History
For a brief history of the village please click here
Goudhurst and Kilndown Local History Society
All meetings are held in the Church Room, Back Lane, Goudhurst starting at 7.45 pm
Annual subscription £5 or £1.50 per evening for a visitor
• To research and record the history of the two villages
• To preserve and keep safe old documents and artefacts
• To hold meetings during the winter months to which speakers on various aspects of local history are invited
Subscription:
The annual subscription is £5. Visitors: £1.50.
New members are welcome.
Programme 2011-2012
4th October 2011
Christopher Rudd
The Coastline of South-East England - Sussex
exploration of this pictorially varied and historically significant coastline from Winchelsea to Newhaven.
1st November 2011
Jeremy Hodgkinson
Gunfounding in the Weald - a talk tracing the development, describing the technology and the personalities involved in a trade in which the Weald was prominent from the late 15th century until the 1760s.
6th December 2011
Geoff Doel and Mick Lynn
A Dickens of a Christmas - celebrate Christmas through the festive works of Charles Dickens with visual images, readings, songs and tunes
7th February 2012
Colin Breed
Royal Visits to Kent - an amusing look behind the scenes in the 1990's at the planning, security and protection of the Royals on their visits to Kent by a retired Detective Chief Inspector of the Kent Police
6th March 2012
Gill Joye
Goudhurst People - the great, the good and the merely interesting - the archivists selection of some of the personalities connected with the parish from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries
3rd April 2012
AGM followed by
Spitfire Summer - made for TV in 1990, this 30-minute film features the memories of several well known residents of the village relating to the Battle of Britain period.
8th May 2012
Extra Meeting to be held in Kilndown Village Hall – NB. this meeting is on the SECOND Tuesday of the month
David Denton
Kilndown: a place of change
Officers:
President: Bill Musgrave
Chairman: Gill Joye
Secretary: Jane Davidson
Treasurer: John Benfield
Archivist: Gill Joye
Committee Members:
David Edwards
Linda Griffin
Margaret Mascall
Elizabeth Mason
Research Projects:
Detailed research projects, either completed or still being worked on, include Percy Mepham’s study of the Local Fire Brigade; Jenny Coutts’ Milestones and Turnpike Roads; Rosemary Southon’s Churchyard Memorials and Bob Brown’s Men and Women on the Village War Memorials (Goudhurst and Kilndown). There is a wealth of information, including many old papers, photographs and documents, in the Society’s archives.
Village Echoes
A short piece is published by the Society each month in the Goudhurst & Kilndown Parish Magazine on a subject of topical historic interest. The piece appears under the heading "Village Echoes" and may be read on the copy of the magazine which is included in this village website (accessed from "magazine" on main menu).
Membership Enquiries:
Membership and General Enquiries about the Society and its activities may be obtained from the Secretary: jane.davidson3@virgin.net
Historical Enquiries should be addressed to the Archivist: historysociety@goudhurst.co.uk
For a brief history of the village please click here
Goudhurst and Kilndown Local History Society
All meetings are held in the Church Room, Back Lane, Goudhurst starting at 7.45 pm
Annual subscription £5 or £1.50 per evening for a visitor
The Local History Society was formed in 1964
PUBLICATIONS
The Beresfords of Bedgebury Park
Gordon Batchelor
(263 pages A4, illustrated) A past chairman of the Society gives a detailed account of the lives of the Beresford family in the 19th century and of the history of Bedgebury. Copies obtainable from Mrs. Batchelor at Twyssenden Cottage, Priors Heath, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2RE. 01580 211450
£15.00
Parish Past
(76 pages A5, illustrated). A fascinating account of events in the history of our villages not previously published.
Copies available from Goudhurst Newsagents, Burgess Stores, Crane Bookshop in Cranbrook or direct from the Society 01580 211517
£5.00
The Goudhurst and Kilndown
Millennium Book
William Musgrave
(1184 pages A5, illustrated and with parish map)
A record of the millennium celebrations in Goudhurst and Kilndown together with a wealth of information on the two villages.
A leather-bound edition is also available at £85) Receipts from future sales of this book have generously been donated to the Society by the author. Copies obtainable from the Society.
01580 211517
£40.00
Its aims are:-The Beresfords of Bedgebury Park Gordon Batchelor
(263 pages A4, illustrated) A past chairman of the Society gives a detailed account of the lives of the Beresford family in the 19th century and of the history of Bedgebury. Copies obtainable from Mrs. Batchelor at Twyssenden Cottage, Priors Heath, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2RE. 01580 211450
£15.00
Parish Past
(76 pages A5, illustrated). A fascinating account of events in the history of our villages not previously published.
Copies available from Goudhurst Newsagents, Burgess Stores, Crane Bookshop in Cranbrook or direct from the Society 01580 211517
£5.00
The Goudhurst and Kilndown
Millennium Book
William Musgrave
(1184 pages A5, illustrated and with parish map)
A record of the millennium celebrations in Goudhurst and Kilndown together with a wealth of information on the two villages.
A leather-bound edition is also available at £85) Receipts from future sales of this book have generously been donated to the Society by the author. Copies obtainable from the Society.
01580 211517
£40.00
• To research and record the history of the two villages
• To preserve and keep safe old documents and artefacts
• To hold meetings during the winter months to which speakers on various aspects of local history are invited
Subscription:
The annual subscription is £5. Visitors: £1.50.
New members are welcome.
Programme 2011-2012
4th October 2011
Christopher Rudd
The Coastline of South-East England - Sussex
exploration of this pictorially varied and historically significant coastline from Winchelsea to Newhaven.
1st November 2011
Jeremy Hodgkinson
Gunfounding in the Weald - a talk tracing the development, describing the technology and the personalities involved in a trade in which the Weald was prominent from the late 15th century until the 1760s.
6th December 2011
Geoff Doel and Mick Lynn
A Dickens of a Christmas - celebrate Christmas through the festive works of Charles Dickens with visual images, readings, songs and tunes
7th February 2012
Colin Breed
Royal Visits to Kent - an amusing look behind the scenes in the 1990's at the planning, security and protection of the Royals on their visits to Kent by a retired Detective Chief Inspector of the Kent Police
6th March 2012
Gill Joye
Goudhurst People - the great, the good and the merely interesting - the archivists selection of some of the personalities connected with the parish from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries
3rd April 2012
AGM followed by
Spitfire Summer - made for TV in 1990, this 30-minute film features the memories of several well known residents of the village relating to the Battle of Britain period.
8th May 2012
Extra Meeting to be held in Kilndown Village Hall – NB. this meeting is on the SECOND Tuesday of the month
David Denton
Kilndown: a place of change
Officers:
President: Bill Musgrave
Chairman: Gill Joye
Secretary: Jane Davidson
Treasurer: John Benfield
Archivist: Gill Joye
Committee Members:
David Edwards
Linda Griffin
Margaret Mascall
Elizabeth Mason
Research Projects:
Detailed research projects, either completed or still being worked on, include Percy Mepham’s study of the Local Fire Brigade; Jenny Coutts’ Milestones and Turnpike Roads; Rosemary Southon’s Churchyard Memorials and Bob Brown’s Men and Women on the Village War Memorials (Goudhurst and Kilndown). There is a wealth of information, including many old papers, photographs and documents, in the Society’s archives.
Village Echoes
A short piece is published by the Society each month in the Goudhurst & Kilndown Parish Magazine on a subject of topical historic interest. The piece appears under the heading "Village Echoes" and may be read on the copy of the magazine which is included in this village website (accessed from "magazine" on main menu).
Membership Enquiries:
Membership and General Enquiries about the Society and its activities may be obtained from the Secretary: jane.davidson3@virgin.net
Historical Enquiries should be addressed to the Archivist: historysociety@goudhurst.co.uk