Contents of Volume 12

Vol 12 No 1

March 2010
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
10-15 David Cufley 'Where would we be without Vincent, Keyes and Mayhew?' The second part of this story continues the journey from London to Woolwich [6 pp]
16-18 Linda Dale 'A foundling' Solving the mystery of Alice Norris [2½ pp]
19-25 Phil Taylor 'James Sharp (1808-83) and his Children' A Prominent Family in Victorian Dartford [6½ pp]
27-28 Vera Bailey 'Albert Odell and family' The connection between an employee in Bexley Hospital and a close neighbour [2 pp]

Vol 12 No 2

June 2010
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
54-57 Cliff Scottow 'William de Scottowe - A medieval Enigma Part 1' [4 pp]
58-59 John Pateman 'The development of the Ramsden Estate, Orpington, Kent, between 1955-2009' [1½ pp]
60-63 Keith Whitmore 'The Swanley Picture Palace' The building of the impressive Corona Cinema which opened in 1938 [4 pp]
64-66 Bernard Harris 'The Journey of a photograph' The photograph of Lt. Paul Douglas Farmer was finally returned to his daughter in Spain [2½ pp]
68 Ron Gray 'Cups from RMT Repository Exercises' Finally the five cups awarded to Alfred Gray by the Kent Volunteer Artillery were located [1 p]
69-70 Roger Sutton 'The Marchant Family, Millers of Cowden and Westerham' 18th-19th century [2 pp]
71-73 Robert Cottrell 'Solving a 300 year Mystery' Thomas Doggett inaugurated a rowing wager to commemorate the House of Hanover to the throne [2½ pp]

Vol 12 No 3

September 2010
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
95-99 David Cufley 'Where would we be without Vincent, Keyes and Mayhew?' The third part of this story concludes the journey from Woolwich to Dartford [4½ pp]
100-03 Colin Watkins 'The French Connection' Research into author's COPPEY ancestors in Pas de Calais; mentions some websites for researching French ancestors [4 pp]
104-08 Edwina Peak 'Rebecca Peak: A charitable success story' Concerns Rebecca Reak of Swanscombe 1837-1923 [5 pp]
109-13 Cliff Scottow 'William de Scottow - A medieval Enigma Part 2' Continuation of article in June 2010 journal [4½ pp]
114-18 William Rogers 'Uncommon Cottage' [4½ pp]
119-22 Philip Taylor 'Larking John Seager (1840-1905)' Brief account of Victorian entrepreneur; includes family photo and 4-generation family tree [4 pp]

Vol 12 No 4

December 2010
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
146-50 Gaynor Wingham 'An unusual great aunt: Lottie Camebus' Concerns Lottie Camebus nee Harvey, 1888-1967: utopian, feminist, capitalist [5 pp]
151-58 Cliff Scottow 'William de Scottowe ? A medieval Enigma Part 3' [8 pp]
159-60 Alan Crawley 'A grand resting place - Robert Emans Crawley' Brief account of author's ancestor R.E. Crawley, cheesemonger of Bow; bur.1829 St Mary, Stratford-le-Bow; includes photo of tomb [1½ pp]
161-62 Dr C Sotheby Pitcher 'A will solves a long-standing mystery' [2 pp]
163-65 Barry Langridge 'Research - A never ending quest!' [2½ pp]
167 William Rogers 'Postscript to Uncommon Cottage' Postscript to article in September 2010 journal [1 p]
169 Joyce Snipp 'September 1939 - The end of a summer holiday' Recollection of returning to Lewisham from a family holiday to find that war had started [1 p]
170-72 Doreen Dillon 'Memories of hop picking' Recollection of the happy times spent at Bones Farm, Faversham [2½ pp]

Vol 12 No 5

March 2011
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
191-99 Phil Taylor 'Samuel Charles Umfreville JP of Ingress Abbey and his Fight with the Cement Makers' Concerns Samuel Umfreville 1820-1894; includes 4-generation family tree [8½ pp]
200-02 and Bob Woodward 'Luddesdown Churchyard and Terra Cotta Gravestones' Four distinctive and ornate types of headstones were discovered in the churchyard [2½ pp]
203-06 Walter Eves 'The Forgotten Architect of South Darenth, Horton Kirby' Concerns Edward Cresy 1792-1858; includes family tree of descent from Muggeridge of Horton Kirby etc [3½ pp]
207-08 Diane Smith 'Letters Home' A letter sent from my uncle to my father serves as a snapshot of a squaddies life on the North West frontier [2 pp]
209-11 Barry Langridge 'Liquid Fire' It became almost a point of honour that the city of Ypres be held at all costs [2½ pp]

Vol 12 No 6

June 2011
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
235-38 John Nightingale 'John Wesley - A nineteenth-century man of mysteries' Research into descendants of founder of Methodism John Wesley, especially John Wesley, publisher (1825-1888) [4 pp]
239-41 Edwina Higgins 'The 1754 Marriage Act. Also known as Hardwickes Act or the Act for the prevention of clandestine marriages' The benefits and drawbacks of the Act on both the rich, the poor and the clergy of the time [2½ pp]
242-45 Mike Austin 'John Outred sailed on the Surat in 1873' Two sisters from New Zealand fuelled my research into the sinking of the iron sailing ship The Surat [3½ pp]
246-47 Walter Eves 'The Perpetually Moving Vicar of Sutton-at-Hone' Concerns William Hopkins 1642-1685 of Fawkham, Sutton-at-Hone, Swanscombe etc. [2 pp]
248-52 David Cufley 'Family Trees a tool for understanding your family' Useful tips for hand drawing a family tree. Progressing to computer programmes such as Word and Exce [5 pp]
253-54 David Bonner 'Cemetery Records' The search for the death of Frederick Augustus Magness led to a burial plot in Woolwich Cemetery [1½ pp]
255-56 Rita Butler 'Researching my grandmother's family of Deacon' George Deacon was a Band Master 1st class on the fated HMS Invincible at the Battle of Jutland [2 pp]
257-59 Roger Sutton 'The Turney family of Westerham' Brief account of family history 18-19c, with 3-generation tree [3 pp]

Vol 12 No 7

September 2011
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
278-82 Debra Dyson 'An Unfortunate Discovery? Jane Ingram 1834-1917' Account of author's ancestor Jane INGRAM of Chatham, later Westminster/Crayford; references to WAIN family etc. [5 pp]
283 Victoria Seymour 'Letters to a part-time Barmaid' Concerns letters from Maurice NASH of Greenhithe to Peggy COCKRILL [1 p]
284-89 Philip Taylor 'Frederick Alexander Preston Pigou (1838-1905): Gunpowder maker and controversial landholder in Dartford' Includes family tree 1767-1965 & illustrations [6 pp]
290-96 William Rogers 'Alice in Goldhoard Land' Author investigating his Bateman ancestors in Horns Hill nr. Brasted Chart 19-20c uncovers their 1927 discovery of an Iron Age coin hoard. [6½ pp]
297-00 Lionel Cole 'On Taxation Boroughs' Land Tax records throw light on owners & occupiers of land in Edenbridge & Hever, 1780-1832
301-04 Keith Whitmore 'St Paul's Church, Swanley Village and the coming of the Railway' Account of the development of Swanley from 1860; includes six photos [3½ pp]
305-06 Louise Scott 'The sad story of my Great Uncle Will' Concerns the Ayers family of Norwood, later East Grinstead, 20th cent. [2 pp]
307-08 Iris Finding 'Domestic Arrangements in New Cross 1939' Memories of a childhood spent in New Cross Road [2 pp]
309-10 Bob Denby 'Talbot House, Poperinge, Belgium' Toc H was a hostel for front line troops in WW1 during short leave periods [2 pp]

Vol 12 No 8

December 2011
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
325 Barbara Attwaters 'Sevenoaks Branch Celebrates 25 Years' Report on the 25th anniversay celebrations [1 p]
330-32 Barry Langridge 'In pursuit of a Name!' How four naval medals purchased at auction led to the discovery of a sailor's career in both world wars [3 pp]
333-38 Ray Beckett 'Gravesend and Milton Gaslight Company - The 1845 Minute Book' Account of the introduction of gas lighting to Gravesend, taken partly from original minute book [6 pp]
339-41 David Cufley and Ken Costin 'Terra Cotta gravestones revisited' Further notes, including details of Grimsley family as scupltors; 1886 advert & map of parishes [3 pp]
342-45 Walter Eves 'The Lanes of Horton Kirby and the Edmeades of Nursted Court' Brief notes on the Lane family (17th century) with connection to Edmeades of Nursted Court [4 pp]
346-47 Jean Allen 'Kemsing Women's Institute - Mother Institute of the County' Extracts from 1916 records throw light on founding of the first W.I. in the country [2 pp]
348-51 Alan C W Starkey 'The Starkey and Penniall families: Watermen on the River Thames' Concerns Joseph James Starkey 1828-1907 & the Penniall family [4 pp]
352-53 Graham Jansen 'T A House, ARP Ambulance Driver' 71 years after his grandfather's death, author receives his WW2 Defence Medal [1½ pp]

Vol 12 No 9

March 2012
PagesAuthorTitleDetails
370-72 Georgina Peacock 'The Other Side of the Story' [3 pp]
374-80 Colin A. Watkins 'Following Mother' [7 pp]
381-86 Philip Tatlor 'Alfred Thomas and Alfred John Penney - Prominent Citizens of Dartford' Concerns Alfred Thomas Penney 1834-1915 and Alfred John Penney 1861-1938, grocers of Dartford; includes illustrations & 5-generation family tree [5½ pp]
388-92 Walter Eves 'The Surgeon and the Most Hated Man in Britain and America and Ireland and Australia' [5 pp]

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