Wynmelvin » Lenham http://blog.wynmelvin.com [ the blog ] Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:15:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 October 3rd, 2009 http://blog.wynmelvin.com/2009/10/october-3rd-2009/ http://blog.wynmelvin.com/2009/10/october-3rd-2009/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:34:40 +0000 Russell http://blog.wynmelvin.com/?p=521 HIGH HALDEN — There’s not a lot to say about today. I visited four, no five, churchyards looking for tombstones. The first was at Egerton from whence the Russells came. From Egerton I went on to Pluckley, and from Pluckley to Little Chart.

The church at Little Chart was in ruin due to a doodlebug that was shot down and there were not many tombstones left to see as a result.

My next stop after Little Chart was Westwell. One half of the churchyard was well kept, the other half was decidedly less so—overgrown to the point that I was able to give myself a big fright by disturbing a brace of phesants that took to the air with a lot of sqwarking and beating of wings.
 
One tombstone at Pluckley gave me a clue that led me to my next churchyard at the medieval market town of Lenham. Nothing definite found here but certainly a parish to look into further on Tuesday at Maidstone.

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