The Firs”, now “Cerne House” Sissie continued to live in Nonington until her death in 1946.Eva Crofts design Clarice Cliff Krafton bonjour tea set c 1934Easole Farm, now White House Farm situated on the junction of Easole Street and Beauchamps Lane. The house dates in part from at least the late 1400’sThe entrance to Beauchamps Lane, the White House farm yard was off to the right.Harvest time and rick making at White House Farm. The old farm buildings were opposite the entrance to the farm and have now been converted into dwellings.Looking across the old farm yard from the farm house towards Butchers’s AlleyThe farm viewed from outside of the Village HallLooking towards Butcher’s Alley circa 1913, the Village Hall was not built until the 1920’s. Southdown House, the butcher’s house and shop are in mid-picture, Southdown Cottage is on the right.The butcher’s shop with Butcher’s Alley leading off to the right.A close view of Southdown House and the butcher’s shop.Southdown Cottage on the right, Southdown House on the left, with the entrance to Butcher’s Alley in between.Southdown Cottage, reputed to date back to the 14th century and the entrance to the alley. The Village Hall is in the right back-groundOne of the thatched cottages on Butchers Alley, White House Farm can be seen in the left back-groundThe view from Butcher’s Alley looking towards the chapelA later view from Butcher’s Alley.Easole Street just before the junction with Mill Lane.The old John Harvey seed merchants office and store, now Harvey House.The old Poor House Cottages opposite the seed store and office which were once used as a store by Harvey’s. They were demolished in the 1950’s and the site is now car parking.Easole House, now The Old House,The junction with Mill Lane. The old tailor’s shop is on the left with the old village bakery behind. Beyond the junction Easole Street turns into Sandwich Road taking you past St. Alban’s Court.The junction of Easole Street and Mill Lane, 1970’s aerialview. On the right, Grinding House Meadow, now Hammond Close . On the left is the old East Stoole Farm house and barn.William and Maria Castle at the rear of the old East Stoole Farmhouse, Mill Lane circa 1900-05. The barn is now a separate dwelling.Looking back from the Sandwich Road, on the left are Home Farm House and the old bakery and tailor’s houses. The old barn previously mentioned can just be seen on the leftEasole St. going into Sandwich Road. Home Farm to the left and the malt house to the right.Shady Walk, a shave that ran from Home Farm House to the Sandwich Road entrance of the old St. Alban’s houseThe Malt House on Sandwich Road, circa 1905Another view of the Malt House, circa 1910The Malt House and the other buildings were also part of John Harvey’s business. The are now used by small businesses.
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