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