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Otford Station 19341127 viewsAn illustration of the railway in the landscape, J class 0-6-4 tank locomotive No 1599 leaves Otford on a St. Mary Cray to Ashford train in 1934. Note the newly-laid third rail, and the houses on the Pilgrims’ Way above the chalk pit.otfordnet
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Pickmoss 1960s1126 viewsPickmoss, where looks can be deceptive. The break in the roofline defines the new and the old. The timber framing to the left replaced brickwork in 1951, even though its heart is a fourteenth century hall house. Mini-skirted girls date this photograph to the 1960s.otfordnet
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Twinning Ceremony at Otford 31 Mar 2012 (photo Anne Knight)1037 viewsdvbent
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Chalk pit 1900s1024 viewsA Geologists’ Association excursion on 3rd. July 1909, investigating ‘chalky rainwash’ at the old pit near Otford Station. Above the chalk pit runs The Pilgrims’ Way leading to Kemsing. The Hunting Tower built in 1874, by Richard Russell of Castle Farm can be seen above the pit near the top of the Mount.otfordnet
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Church Hall 1958928 viewsThe architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the Church Hall for his brother, the Vicar William Edward Lutyens, in 1910. In this 1958 photograph a Humber Hawk car occupies a space in the new car park.otfordnet
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Becket’s Well 1953889 viewsOpen Day at Becket’s Well in 1953. The Otford and District Historical Society began excavations in 1950 and completed them four years later. The well occupies land owned by Castle Farm, but sadly – despite it being a Scheduled Monument, all this hard work, and its obvious historic importance – the well today lies unvisited, overgrown and derelict!otfordnet
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Otford Palace 1885866 viewsView of Otford Palace, taken in 1885 showing a thatched single-storey range of buildings.otfordnet
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Louise Darby with her winner ---and her model, Grandad Gordon!863 viewsPauline Garfield
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Twinning Ceremony at Otford 31 Mar 2012 (photo Anne Knight)855 viewsdvbent
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High Street 19C851 viewsA hushed quiet pervades this late nineteenth century view of the people-less High Street, familiar to residents and visitors before the age of the motor car.otfordnet
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Becket’s Well 1920s829 viewsYoung hops making rapid growth at Becket's Well, surrounded by Castle Farm hop field.otfordnet
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Twinning Ceremony at Otford 31 Mar 2012 (photo Anne Knight)817 viewsdvbent
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Twinning Ceremony at Otford 31 Mar 2012 (photo Anne Knight)801 viewsdvbent
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Twinning Ceremony at Otford 31 Mar 2012 (photo Anne Knight)796 viewsdvbent
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Otford Palace 1920s773 viewsA 1920s photograph by postcard publisher Mr. H. Camburn – probably the most familiar view of the palace, set against the North Downs. To the far right is the great gatehouse.otfordnet
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The Vanished Palace Of Otford [trailer]763 viewsAwarded Kent Trophy at Kent Film Festival 2005.
Today, Otford Palace lies forlorn and half-forgotten; yet its few remaining walls and mounds of buried masonry stand as mute witness to former glory. Using the scale model of the palace, this video gives an educational, historic and realistic interpretation of the building and day to day running of one of the greatest palaces in England in circa 1700.
Full DVD [17 mins] available from www.bdvideos.co.ukotfordnet
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Twinning Ceremony at Otford 31 Mar 2012 (photo Anne Knight) 762 viewsdvbent
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High Street early 20C754 viewsThe High Street looking east from the mill stream, early in the twentieth century. Friends chat with each other without the interruption of noisy traffic.otfordnet
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Ellenor Tea Shop and Antiques739 viewsotfordnet
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The West Kent Hunt 1930s704 viewsThe West Kent Hunt at Kennels Corner where the Shoreham Road meets the Pilgrims’ Way. They gave up their headquarters in 1935 due to the dangers to hounds of railway electrification.otfordnet
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High Street looking west 1930s699 viewsThe High Street looking west in the 1930s, when vehicles coming down Station Road were able to pass the pond on the left. The tall railings surrounding the pond were erected in 1926 to prevent rubbish being thrown into the water.otfordnet
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Otford Palace 1920s680 viewsDuring the First World War (as in the Second) much additional land was cultivated for food crops. Here in the 1920s, allotments cover today’s Palace approach. The thatched barn on the left formed part of Castle Farm yard.otfordnet
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High Street 1930s659 viewsMany of the cottages – formerly the Parish Workhouse (1790s-1835) – on the north side of the High Street had commercial uses by the late-1930s.otfordnet
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Otford Court 1910s658 viewsOtford Court, in about 1913, was originally a hunting lodge built in 1886 near the foot of Row Dow. Today it houses St. Michael’s School.otfordnet
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Otford Pond 1930s652 viewsThe village green and pond in the 1930s looking somewhat unkempt. Note the multi-armed telegraph pole feeding subscribers to the newly opened telephone exchange on the Shoreham Road.otfordnet
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Otford Station 1961641 viewsLooking south in July 1961. The buildings and canopies had remained unchanged since their erection sixty years earlier. Note the extensive use of cast iron and wood.otfordnet
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Becket’s Well 1900s641 viewsThe earliest known photograph of the well about 1900, surrounded by Castle Farm hop field. The poles are stooked for winter.otfordnet
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Ploughing near Polhill 1940s610 viewsA German prisoner of World War II ploughing the fields just outside the parish boundary near Polhill. Dunton Green and Otford became separate parishes in 1908.otfordnet
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