The present village of Aylesham was built on land was once a hunting park for the Archbishops of Canterbury. The village was established  in 1926 and designed and built by Dorman,  Long & Co. to house the workers at the company’s nearby Snowdown Colliery who came from all parts of the UK seeking better wages … Continue reading Aylesham: a brief historical record of Aegel’s Farm in the old parish of Nonington