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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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MARIANNE FARNINGHAM'S HYMNS
Brian is hoping to write a paper for the Bulletin of the Hymn Society. He would be most grateful to see the following books by Marianne: Lays and Lyrics of the Blessed Life (1862), Poems (1865), Morning and Evening Hymns for the Week (1870),and Songs of Sunshine (1878). Brian lives in the local area so would be able to visit the book owners willing to show him copies. Please contact him through the contact page of this website and I will forward any messages to him. | Saturday, 28 January 2012 |
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Prayer books back to family roots
Our member, Lynda, purchased 3 prayer books at a Boot Sale. Inside the front cover was written Susan Keep, Mount Cottages, Crockenhill. Lynda wanted to pass these on to a family member. Months later, through this website, I was contacted for information about the Keep family, and soon learnt that the enquirer was Susan's great granddaughter, who is now the proud owner of the prayer books. | Sunday, 4 September 2011 |
| | BBC news article about Eynsford Hill: home to Arther Mee
Eynsford Hill was built by Arthur Mee and his friend George Bernard Shaw named the Eynsford Hill family after the property.
Click here to watch it
| Friday, 6 August 2010 |
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Farningham Home for Little Boys
Although named 'Farningham' the Home was not in the parish. For information about the home and its boys contact The Office, Southdown Retirement Village, South Darenth, 01322 864279. new publication - The Farningham Home for Little Boys compiled by James Jenkins, available from Horton Kirby and South Darenth LHS
| Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |
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Book or publication about Farningham
Roy Fuller and brother Jim (born c.1927-1930) (sons of Isaac, known as George, of Oliver Crescent, Farningham) are supposed to be mentioned in a book about Farningham, which also contains a photo. Roy Fuller's daughter, Anne, is trying to trace this book – I have looked in Bernard Drew's booklets about Farningham in the Second World War and Farningham Cricket Club, without success and have run out of ideas – help please! | Sunday, 18 July 2010 |
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felhs.org.uk website
During the year February 2009 to February 2010 the site has had 82,000 visits and 10,000 hits - (I am glad I didn't have to answer 10,000 enquiries!!) Each old Bulletin is added to a section 'Bulletin' on the website after the new Bulletin is distributed, and it is hoped that a search facility might be devised for the growing number of Bulletins now on the website.
| Sunday, 18 July 2010 |
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Request for photographs of individual houses from the street
Diana Beamish has photographed the houses in Eynsford Rise and St. Martin's Drive for the Society. It is an interesting record to have and will be an invaluable record for the future. Perhaps readers might like to take up the challenge and photograph the houses in their neighbourhood, keeping intrusion to the minimum of course.
| Sunday, 18 July 2010 |
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Farningham – Roman and Saxon Discoveries on the Roman Villa site at Frank's and The Discovery of a Medieval Riverside site by Brian Philp
(Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, Kent Special Subject Series no.17)
This is A4 size with 36 pages, including plans, drawings of finds and photographs. I could not find a price, but contact FELHS Publications as the Society has copies for sale.
| Monday, 18 January 2010 |
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ANOTHER SITE WITH WAR NAMES FOR FARNINGHAM
Memorial inscriptions to members of the armed forces from Farningham who died in the two world wars with biographical details, and stories of the battles in which they fought can be found on the Kent Archaeological website - www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research | Monday, 18 January 2010 |
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Old boundary stone,top of DARNS HILL (off Tylers Green Road) in Crockenhill Barrie recalls it from the early 1960's and it was located to the right of the dusty track, on the edge of the agricultural field. It was cylindrical in shape with a flat top. He wonders what happened to it. It probably marked the Eynsford(until 1851, before that Eynsford/Lullingstone parish boundaries and might have had a small incised inscription on it.
| Monday, 29 December 2008 |
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Names on Farningham 1st and 2nd World War memorial
Kyle Tallett, a First World War historian, whose family originated from Farningham has researched the names on the war memorial. His research is available on his website: www.royalnavaldivision.co.uk He has given the Society a CD copy of his work.
| Friday, 1 February 2008 |
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THE FAMILIAR RED POST BOX by AUDREY GEE
This new publication gives a background to the subject and then covers the history of the post offices and post boxes of Eynsford and Farningham with coloured photographs of each one. Available from the author 01322 862477 or through FELHS. £1.50 + 50p postage
| Sunday, 7 October 2007 |
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FARNINGHAM and its MILL -
by Hilary Harding has been published. This detective story of Farningham's history includes tales of treason, murder, scandal and highway robbery, wills, deeds, inventories and the work and lives of local people up to the present day. Subscription price £20. Contact Wadard Books, 6 High Street, Farningham, Kent DA4 0DG.
| Sunday, 3 July 2005 |
| | SEARCH OF FARNINGHAM, EYNSFORD & LULLINGSTONE CHURCH REGISTERS; GETTING REGISTRY CERTIFICATES; ONE PAGE OF CENSUS AND COPIES OF PCC WILLS
Stella Baggaley is willing to look up specific entries or simple queries from the transcripts of baptisms, marriages and burials from earliest records up to the 1970s, free of charge. She will also order and send out birth, marriage and death certificates (£7 each + £2 handling cost + A4 stamped addressed envelope. She will also arrange for a print-out of one page for any census, 1841-1911, which includes a named individual at £2 charge. PCC wills can be searched and copies obtained, cost is per sheet and Stella will inform enquirer of charge before print-out. See contact page.
| Wednesday, 12 January 2005 |
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