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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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Cyril Parkinson
1950
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Former Elham resident Cyril Parkinson was appointed Raffles Professor of History at the newly-established University of Malaya in Singapore. While there, he initiated an important series of historical monographs on the history of Malaya, publishing the very first of the series in 1960. A movement developed in the mid-1950s to establish two campuses, one in Kuala Lumpur and one in Singapore. Parkinson actively attempted to persuade the authorities to avoid dividing the university, but to maintain it to serve both Singapore and Malaya in Johor Bahru. His efforts were unsuccessful and the two campuses were established in 1959. The original Singapore campus, where Parkinson taught, later became the University of Singapore
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H.M.S. Hythe Sinks
1915
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Press Bureau, Saturday. The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement: During the night of 28th-29th inst. H.M.S Hythe, auxiliary sweeper (Lieutenant-Comander Arthur H. Bird, R.N.R.) was sunk after being in collision with another of H.M..ships off the Gallipoli Peninsula. At the time of the collision she had on board about 250 men in addition to her crew‘; 100 are reported missing.
Western Times 1st November 1915
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Village Hall
1999
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17th March. The present village hall was part funded by the Millennium Commission and replaced the 60 year old building (which started as two Army huts). It marked the end of seven years of planning and organising. With financial help also from the County and District together with the generosity of the Elham Community Trust, the Parish Council, The Tory foundation and many individual contributions from villagers, the money was raised to undertake the project. In addition we remember the contributions made by the members of the Village Hall Committee in so many different ways, from assisting in the design and planning of the new building, and the organising of the various fund raising events the were necessary. Our particular thanks go to Margaret Beeching, the late Michael Sheldon and Mike Ridley who all chaired the Hall Comnmittee during this time.
The opening day was fortunately marked by good weather and a large turnout of villagers, together with many important people. It was with delight that we were able to invite the late Mrs Harrowing, a founder member of the old hall to carry out the formal opening of the new building
John Neumark was awarded an MBE for services to the Elham Village Hall Project
Elham Delights
Elham Village Hall
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