Welcome to the Lynsted with Kingsdown Society Local Heritage Project.

Capturing the heritage of our Parish
Documents

With the help of volunteer Members who have agreed to transcribe documents, we can begin to publish several donated documents.

1. The story of Stedlyn and the Macey Family - the Dog Track and more.  The scrapbook was a Golden Wedding anniversary present between Myra’s parents.
   (Material from Myra Scott; transcription by Pip Baron)
2. Historic Deeds, Sale and Mortgage Documents
• Bonds Cottages in Kingsdown (Courtesy of Bernard Broughton; transcriptions by Maggie Goodwin and Jenny Sargent (for Bonds Cottages and Heathfield House in 1964)).
• Erriot Wood Gate (Courtesy of Beverley Smith; transcription by Pip & Ian Baron)
3. Lynsted Church
• 18th April 1720 - Maintenance of the clock by Michael Cronck, 1720, 1720 (Courtesy of Myra Scott; transcription by Maggie Goodwin)
4. Kingsdown Church
• 1975 Quinquennial Report on fabric of the church (courtesy of David Bage; transcription by Jenny Sargent)
5. Fire Reports of the Teynham and Lynsted Fire Brigade - 1916 to 1937 (Courtesy of Eddie Read; transcribed by Pip and Ian Baron)
6. Parish Newsletter (KLN) Archive June 1977 (No.1) onwards - from the effects of David Bage.  It will take time to convert and proof-read all 400+ to text-embedded PDFs.  (Courtesy of Nigel Heriz-Smith)
7. Parish Council Archived Minute Books.  (Courtesy of Lynsted with Kingsdown Parish Council)
• 1894 to 1932 - First Minute Book  (Transcribed by Maggie Goodwin)
• 1932 to 1968 - Second Minute Book (Transcribed by Pip Baron)
8. War-time Recollections of Teynham by Pauline Halls (PDF document; reduced for web; original bound booklet retained for inspection by the Society)