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FEATURES

November 2004

• David Wood’s research into Lynsted Church
• Concert Poster of 1888
• Lynsted Court, Tudor Cottage, and Sunderland Farmhouse
• Flood risk map

December 2004

• More of David Wood’s History of Lynsted Church
• Sites and Monuments Record
• Listed Buildings Index

February 2005

• Crimes in Lynsted - 16th/17th Century
• Understanding Hatchments
• Sunday Times Article on Lynsted use of the web
• Family Names in Lynsted - 1871 Census
• 1908-09 Street Directory
• London Marriage Licences for Lynsted Families
• Article on Bats
• Addition of Links Page
• Introduction of Birdbox Diary

April 2005

• Understanding Place Names
• Archaeological finds: Lynsted Church Path
• Report on the mediaeval ring
• Hasted’s Survey of Teynham Hundred 1778-1799
• Visitor’s account of Greenstreet

May 2005

• Henry Eve Geneaology
• The Late Peter Salmon’s views of Greenstreet - 1973
• Map detail 1742
• Mileage Chart from 1701-22

June 2005

• Account of direction finders in Second World War
• Vicars and Patrons - Lynsted and Teynham
• Stephen Back, schoolmaster of 1861
• Ferrell and Baker closes - end of an era
• Meadow Plants by Ann Diamond

September 2005

• Kent Landscape information system
• Membership survey results
• Lynsted commendation for us of Information Technology

December 2005

• Search Engine added to the growing web site
• Energy Conservations and wood-burning guide
• Fungus Foray report
• Anchor House (1942 account by Aymer Vallance)
• Kentish Ballad (c.1600) - Thomas Deloney
• Maps of the Parish - 1959 and 1964

January 2006

• Stedlyn Farm Archaeological Report
• Household energy efficiency report
• Feeding birds in winter

April 2006

• Kingsdown Gunnery correspondence
• Parish Census update & 200 year summary
• Elisabeth Selby accounts
• The Grange - Deeds and census data
• Lynsted Church - North Chapel research

August 2006

• Gallery of traditional thatching in Cellar Hill
• Gallery of Fungi
• Report on Oral History Course
• Small mammal survey
• Beginning of Picture Bank Project

October 2006

• Report on LichensPicture Bank - highways and paths
• Reminders for bird feeding over winter

December 2006/ New Year 2007

• Feeding and planting for birds
• Report on Underground Kent
• Tranquility Maps (CPRE)
• The Grange - further research
• Links pages expanded

April 2007

• Links about workhouses
• Birdbox activity spotted and followed

December 2007

• Hedgelaying Project launched - workshops & team set up
• Who are they? 1930 picture of Lynsted School children
• Report on Conservation in the Thames Gateway
• Video Footage added - steam railway and bus trip to Rye
• Report on Farm Walk in Kingsdown

February 2008

• Local field names 1908 & 1930
• Report on Kent Churches talk

April 2008

• Noble Chafer Beetle Talk - and group established
• Report on Ancient Building in Kent
• Tea Tasting Event suggestion tested
• Vintage Bus Trip

February 2009

• Report on King George Playing Fields
• Report on Historic Buildings of Kent
• Invitation to Tea Tasting Event  -  Learning about blending and creating our own Society Blend.

April 2009

• Tea Tasting Report and offer on the Society Blend
• G A Filmer Auction of 1917 of several local properties
• Updated events list

June 2009

• Fete 1965
• Wartime Recollections of Norman Wigg
• 1940 Appeal for repair to bomb-damaged church
• “The Twist of the Collar” - 1949 Memoirs

August 2009

• AGM coming up and invitation for ‘new blood’ in the Committee members
• Aerial Photograph of Lynsted village - 1968
• Updated events list

November 2009

• AGM Report and Open invitation to ‘taste’ Committee work
• Dormouse Talk Report
• Updated (Jan 2010) Information sought on Goldsmith Family and Laundress Farm
• Information sought early buses and village carriers

December 2009

• Sent only to Members - Reminder of XMas Party Details

December 2009

• Publication of A5 Gravestone Booklet announced
• Updated list of future events into Summer 2010

January 2010

• New Research on Aymer Vallance
• Some recent enquiries by visitors to the web site regarding: the Pope Family; and Francis Brown (with links to Christopher Roper).
• Snippets about Henry Eve DD provided by a visitor.
• Updates on Events and closure of one enquiry about a different “Linstead” in Suffolk (easily done in some older and ambiguous records).

February 2010

• 1923 Children’s Christmas Party in Lynsted (provided by a visitor who is researching the Kemp family history)
• 1937 Coronation Day Programme for Teynham, Lynsted, Norton, and Buckland (provided by a Member)
• Reminder about the Park Farm Orchard Group AGM

March 2010

• Major New Society Project to record and archive the physical records from our Parish.  Announcing two open mornings in May (1st and 15th) to start the project off.
• Announcing the exciting West Gallery performance in Lynsted Church by The Thomas Clark Quire.

April 2010

• Publicising The Thomas Clark Quire details and links to their music and the Society’s plans to provide light refreshments from the Georgian period to complement the period performance
• Update of future Events

End April Special Issue

• Local History Mornings on 1st and 15th May
• Updated Future Events

July 2010

• Updated Events later in the year
• Initial report on the Local History Mornings
• Summer Events supported by the Park Farm Community Cherry Orchard Group
• Family research requests for information

July/August 2010

• The Times - 1824 - 1985 transcription
• Update on Social History Project and public displays
• Confirmation of Vintage Bus trip to Deal and Walmer for members and their guests

September 2010

• Official Launch of the Local Heritage Project, beginning with a gallery of 100+ postcards
• Pigot Directory for 1832-3-4 - Sittingbourne and Milton with the hamlet of Greenstreet and Neighbourhoods
• 1838 STAPLETON DIRECTORY - Greenstreet/Teynham only
• 1847 Bagshaws Directory - including Doddington, Lynsted, Greenstreet, Teynham, Kingsdown, Milsted.
• 1858 Melville Directory for Lynsted with Kingsdown (& Milsted) and some nearby villages
• 1868 National Gazetteer entries for Lynsted, Kingsdown and Teynham
• 1926 Sittingbourne, Milton and District Directory - Lynsted, Greenstreet, Kingsdown and Milsted 

October 2010

• Report on the Deal and Walmer Trip
• AGM and speaker on henkeeping
• Queries about “Radfield House”; Divers Family links; and William David Vallance (died 1872)
• Tidbit about Eliza Lady Lethbridge

December 2010

• A forward look at planning for next year’s events - History of Sittingbourne and Milton Regis, calving, bumble bees, Thames sailing barges, for example.
• Invitation to renew membership - or to join us for the first time to support our programme and research projects.
• A request for help on Colonel John Goulston Price Tucker.

January 2011

• 34 more postcards
• New Gallery of Flower Festivals in Lynsted Church

February 2011

• Another 31 Postcards added
• Directories from 1911 and 1913
• “Edith May” event
• Early Notice of 2011 Heritage Open Day

March 2011

• Heritage Open Day - 11th June in Lynsted Church
• Call for help identifying people in the 1953 celebrations in Lynsted and Batteries Close
• Bumper crop of documents transcribed and released - Stedlyn dog track (Lynsted), Erriot Wood Gate, Bonds Cottages (Kingsdown)
• Events update, including a Calving Day and a reminder about this years Royal Wedding Fete Extravaganza run by our pre-school (Stepping Stones)
• Report on Society supper and presentation on the “Edith May” barge

May 2011

• Getting ready for the Open Day on 11th June
• Updated Events Diary
• Enquiries about Kingsdown Church Organ; also about Couchman and Manooch family links with the Parish.
• Web site Links updated - some fascinating country-wide sites to explore.

July 2011

• Heritage Project Display at Lynsted Fete (29 August)
• Vintage Bus Trip
• AGM Speaker announced
• Requested information on Lynsted Park, including ownership by Eliza Lethbridge
• Some interesting web sites - diamond woodland planting, and BBC short Nature Videos?

October 2011

• AGM + Speaker on Bumblebees
• Publication of Fire Report, 1916 - 1937
• Information requests: Kingsdown Court/Divers Family; Couchman Family links

December 2011

• Early Parish Newsletters from 1977
• Reports on Bumble Bees and Marine Environment
• Did you Know Maria Rees (nee Court)?
• British Library Newspaper Archive - Link

March 2012

• More Parish Newsletters - the first two years
• Events update: including, award-winning photographer, with a focus on natural world; Thames barges - “Red Sails” viewing and Q&A; Meadow Walk; bee and bumble bee identification in RSPB Dungeness; the Morgan car.
• Update on Maria Rees

May 2012

• Parish Council Minute Book - 1894 to 1932
• A few more Parish Newsletters archived
• Busy June Events programme from bees to Morgan sports car.

September 2012

• Winter and Spring Events Update
• Family Tree research course caught our attention

November 2012

• Publication of “Royal Celebrations - a view from our Parish”
• Update on “The Royal Oak” or “Rose Inn”
• Gallery of Shepherd Neame visit
• Report on talk about Garden and hedgerow birds
• Fun update of ‘traditional measures’