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Let’s visit Kent, the Garden of England….

Nov 27, 2023

archaeology, buildings, genealogy, religion, Science

“Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Deal, Dover, Edward of Woodstock, Folkestone, Herne bay, Kent, Margate, Ramsgate, Richard III, Richard of Eastwell, Sandwich, Shakespeare, Tower of London, Walmer

All too often Kent, the “garden of England” is thought of as the county to come and go through, with not too much stopping on the way. But it’s a very beautiful county with a huge amount of history, and this article is about a week spent there simply exploring. It goes through the days…
The only surviving remains of a member of the Kentish Royal House, and of one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon saints….?

Jun 12, 2020

archaeology, buildings, genealogy, religion, Science

Anglo-Saxons, bones, British Science Week, Daily Mail, Folkestone, Kings of Kent, royal burials, Saxon churches, St. Eanswythe, St. Ethelbert

Well, I was watching TV news—the bit where they review the newspapers—and had to laugh (with the reviewers) when they came across the headline “Remains of the Deity”. Brilliant. I’ve since Googled the phrase and the newspaper wasn’t the first to use it, but it was certainly the first time I’d heard it. Anyway,…
The mystery of the vanished manor of Ostenhanger….

Jun 5, 2020

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, travel

Anglo-Saxons, Baron Poynings, Berwic, East Stour, Eleanor of Aquitaine, executions, Fair Rosamund Clifford, Folkestone, Hengist, Henry II, Hundred Years War, Kent, le Hangre, maps, Ostenhanger, Rosamund’s Tower, Second Battle of St. Albans, Sir John Kirrel, Sir Richard Rokesley, Westenhanger Castle

There once was an Anglo-Saxon manor in the south of Kent called Berwic, which became known as Le Hangre, and was then split into two manors, Westenhanger and Ostenhanger. Westenhanger is still very much in evidence (see illustration above) but Ostenhanger as such has disappeared entirely. It’s still there really, of course, but was…

Folkestone

Let’s visit Kent, the Garden of England….

The only surviving remains of a member of the Kentish Royal House, and of one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon saints….?

The mystery of the vanished manor of Ostenhanger….