East Kent History - new forum threads http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/start Threads in forums of the site "East Kent History" - Research & Publication Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:10:16 +0000 http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-454246 CCA Microfilms etc http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-454246/cca-microfilms-etc Now at Templeman Library Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:04:16 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 The CCA microfilm collection and some books are accessible during their closure peiod - they have been moved to the Templeman Library, Canterbury at the University. They are in the closed collection which means you need to make an appointment, and viewing is weekdays. This situation may continue after CCA reopens later this year (2012), as they ar ereverting to just Cathedral Archives, KCC will no longer be jointly running it.

Alan Buckman

]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-331127 Deal Area in Maps http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-331127/deal-area-in-maps References for the maps shown at the talk 22nd March 2011 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:04:08 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 References for the 'Deal Area in Maps' talk are as follows:

1797 Mudge field sketches 3 inch to 1 mile - British Library Online Gallery -
Covers Dover to Sandwich to Eastry, excellent resolution
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/ordsurvdraw/s/002osd000000006u00368000.html

1815 Modified Mudge map - British Library online Gallery -
Covers inland to Canterbury, but at lower resultion online.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/ordsurvdraw/c/002osd000000017u00367000.html

1820 OS East Kent 1 inch to 1 mile - Vision of Britain -
http://visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/results.jsp?xCenter=3420359.33904&yCenter=2749777.49685&scale=63360&mapLayer=nineteenth&subLayer=first_edition&title=Ordnance%20Survey%20and%20Ordnance%20Survey%20of%20Scotland%20First%20Series

1871 Deal 25 inch to 1 mile. Use the Godfrey edition and a magnifying glass.
Available from Tylers or other book shops very reasonably priced.

1906 OS revision at Deal Library 2500:1 scale

Alan Buckman

]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-299520 Photographer in London Road, Deal http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-299520/photographer-in-london-road-deal Photograph come to light - A Webber, Albert Studio, London Road. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:49:53 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 Does anyone have any information about the studio in London Road, Deal, the photographer, or indeed the people in the photograph.

unknown_portrait_t.jpg ]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-296118 Maps http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-296118/maps British Library maps Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:33:00 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 I have recently come across the British Library Online documents and there are some very old maps, drawings etc to do with the local castles and the area. I was particularly pleased to see the OS field book sketch for Deal area drawn in 1797, but updated circa 1815. The first version was not updated, but is only available at the British Library. I have a scan of this and it is very interesting to compare with the modified one.
See Deal area 1797 (revised)

]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-289404 Population Studies http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-289404/population-studies A worthwhile source of information for comparison pourposes gives the general state of health of a village. Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:19:22 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 Readers,
If you would like to choose a parish / village and carry out a survey in the same style that IanWi has done for Ringwould it would be of great benefit for other historians. I believe it is fairly easy to do using the statistics on the Historical Population Report website and if you feel adventurous you can use the Land Tax or Church Cess records to extend the time period backwards. I suggest you contact Ian if you feel like taking part.

Alan Buckman

]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-288842 G P R James http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-288842/g-p-r-james Appears he was in the area far longer than we have it. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:07:38 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 From correspondance letters
http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=C0814&kw=#series1subseriesB
it appears he moved to Walmer in 1841, moved to Upper Deal then moved back to Walmer between 1845 and 1847, so he was in the area for 6 years.

Alan Buckman

]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-284277 St Leonard's Church Deal records http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-284277/st-leonard-s-church-deal-records Seen in open access red & black folders, you can see in Deal Library Local studies collection (in Sandwich Library until Jan2011). Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:36:33 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 I have just photocopied a large number of parish records in the time span 1750 - 1835 from the local studies collection. there are two folders of Vestry minutes for this time span, one labelled Meetings that are type written and give interesting but highly abbreviated reports. The other folder is Vestry Minutes, transcribed in long hand and important sections as photocopies of the originals. Interestingly there are some meetings reports in the first folder not present in the full folder. There was a discusion of how Deal Hospital had moved from Deal parish to Walmer parish and they made an order not to accept any dead from that hospital for burying in their parish. There were also discussions about enlarging the workhouse, creating the new one, buying a patch of ground for the overflow churchyard (the one near the church), Gilbert's system and the introduction of the new Union workhouse in the mid 1830's. These original docuiments are full of details!

I also photocopied the complete parish asessment of 1786 to collect money for caring for the poor. There are about 1000 names. This is a complete census of households with occasional insights of details, listing all the poor, because they did not pay.

Hope to eventually digitse this lot and put in the archive resource section of this society.

]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-284255 Deal Charity School http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-284255/deal-charity-school Records sought. Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:42:35 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 Has anyone come across the following book from St Leonard's Deal parish chest
- 1792-1814 on The Deal Charity School

Thanks Alan / Gillian

]]> http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-281314 Back Road evidence http://eastkenthistory.wikidot.com/forum/t-281314/back-road-evidence I am after documentary evidence for the extent of 'Back Road' Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:22:33 +0000 AlanBuckman 550707 Has anyone come across evidencet that 'Back Road' was the former name for Middle Deal Road and that it was called this along its whole length. One of the censuses refers to Back Road being the part containing St Leonards Terrace (the shops) in Upper Deal, which is now part of London Road.

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