Lower Halstow
The
Story of a Village in Kent
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following is a comprehensive list of the content of Lower Halstow, The Story of a Village
in Kent. The book is comprehensively illustrated and is
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Contents
1 The Early Days
The Romans - The Saxons and Jutes - The
Manor of Great Barksore - The Manor of Horsham All Souls
College, Oxford - The Vicarages - Church Cottages - The Three
Tuns - Little Barksore Farm and Manser's Cottage - Lower Street
- The Mill - Stray House, Stray Cottages, Green Farm House and
other old dwellings - Into The 19th Century - The Lazarettos
- The Admiralty Telegraph System
2 The 19th and 20th Centuries
Lower Street Farm - The Census Records,
1842 Tithe Map and "Top Ten" Landowners - The Dwellings
Shown On The 1842 Tithe Map - William Ludgater, Founder of The
Brick- Making Industry - More Homes For More People - Village
Life in Victorian Times - Village Family Names - Into The 20th
Century - Between The First and Second World Wars - After The
Second World War The Decline of The Village - Plans For
A Village Revival - The Development Continues - The Conservation
Area - Local Government and The Parish Council - Traffic - The
Development of The Old Brickfield Site - The Naming of The Roads
- The Tidal Water and Flooding - The Village Today - The Future
3 The Parish Church of St. Margaret
The Church Building contributed by
Roy Davis - The Roman Occupation - The Anglo Saxon
Period - The Normans and The Middle Ages - The Tudor Age To The
End of The Victorian Era - The Early 20th Century Restoration
- Heating - Other Items of Interest - Some Final Thoughts - "This
Lovely Church Where The River Laps Its Churchyard Wall"
John E Vigar ("Kent Churches") - A Guided Tour - A
Time Chart of Historical Events In Relation - To Our Church's
History - Vicars of Lower Halstow - Curates of Lower Halstow
- Vicars and Curates - The Church and The Village
4 The School
Memories of Schooldays - A Teacher's Memories
5 Agriculture
Farming and The Land - Sheep Farming -
Hop Growing - Fruit Growing - Dairy
Farming - Beef Cattle - Pig Keeping - Barn Field - Callum Hills
- Hedgerows and Windbreaks - The Farms - Great Barksore Farm,
Flooding and The Reclamation of The Marshes - Little Barksore
Farm and Elm Farm - Laurel Farm - The Future
6 The Brick-Making Industry
William Ludgater and William Jordan -
John Wood and Edward Gregory, 1865 - The Sutton and Dudley Brickfield
- Eastwood and Company Limited - George Wragge Becomes The New
Manager - Barges and Barge Matches - The Model Yacht Club - The
Working Men's Club - Electrification and Modernisation - 1913
To The End of The 1920s - 1929 To The Closure of The Brickfield
in 1966 - Contributed by Roger Gooding - Brickmaking As It Was
in 1929 - Working As A Boy in The Brick Field In 1929 - Employment
in The Brickfield, 1931 To The 1939-45 War - The Post War Years
from 1945 to - Contributed by Roger Gooding - More About The
Thames and Medway Barge Matches - Contributed by Roger Gooding
- 1955 To The Closure in - Contributed by Roger Gooding - The
Closure of The Lower Halstow Brickworks - The Funton Brickworks
7 Local Government and Village Life
The Development of Local Government -
Roads and Their Maintenance - Main Drainage - Health - The Water
Supply - The Bridges - The Church Path Bridge - The Three Tuns
Bridge - The Bridge At Lower Street - The Bridge At The Stray
- Allotments - The Burial Ground - Refuse Collection - Council
Housing - The Parish Council Today
8 More Village Life
The Shops - The Green (or The Street)
- Westfield - "Tin Town" (Wardwell Lane) and Neptune
Bungalow - The Mini-Store in Burntwick Drive - Other Services
- The Electricity Supply - The Telephone System - Street Lighting
- The Gas Supply - The Bus Service - The Service 39 - The Service
65/65a and 64/64a - The Service 147 - The Service 327 - School
Transport - Kent Karrier - The Future - The Neighbourhood Watch
Scheme - The Parish Appraisal - In Conclusion
9 Social Life
The Chapel - The Three Tuns, Britannia
and Sun in The Wood Public Houses - The Church and Sunday School
Festivals and Fetes - The Ladies' Linen League and Hospital Fetes
- The Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Shows - The Working Men's Club
- Concerts, Jumble Sales, Whist Drives, Dances, Discos, Beetle
Drives and Bingo - The Memorial Hall - The Building - The Extension
and Management Committee - The Hall in Use - Booking Fees - In
conclusion - Lower Halstow Cricket Club and Breach Rovers Football
Club - The Cricket Club - Breach Rovers Football Club - Social
Life in The Future
10 Events and Special Occasions
Accidents - Notable Events and Unusual
Happenings - The Explosion At The Three Tuns - Fires - Raising
A Riot - Celebrations - Court Cases - The First and Second World
Wars - Those Whose Lives Were Lost and Where They Are Commemorated
- Bravery and Heroism - The Effect of The 1914-18 War On The
Village - The 1939 1945 War - The Fire Brigade and Home
Guard - The Women's Voluntary Service and Fund Raising - The
Men Who Lost Their Lives - Other Memories - The End of The War
- The Rifle Range
11 The Countryside and Waterside
The Stream - 24th October 1785 - The Lazarettos
- The Admiralty Telegraph System - The Countryside and Waterside
- The Stream - The Footpaths - Lower Halstow To Milton and Sittingbourne
Over Callum Hill - Newington To The Sheppey Road - Lower Street
To Boxted Lane, Newington - Lower Street and Wardwell Lane To
Newington - "The Quicks" - Church Path - Westfield
To School Lane - Other Short Cuts - The Saxon Shore Way - Other
New Footways - The Waterside - The Upchurch Boundary To The Dock
The Nile Wharf, 'Surrey', 'Whaup', 'Ernest and Ada', Winkle
Path and Glass Bottle Beach - East of The Dock The 'Dutchmen'
- The Stray The Former Parish Wharf and Favourite Place
- The Yacht Club
12 Some Natural History of Lower Halstow
by Derek Tutt
Introduction - Birds - Butterflies and
a Hawk-moth - Dragonflies - Mammals - List of Plants recorded
on the Brickfields Amenity Land, - Sea wall & Saltmarsh -
by Francis Rose, Owen Davis, Keith Palmer, June Norman, - Derek
& Zena Tutt - Lichens - Lichens found on the church at Lower
Halstow - by Keith Palmer on 22nd September, 1989 - Moths (Macros)
Taken At Mercury Vapour Lamp - by Robert Cooke - During night
of 31st July/1st August 1992 in Heron Close - During night of
17th/18th August 1992 in Heron Close - The Following Lists -
Systematic Bird List for Lower Halstow & area - List of Butterflies
from 1990 to 1997 - List of Diptera (Flies) recorded by Laurence
Clemons of - the Kent Field Club in 1993 and 1997 - Notes on
the rarer species -
Epilogue
The Pearl That is Ours
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