The Parish of Manston
We hope you enjoy these photographs, further contributions are always welcome, whether village views, landscapes, monumental stones or old photos of previous residents of the parish.
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1. The entrance to Manston House and the church | 2. Manston House which is alongside the church, is built on the site of an older mansion which was destroyed by fire in 1857 |
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3. The entrance to the church of St Nicholas, the sign reveals that there is still a service every Sunday. | 4. The south side of the porch with the porch and a chest tomb |
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5, 6. Two views of the church, one on the south exterior side and the other along the church interior towards the west end. |
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7. An interior view towards the chancel | 8. Memorial to John Foot 1839-1908 and wife Ellen ne้ Hatcher 1841-1918 |
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9. Headstone commemorating Charles FOOT, son Reginald and family | 10. The cottage where the Foot's lived, photo circa 1900. The old lady is Ellen Hatcher FOOT 1841-1918 being watched by her daughter. |
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11. Folly Farm where members of the Foot family used to live. | 12. The same cottage as above 100 years later |
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13. A view towards
the village taken from the entrance gate to the Church. The building
that can just be seen on the right is The Rectory
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14. Tall man is Fred FOOT b. 1903 Manston - 1993NZ. Shorter lad is Herbert FOOT 1906 Manston - 1988 Surrey. Father Robert FOOT 1859-1929 Manston & Rose ne้ PIKE 1864 Fontmell-1931. Child on lap is grandson Lawrence FOOT 1917-1999. Young woman in Gertrude PETERS nee FOOT born 1901 E Orchard, lived Manston, died 1956 NZ, on her lap is Ronald PETERS b. 1919 Hants died 1994 NZ. |
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15. A view of the Plough Inn, this time from the south. The building is said to be about 300 years old. | 16. A view of the interior of the Plough Inn showing the old beams |
Photographs 1 &
13, Lynda
Mudle-Small © March 2003 All other photographs by kind permission of Sandra Greig © 1999. |