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Elham beat off stiff competition for the title of Kent Village of the year 2011 organised by Action with Communities in Rural Kent.
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Censuses for outlying communities in the parish will be rolled out gradually. Check out the stats page for interesting facts and
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trivia about the village. We still need your help so please send us any information relating to Elham that may be of interest.
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Les Ames hits out
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Elham resident Les Ames in action for England against the West Indies in 1939. He was one of the finer wicketkeeper - batsmen and played for Kent CCC.
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Abbot's Fireside c 1450
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The Abbot's Fireside is one of the older buildings in the village and probably dates back to the mid fifteenth century.
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Audrey attends school
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Audrey Hepburn (left) lived in Orchard Cottage (Five Bells) for five years in her childhood (1935-1940) and attended the local village schools. She took ballet lessons
and dreamed of becoming a prima ballerina. I wonder what became of her?
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George V Playing Field
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Dave Lee opens Elham's brand new playground with a sensory garden and a pretty flower meadow created by the Play for Elham charity. 21st November 2010
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Swing Riots of 1830
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The machine breaking that led to the riots of August 1830 onwards started in the Elham Parish, writes our historian Derek Boughton,
who has made a lifetime's study of the subject.
Elham residents were prominent in the gangs that sought out the new fangled threshing machines and destroyed them. Some of them cost the not inconsiderable sum for the day of £100.
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DEATH OF Mr. DANZY CRESSWELL
1889
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A well. known inhabitant of Elharn passed away last week in the person of “Dr. Cresswell." Although he had no diploma, yet he had a most extensive practice, among farmers, and labouring classes. His reputation reached every part of East Kent, and some astonishing cures have been reported under his treatment. Such was his reputation for skill, that several held his abilities in great reverence, and would trust in no other than Dr. Cresswell, who was in many things a most eccentric man. A large number who placed implicit faith in his skill will mourn his loss.
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 13 April 1889
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Thomas Thompson
1751
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He applied from America to the S.P.G. to be appointed by them the (apparently first) missionary to Africa. " Somebody must be the first one," he said, and " God only knows how long it may be before any other person will take the same resolution." He was appointed 15th Feb
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CAUTION TO SERVANTS
1875
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Mr. C. File lost last week a valuable cart horse, the mate having given it a quantity of peas that remained over from the previous day's "seasoning." Mr. Crouch, jun., of Exted, went as usual on Saturday morning to his sheep fold, where he found two dogs, the property of Mr. D. S. Cresswell, worrying the sheep. He instantly shot both dogs, and found many of the sheep much torn. Mr. Bowes's sheep close by, were first attacked, and many of them seriously torn, one being dead and partly devoured. We are informed that the police found a large piece or fat in the throat of one of the dogs corresponding with a piece torn from the carcase. Many of our readers may recollect what serious losses the farmers of the neighbourhood have suffered on previous occasions, especially at this season of the year.
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 03 April 1875
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