St. Margaret's at Cliffe.
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Location: On the A268 about halfway between Royal Tunbridge Wells and Rye. The Church lies some distance to the South of the Village.
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Location: 3 miles South West of Canterbury, just South of the A28, Ashford Road.
Although I might get complaints from the residents, there is actually little to distinguish this village from the neighbouring Chartham. The main roads through these villages are within a few hundred yards of each other and eventually meet to the East near St. Augustines Hospital. Shalmsford Street does not possess its own church and for a background on the immediate area it is as well to read the information about Chartham.
Location: On the A262 about halfway between Royal Tunbridge Wells and Ashford.
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Location: Sittingbourne is on the main A2, London to Dover Road, about 16 West of Canterbury.
There are numerous villages spread along the length of the A2 London Road in this part of Kent. The A2, before roads became so designated, was the route along which "David Copperfield" walked to find his Aunt Betsey Trotwood in Dover. With the coming of the automobile this stretch of road became more heavily travelled until the constant traffic jams and frequent accidents on these narrow roads forced the contruction of the M2. The local and connecting traffic flow is still constant but there has been considerable relief to the local villages and towns like Sittingbourne.
Sittingbourne has grown since Victorian times and is the main rail connection for people to transfer to trains for The Isle Of Sheppey. Sittingbourne and the local hamlets of Murston to the East and Milton (also known as Milton Royal or Milton Regis) have all fused into one. The local industries for Sittingbourne have been cement, paper and bricks since, as far as I know, Victorian times and the industrial revolution. One of the names associated with the cement and brick trade was Charles BURLEY. At one time, the main industry operated from Milton Creek was that of oyster fishing, in which it rivalled Whitstable. Along with this association with the sea, hundreds of barges, familiar in the area as the Thames barge, were built along Milton Creek. I understand there is a museum for these barges on the Creek now but I do not presently know the details.
The location of Sittingbourne has been important for many years and has been used for Saxon and Roman fortifications. The church at Milton has herring-bone Roman brickwork in its structure. In 894, Hasting, the Danish chieftain, sailed a fleet of eighty ships up the Swale and established a fortified encampment here. Apparently, as a result of this invasion, Kind Alfred then built some kind of defences on the other side of the Creek in what is now known as Bayford Castle to keep an eye on the Danes. This construction was later improved upon by the Normans although unlike Canterbury and Rochester, no trace of this castle remains.
Location: Smarden is about four miles North East of Biddenden off the A274 road to Maidstone.
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Location: Smeeth is about three miles South East of Ashford just to the North of the A20(T).
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Location: About five miles South East of Tenterden on the A2080.
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Location: Just to the East of the new A2070 about six miles South of Ashford.
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Location: Stelling is just off the Canterbury to Hythe Stone Street Road about six miles South of Canterbury.
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Location: Stockbury is just to the West of the A249 Sttingbourne to Maidstone road at a point about half a mile South of the M2.
Stourmouth actually consists of two small villages, East Stourmouth and West Stourmouth. At East Stourmouth the Greater Stour meets the Little Stour and the combined flow of the River them meanders down to Sandwich and the sea. At one time, both villages were, as their names suggest, the actual entrances to the two Rivers before the Wantsum Channel, between Reculver and Sandwich, silted up completely. As far as I can determine, the last vestiges of the old Channel silted up completely in the 16th Century.
See also: All Saints Church, West Stourmouth
Location: Stowting is located to the West of the Stone Street, Canterbury to Hythe road about nine miles South of Canterbury. Turn off at Six Mile Cottages and be prepared for some very narrow and twisting country roads.
Location: Sturry is about two miles East of Canterbury and stands at the junction of the Herne Bay and Margate Roads.
See also: Sturry Sturry High Street - November, 1941
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