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  • 'Pride of Westerham'

    'Pride of Westerham'

    Photographed behind the Warde Arms in the High Street, John and Mary Townsend were owners of the ‘Pride of Westerham’ a much coveted coach-and-four. The date is 1891 and the photograph was taken by Arthur Thomas Deane, who had his photographic studio at the top of London Road. John Townsend was a highly respected Gentleman ...
    Reference: WH0121
  • 'Some' Picnic 17 June 1917

    'Some' Picnic 17 June 1917

    Reference: 0026
  • 0-4-4 SECR Q Class Loco

    0-4-4 SECR Q Class Loco

    With the formation of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Management Committee in 1899, travelling conditions for passengers began to improve on the Westerham branch line. There were new locomotives in lined Brunswick green and new six-wheeled carriages as well. The elderly Cudworth engines previously used on the branch were replaced with James Stirling’s class ...
    Reference: WH0167
  • 1869 Map of Long Pond, including Squerryes Court and Lake

    1869 Map of Long Pond, including Squerryes Court and Lake

    Reference: WH1121
  • 1880 Concert Programme

    1880 Concert Programme

    Reference: WH0856
  • 1880 Swan Beerhouse

    1880 Swan Beerhouse

    This building today (2019) is the home of Castle Antiques, opposite the Library, so-called in memory of Vic Castle, who ran his dairy there in the 1950s. The building has an interesting history, having started out as the ‘Swan Beerhouse’ owned by William Finnis Watkins’ Swan Brewery at the bottom of Hosey Hill. Beerhouses had ...
    Reference: WH0077
  • 1881 Concert Programme

    1881 Concert Programme

    Reference: WH0857
  • 1890 advertisement for J. Drapper landlord of Old House at Home

    1890 advertisement for J. Drapper landlord of Old House at Home

    Reference: 0018
  • 1896 Map of Long Pond, including Squerryes Court and Lake

    1896 Map of Long Pond, including Squerryes Court and Lake

    Reference: WH1122
  • 1903 advertisement for The Crown Hotel opposite the railway station

    1903 advertisement for The Crown Hotel opposite the railway station

    The Crown Hotel opposite Westerham Station was known for its fine dining cuisine, and this reputation was to carry it through until the Hotel was closed and pulled down in the late 1990s. It is amazing it kept going that long as that part of town would struggle to sustain such a large establishment without ...
    Reference: 0012
  • 1903 advertisement for the General Wolfe Inn

    1903 advertisement for the General Wolfe Inn

    Note that a Pony and Trap was available for hire, but there was no overnight accommodation in this tiny pub, the only ‘full-license’ drinking establishment in town lacking this facility.
    Reference: WH0063
  • 1907 Map of Long Pond, including Squerryes Court and Lake

    1907 Map of Long Pond, including Squerryes Court and Lake

    Reference: WH1123
  • 1908 advertisement for The Crown Hotel

    1908 advertisement for The Crown Hotel

    Reference: WH0099
  • 1910 Fire at West Kent Works

    1910 Fire at West Kent Works

    The above illustration, from excellent photographs supplied by Mr F. G. Benson, Keswick studio, Westerham, gives an adequate idea of the havoc wrought. In the foreground is the malthouse and it will be observed that the corner of the rear kiln was caught by the flames. From The Herald Saturday July 9 1910 DISASTROUS FIRE AT WESTERHAMEAST ...
    Reference: WH0060
  • 1911 census return for grocer Edwin Hollingworth and family

    1911 census return for grocer Edwin Hollingworth and family

    Reference: 0049
  • 1911 Young Peoples Society Christian Endeavor first anniversary

    1911 Young Peoples Society Christian Endeavor first anniversary

    Reference: WH0311
  • 1912 Black Eagle Steam Lorry

    1912 Black Eagle Steam Lorry

    This steam ‘locomotive’ dray was made by Burrells of Thetford in 1912 as works number 3424, and was the first of two purchased by Bushell Watkins and Smith for deliveries of beer to their tied-houses around west Kent. It would have been slow going at 12 miles an hour, but marginally faster than its horse-drawn ...
    Reference: WH0183
  • 1912 Mothers Union invite poster to a meeting in the Public Hall

    1912 Mothers Union invite poster to a meeting in the Public Hall

    The Mothers’ Union was founded by Mary Sumner in 1876. Herself a mother of three children, it was the birth of her daughters first child that drove Mary to found the organisation to support women of all classes in their role as mothers, in affiliation with the teachings of the Anglican Church. In 1896 the ...
    Reference: WH0317
  • 1912 Mothers Union invite poster to the Annual Service

    1912 Mothers Union invite poster to the Annual Service

    The Mothers’ Union held an annual service at Saint Mary’s Church each year, where they would ask for God’s blessing on their Union. It was not uncommon for the Lord Bishop of Rochester to attend and preach the Sermon.
    Reference: WH0315
  • 1912 Streatfeild Warde wedding

    1912 Streatfeild Warde wedding

    At St. Mary’s church, Westerham, Kent, Mr. Harold Streatfeild, son of the Rev. Wm. Champion Streatfeild, of Charts Edge, was married to Dorothy, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Warde, of Squerryes Court, Westerham. The church was prettily decorated, and the Rev. W. Streatfeild, the bridegroom’s brother officiated, assisted by the Rev. E. Ram, ...
    Reference: WH0663
  • 1914 - 1915 Glorieuse Memoire remembrance card

    1914 - 1915 Glorieuse Memoire remembrance card

    Reference: 0027
  • 1914 advertisement G. T. Taylor High Street Garage

    1914 advertisement G. T. Taylor High Street Garage

    in 1908, Mr George Thomas Taylor started a motor car and cycle repair business in the High Street opposite the Warde Arms.
    Reference: WH0012
  • 1914 advertisement West Kent Works (E. Evenden)

    1914 advertisement West Kent Works (E. Evenden)

    Evenden works were in Quebec Sq
    Reference: WH0013
  • 1916 Mothers Union invite poster to meeting in the Drill Hall

    1916 Mothers Union invite poster to meeting in the Drill Hall

    As with all church-affiliated bodies at that time, the Mothers’ Union took great pains to remain ‘apolitical’ in their activities, but in times of war, religion and politics can get pretty close, as shown with this publicity flyer for 1916…
    Reference: WH0316
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