The vills of the Manor of Wingham within the old parish of Nonington as recorded in Archbishop Pecham’s survey of his Kent manors, 1283-85

The majority of the following information has been taken from: A survey of Archbishop Pecham’s Kentish Manors 1283-85, published by Kent Archaeological Society in 2000 &Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol XXXI, page 169: Visitations. ~~~There is also some additional information added by the author from other sources.~~~ In 1283 Archbishop Packham initiated as survey of the manors […]

Nonington: the Kentish Rebellion & the Second English Civil War of 1648

The Kent Rebellion was a precursor to the short lived Second English Civil War of 1648 and  had its origins in part in the Canterbury  Christmas Day riots of 1647 which were triggered when the Puritan Mayor and officials of Canterbury tried to ban traditional Christmas celebrations. In May of 1648 members of the land-owning […]

Nonington’s Great War and Other Veterans-photos

The British Legion was founded in 1921 as a voice for the ex-Service community as a merger of four organisations: the Comrades of the Great War, the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers, and the Officers’ Association. The following photos are believed to have […]

Nonington men who served in the Armed Forces during The Great War

Above: a record of  Nonington men who served in the Armed Forces during The Great War. Believed to have been published after the war had ended.   Second Lieutenant Douglas William Hammond, 2nd Battalion, the Buffs.(East Kent Regiment).  Son of Egerton & Ina Hammond of St. Alban’s Court, Nonington. Killed in action aged 18, 24th […]

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. […]

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