Tugmutton Common


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Tugmutton Common is the story of William Pateman and his family. William, born in 1857 at Rochester, Kent, was a Gypsy who travelled around West Kent, making beehives and hawking goods. In 1881 he settled at the Gyspy camp at Tugmutton Common, Locks Bottom, Farnborough, Kent. This was also the home of Levi and Urania Boswell, the 'King and Queen' of the Kent Gyspies. William died at Orpington in 1921.




Orpington War Memorial


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This is the story of the men and women of Orpington who fought and died in the Second World War and in later conflicts and who are remembered on Orpington War Memorial.




Petten Grove


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This is the story of Petten Grove, a road on the Ramsden estate in south east London which was built in the 1950s. Movements of people and families into and out of Petten Grove from 1956-2003 are analysed to reveal a pattern of continuity and change.




Royal West Kents in Orpington


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This is the story of the men from Orpington who fought and died in the Royal West Kent Regiment in the Great War and the Second World War.




Patemans in Kent


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This is the story of the Pateman family in Kent as recorded by the registration of births, marriages and deaths from 1837 and in the national census 1841-1911.




It's a Dog's Life


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Villagers are coming to terms with the death of their beloved Royal, King Arthur of Locksbottom. Affectionately known as Author, well-wishers have been laying flowers at the shrine in his former home.




Fordcroft


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The Ontario Military Hospital


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This is the story of the Ontario Military Hospital which was built in Orpington, Kent in 1916. The hospital was extended in 1917 and became the No.16 Canadian General Hospital. In 1919 the hospital was taken over by the Ministry of Pensions and later by Kent County Council. In 1948 Orpington Hospital became part of the NHS. Today only the Canada Wing remains.




Harrington


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.




Harrington


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