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Ightham

 

Fen Pond Road

St. Peter's Church. Strands on a little hill  and dates from the 14th and 15th with later additions. 14th patched work. 15th oak roofs of the nave chancel and porch, oak door of 1552 and Jacobean pews. Has good glass Monuments: Effigy of Thomas Cawne; other brasses and allegorical pictures; yomb of Dorothy Selby, the lady who discovered the gunpowder plot

Churchyard. has several curious headstones carved in the shape of a head and shoulders and with incised faces; they are fine examples of a type peculiar to parts of Kent and Sussex. The oldest of these decipherable here is dated 1673.

Talbot Estates silica sand quarry

Sir Harry Vane’s fountain. conduit. 18th pump house. A short entrance passage about 5 ft. high leads to a rectangular vaulted chamber built of sandstone blocks and brickwork.   on the floor lies a small pool of clear water.  residents remember a bricked archway in the bank giving access to a wayside spring, -which had been hollowed out to a well. This spring occurs at the outcrop to the Sandgate Beds.   Before main water was available the occupiers of the neighbouring dwellings drew their water from the well.

Stone quarry for stone similar to Reigate

Ightham

This place, originally was ‘Eyglitham’, which means 'the island home', and is  situated on a slope at the bottom of a hill

The Street

Chequers. Well-appointed, traditional pub in the village centre. the end is      dominated by a large stone fireplace.

George and Dragon

Town House. Jettying along the front with close studding.  1555.


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