Well done to all the entrants of the “Our House” competition. We had a difficult task in selecting the winners, and we all learned something about Penshurst which we didn’t know. I will be posting up the winners’ and runner’s up pieces on a special page soon, after I have given out prizes and results ...
In amongst the many gems in the John Flower Archive is a book of newspaper cuttings compiled by a WS.Wood of Woodwinds, Penshurst. The following are excerpts from an article written by the journalist Frank Hird who wrote occasionally for the national newspaper, The Morning Post. Frank Hird lived at Hammerfield in Penshurst (see under Houses) and was the ...
The 2016 Becket Cup was awarded to the young person who could tell the most interesting story about ‘A Day in the Life of Penshurst’. The 28 contestants were free to choose whether to write an article, make a short film, or create a photo essay. The 2016 Becket Cup was won by Alfie Durey. He also ...
Described by the SDC Listed Buildings schedule as follows “C16 timber frame building with later recasing. 2 storeys, 4 windows. High pitched tile roof with ridge stack. Tile hung first floor, brick ground floor. C19 and modern windows. Lean to front left extension (poss formerly back of house). Mid 19C back extension. Much exposed timber inside.” The ...
Farmer Simon Frederick has added to the archive five pictures of his family’s farming activities in Penshurst down the ages – from the horse-drawn plough to the powerful 21st century tractor. The pictures include a portrait of Simon’s father Sam Frederick with bis South Devon herd of cattle and an aerial shot of the family’s main ...
Growing up at Doubleton Jan 2017 Growing up in Penshurst I was born at Doubleton Farmhouse, at the far end of Doubleton Lane in the mid fifties. My parents bought the house in 1954, and moved there with my two older sisters Joanna and Tessa, dogs and ponies. My father used to drive up the farm track (which ...
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William Wells of Redleaf, Penshurst. An art collection to rival some of the best in Britain? The fact that the Royal Academy’s current much praised exhibition, Charles 1st, King and Collector, uses as its headline feature, a painting that passed through the hands of Redleaf’s owner, William Wells, should give us a clue as to his extraordinary ...
The seeds of the Becket Trust were sown in the late 1960’s when a young Penshurst cricket captain married a girl from Leigh, the next village. The couple moved to Leigh because they could not afford to live in Penshurst. The captain defected to Leigh, who promptly beat Penshurst at their next match. Penshurst’s rector, the ...