Documents - Historic Sources

We have extracted passages from books and sometimes reproduced the whole book/pamphlet that focus on our Parish and nearby. From time to time we bring together material from several sources to complete a picture - for example, Clergy and Curates (below)

Period Publication and Author (inc. publication date if different)
798 - 1935 Teynham Manor and Hundred - Elizabeth Selby, M.B.E. - Lynsted Parish Extract. (1935)
1280 - 1927 Clergy and Curates of Lynsted, Kingsdown and Teynham - From the Clergy of the Church of England Database (CCEd)
Iron Age - 1530+ Stedlyn Retreat Archaeological Report (2004) - required prior to the development of this site to become St Pauls Court. Overlaps with the Macey family material. 1530-
1500s - 1600s Crimes and Misdemeanours, and Marriage Licences in Lynsted - 16th/17th Century - thanks to Peter Stuart who shared this material.
1570+ "A Most Exquisite Artist" - The Work of Epiphanius Evesham - By Edmund Esdaile - Roper Memorial in Lynsted Church (1981 Country Life and Tony Vaughan)
1671 to 1944 Lynsted Church - Churchyard Monumental Inscriptions (PDF download) - you can also explore the many on-line pages from the Church Main Index ©Society Project
1797 Hasted's Hundred of Teynham (1797) - an invaluable source
1894 - 1968 Lynsted Parish Council Minutes (1894 to 1968) - thanks to the Parish Council
1916 to 1937 Teynham and Lynsted Fire Brigade Reports - thanks to Eddie Read for sharing these Registers.
1926 A Saunter Through Kent (1926) - Extracts - Lynsted, Greenstreet and Teynham - Charles Igglesdon
1936 Order of Service for Memorial Service for King George V - 3pm, 26th January 1936 - grateful thanks to David Aggersberg.
1940 Lynsted Church 1940 Appeal Pamphlet - to cover repair costs from bomb damage
1949 Twist of the Collar: Clerical Memoirs (1949) - author, Reverend L.E.A. Ehrman, vicar for Lynsted from 1927-
1950 Tickham Hunt Official Handbook 1950 - history, advertisers, captioned pictures, Codes of Conduct.
2002 Lynsted Parish Design Statement - adopted by Swale Borough Council (2002) - PDF download
<2010 Memories of a Forgetful Man - Written as witness to a life guided by Christian charity and love of his local community and the people in it. A greatly-missed and fondly remembered man. Also PDF download
2012 Church Guide (rev. 2012) - Researched by Church-warden ©David Wood

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