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Title: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: MattD30 on Monday 26 May 08 18:43 BST (UK)
Is there anybody who can check for memorials and take photos of them in churches in Thanet, Littlebourne, Kingstone, and Margate?

Matt
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: spongebob on Thursday 12 June 08 16:54 BST (UK)
Hi Matt

Those are in my part of the world - do you have specifics on what you're after?

Matt
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: MattD30 on Friday 13 June 08 01:43 BST (UK)
Hi Matt

Those are in my part of the world - do you have specifics on what you're after?

Matt

Hello Matt

Thanks for the reply.  Here's the names I'm looking for

Margate:
Billinghurst

Thanet:
Billinghurst, Norwood

Littlebourne:
Billinghurst, Dene/Den/Denn

Kingstone:
Dene/Den/Denn

Dates: 15th century onwards.

Hope that helps, and hope you are able to come up with something.

Matt
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: spongebob on Friday 13 June 08 08:06 BST (UK)
Matt

Do you have any church names? Kingston and Littlebourne are small villages with one or possibly 2 churches, but Thanet (of which Margate is part) will have dozens of churches as it's a very big area.

Matt
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: spongebob on Friday 13 June 08 08:14 BST (UK)
Might be helpful to put together a working list here of what churches and memorials to check, going to start with Kingston and Littlebourne as these will be easiest. Anyone please feel free to add to the list if you know of any.

Kingston


Littlebourne

St. John the Evangelist Ickham
St. Marys Stodmarsh
St. Vincent Littlebourne
St. Andrews Wickhambreaux
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: Gilda10 on Friday 13 June 08 14:53 BST (UK)
Hello Matt

Kingston is my parish church.  It is called St Giles and I will have a mooch round the churchyard and see what I can find.

Gilda
 
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: casalguidi on Friday 13 June 08 15:18 BST (UK)
If it helps anyone, there are some monumental inscriptions for Kingston in the following publication http://www.archive.org/details/parishregisterso00kingrich

It looks to be dated 1893 but I don't know if it's a complete list for that date as I haven't yet looked through the whole publication myself.

Casalguidi :)
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: Gilda10 on Friday 13 June 08 19:23 BST (UK)
Matt

Have just had a look in the churchyard and can find no Denne's.  However some of the very old headstones are very faded and unreadable.

Have another avenue to look and will get back to you.

Gilda
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: MattD30 on Saturday 14 June 08 00:46 BST (UK)
Matt

Do you have any church names? Kingston and Littlebourne are small villages with one or possibly 2 churches, but Thanet (of which Margate is part) will have dozens of churches as it's a very big area.

Matt

Sorry I forgot to mention which churches they were connected to.

I'm looking for the names billinghurst and Norwood in St Peter's, Thanet

Billinghurst and Denne in Littlebourne (St Vincent I think)

I will send more details over the weekend.

Matt
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: MattD30 on Saturday 14 June 08 00:50 BST (UK)
Hello Matt

Kingston is my parish church.  It is called St Giles and I will have a mooch round the churchyard and see what I can find.

Gilda
 

Hi Gilda

Thanks for that. I will send you some more details and names over the next few days if it will help.

matt
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: MattD30 on Saturday 14 June 08 01:01 BST (UK)
Matt

Have just had a look in the churchyard and can find no Denne's.  However some of the very old headstones are very faded and unreadable.

Have another avenue to look and will get back to you.

Gilda

Hi Gilda

Here are the names for Kingstone church as some dates

Nethersole (pre17th century)

Vincent Nethersole d1576
Sylvester Nethersole (wife of Vincent) d1588
William Nethersole d1512
Richard Nethersole d1528
John Nethersole d1472

Richard Denne (of Denne Hill) d1391
Thomas Denne (of Denne Hill) d1420
Michael  (Alured) Denne, esq (late 15th century)

Any other references in the church or on headstones to the names Denne and Nethersole will be of interest.

Matt
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: bearkat on Saturday 14 June 08 08:03 BST (UK)
There are some Memorial Inscriptions for Kingston on the Kent Archaeological Society site

http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsKingston/01.htm

and also the D'Elboux Manuscripts

http://barry-white.members.beeb.net/kent/pk_delbo2.pdf
Title: Re: Churches and memorials photo request
Post by: MattD30 on Sunday 15 June 08 02:52 BST (UK)
If it helps anyone, there are some monumental inscriptions for Kingston in the following publication http://www.archive.org/details/parishregisterso00kingrich

It looks to be dated 1893 but I don't know if it's a complete list for that date as I haven't yet looked through the whole publication myself.

Casalguidi :)

This publication is great. I've already found several of the people I was looking for. Thanks for letting me know about it.

Matt