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Issue 14, Summer 2019 Image from Dcb/J/Y/1/7 (1459-1463): Can- Terbury Consistory Court Instance Acta Issue 14, Summer 2019 Image from DCb/J/Y/1/7 (1459-1463): Can- terbury Consistory Court Instance Acta How to Research the History of Your House: A Kent Archives Guide Deborah Saunders, Community History Officer How To Research The History of Your House is a new 45-page colour booklet published by the Kent Archives Service, the first in a forthcoming series of Kent Archive guides. It provides a practical guide to investigate the history of your house, as well as a wide range of other buildings. It also introduces readers to the extensive archival sources that can be used to undertake such research. Particular reference is made to the archival and local studies collections held at Kent Archives, but equivalent sources can also be accessed in other county archives and libraries. This booklet can therefore be used to study both the history of houses and buildings in Kent and other parts of the country. Researching a house’s history can be challenging with so many sources to explore and understand, so each type of document is fully explained, and an accompanying illustrative image provided. The three main aspects of house history research are covered: sources for the history of the site; sources for buildings, including public houses, Church of England and non-conformist churches and clergy houses, school buildings, and tollhouses; and sources for tracing people (owners and occupiers). Although no single method for researching house history will work for all buildings, ‘a suggested house history methodology’ is given that will enable researchers to apply the booklet’s recommendations and undertake their own studies in a logical and systematic way. This is further enhanced by the inclusion of a case history of Fowlers Park at Hawkhurst, which uses the methodology suggested to illustrate how the sources can be explored in practice. Gathering evidence to understand a home’s unique story is a rewarding experience, so if you have ever wondered who lived in your house, how it evolved, or how it has altered over the years, then this booklet will guide you through the process of inquiry and show you how to discover its history. Copies are available to order direct from Kent Archives at a cost of £8.95. To request a copy, please email [email protected] or telephone 03000 420673. Kent Archives’ Lunchtime Talks Kent Archives is holding lunchtime talks between 1pm and 2pm at the Kent History and Library Centre throughout the summer and autumn. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch with them. Call us on 03000 420673 or email [email protected] for more information or to reserve a seat. From Workhouse to Hospital – The Changing Role of the Work- house – Deborah Collins 24 June 2019 The editor of a website on Kent workhouses looks at how the work- house, both the physical buildings and the running of them, changed with social and cultural developments. Deborah Collins is a local historian specialising in the study of Kent Poor Law Unions and their interaction with the local community. She has a website on Kent Poor Law Unions and related topics. Ypres: transforming a Belgian city into an outpost of the British Empire, 1919-1939 – Mark Connelly 15 July 2019 As soon as the war ended, visitors began to arrive. Some want- ed to find out where loved ones had fought and died while others wanted to see something of the reality of the battlefields for themselves. Mark Connelly is Professor of Modern British History at the Uni- versity of Kent. He works closely with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and has assisted the Department of Culture, Media and Sport with its activities during the First World War centenary. The Orchard Family: Loss, Heartbreak and Remembrance – Liz Finn 29 July 2019 More than 740,000 British servicemen were killed or died in the First World War. The story of the Orchard family from Folkestone illustrates the human cost of the war. Liz Finn is an archivist with the Kent Archives Service, based at the Kent History and Library Centre. She currently combines her post of Community History Officer with a role as Manorial Documents Register Project Officer for Kent. Clergy and Criminal Violence in later medieval Kent – Peter Clarke 9 September 2019 A presentation of the speaker’s current research on clergy and criminal violence in later medieval England and Wales, with special reference to pre-1500 church court records in the Rochester and Canterbury diocese archives. Peter D. Clarke is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of South- ampton and specialises in later medieval religious history, especially the papacy and canon law. The White Horse of Kent – James Lloyd 21 October 2019 The White Horse is the ubiquitous symbol of the county but what exactly does it mean and for how long has it been used? James Lloyd gained a Cambridge doctorate for research into local gov- ernment in Anglo-Saxon England. He currently combines roles as an ar- chivist at the Kent History and Library Centre and librarian at Aylesford Priory. Kent Archives’ Lunchtime Talks Kent Archives is holding lunchtime talks between 1pm and 2pm at the Kent History and Library Centre throughout the summer and autumn. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch with them. Call us on 03000 420673 or email [email protected] for more information or to reserve a seat. Kent Inn Names – Paul Cullen 28 October 2019 Paul considers fresh research in this follow-up to an earlier talk on how Kent alehouses, inns and pubs got their names. Paul Cullen is the English Place-Name Society’s editor for the Sur- vey of Kent. His academic background is in historical linguistics, es- pecially Old English, Old Scandinavian, and Old French. He is known to dozens as the folk troubadour, Paul Carbuncle. Archive Events 2019 Kent Archives also has several special events on offer for 2019. For further information or bookings please call us on 03000 420673 or email [email protected]. Brewing and Distilling in Faversham and Maidstone 18 July 6.30 p.m. at the Archbishop’s Palace, Maidstone. Tickets £12 with some samples, booking advis- able. Talks by John Owen (Archivist of Shepherd Ne- ame Plc) on ‘The Brewing Business during the First World War, with specific reference to Shep- herd Neame’, and Helen Vining (Proprietor of Maiden Distillery) on ‘Maidstone’s distilling herit- age’. Interval sampling of craft beers and gins in the company of Dave Berry (Head Brewer of Cellar- head Brewing) and Helen Vining (Proprietor of Maiden Distillery) . Make a Decorative Paper Notebook August 1 – 2 p.m. at the Kent History and Library Centre. Ticket £5 to cover the cost of material and booking is essential as places are strictly limited. Learn to make a useful and attractive notebook in an hour. Make a Leather Bound Notebook 19 August 1 – 2 p.m. at the Kent History and Library Cen- tre. Ticket £5 to cover the cost of material and booking is es- sential as places are strictly limited. Make a robust and practical leather bound notebook. Archive Events Kent Archives has several special events on offer for 2019. For further information or bookings please call us on 03000 420673 or email [email protected]. “Lucit in Tenebris Veritas”: The Records of Kent’s Two Dioceses (A Day Conference) 28 September 10 a.m., Kent History and Library Centre. Ticket: £12 to include a buffet lunch, booking essential. Kent Archives is holding a one-day conference to mark the re- cent consolidation of the archives of Kent’s two ecclesiastical dioceses, Rochester and Canterbury, under one roof at the Kent History and Library Centre. To promote it, we are adopt- ing the Latin motto of the seventeenth-century notary public William Somner, whose penwork can be found in contempo- rary documents found among the archives. Lucit in tenebris veritas, meaning ‘the truth shines in darkness’, expounds the effect we hope our speakers will have: that is, by exploring some of the rich diversity of material found in these collections they will shed light – where perhaps there was previously dark- ness – on a range of topics relevant to people interested in dif- ferent sorts of history, including family, local, cultural, and ec- clesiastical. Documents from both collections will be on dis- play. Papers by Ken Fincham (University of Kent) on the Clergy of the Church of England Database, Catherine Richardson (University of Kent) on the early modern household, Timothy Brittain-Catlin (University of Kent), on Queen Anne’s Bounty, Celia Heritage (Ancestry Progenealogists) on wills and probate Records for the family historian, Sheila Sweetinburgh (Canterbury Christ Church University) on lay piety in late medi- eval Kent, and Paula Woolf (Trinity College, Cambridge) on the involvement of women in early modern disputes over tithe. Maidstone on Film 9 October 7 p.m., Archbishop’s Palace, Maidstone. Tickets £10 includes refreshments, booking advisable. This special programme takes us on an ar- chive film tour of Maidstone and district from the 1930s to the 1960s. The films, all drawn from the collection of Screen Archive South East, feature the parade of Maidstone Indus- tries led by the Mayor of Maidstone Council- lor G. Tyrwhitt Drake (c. 1930), auctioneers at work at the livestock market (1932), the River Medway and its course through Ayles- ford Bridge, Allington Lock and East Farleigh (c. 1935), a visit to Harold Potter, the miller at Chegworth Watermill (1946), the Kent Show of 1951 in colour at Mote Park, the work of the Maidstone and District Motor Services and street scenes and landmarks from the 1960s.
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