Below is the full list of items viewable at Kemsing Heritage Centre (as at June 2024)
1. TWO LARGE SIGNS PILGRIMS WAY & TO KEMSING FREE CHURCH.
2. TWO CHURCH HASSOCKS DESIGNED AND EMROIDERED BY VIC BOWDEN.
3. UNALLOCATED
4. SHIP IN BOTTLE MADE BY A GERMAN POW WORKING FOR RON BANN
IN SEAL DURING WW2. THE MAKER RECEIVED SOME BAD NEWS FROM
HOME AND UNFORTUNATELY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. MONTY PARKIN
SUGGESTED THAT THE ITEM BE RETAINED BY THE HERITAGE CENTRE.
5. WOODEN VASE AND BOWL OF FRUIT MADE BY MR.DYKE AND
DONATED BY PAM WHITE.
6. PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THE SILVER JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
11. THE ORIGINAL IS IN THE CHEQUERS INN AT HEVERHAM. THIS WAS
MADE BY THE ART MASTER AT WILDERNESS SCHOOL IN 1978 AT THE
REQUEST OF MR NICHOLSON AND DONATED TO KHC BY PHYLIDDA
ACOTT.
7. 2 GLASSES ETCHED BY VIC BOWDEN FOR THE 1981 KEMSING FESTIVAL.
THE SMALLER GLASS WAS A QUIZ PRIZE AND DONATED BY JOAN
WOODS. THE LARGER GLASS FOR THE FESTIVAL QUEEN WAS DONATED
BY KATH RICHARDSON.
8. 1 HALF PINT GLASS ACID ETCHED “ WHEATSHEAF KEMSING”.
9. WOODEN PLAQUE WITH MOUNTED METAL POPPY. TEXT ON THE
REVERSE READS “IN REMEMBRANCE OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND
COMRADES – WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. FROM YOUR DUTCH FRIENDS
ARIE M VERMEULEN 12.11.89 DELFE”. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE
KEMSING BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION BY IAN MUNRO MC
ON HIS RETIREMENT AS CHAIRMAN ON 8TH JULY, 1995.
10. 2 CROWNS FOR THE KEMSING FESTIVAL MAY QUEEN AND HER
ATTENDANT IN 1981 DESIGNED AND MADE BY ANTHONY NEWING.
11. PLASTER TOWER DATED 1891 AND DONATED BY BERNARD BURT IN
THE 1990’s.
12. PLASTER MEMORIAL TO THOMAS DE HOP 1341 ALSO DONATED BY
BERNARD BURT.
13. RED JEWELLERY BOX WITH PHOTO OF CASTLE BANK c 1900 MOUNTED
ON TOP. DONATED BY IAN WHITE.
14. TIN BOX FOR GLYCERIN AND BLACKCURRANT PASTILLES PRICED AT
1/6d IN THE MONEY OF THE TIME. PASTILLES BOUGHT IN BULK AND
REPACKAGED BY A KEMSING BUSINESS DURING THE 1950s AND 1960’s.
DONATED BY IAN WHITE. TO BE FOUND IN DRAWER NO 2.
15. UNALLOCATED
16. WOODEN CHALICE USED IN A PRIVATE CHAPEL AT GABRIELS HILL.
DONATED BY VIC BOWDEN.
17. OLD COPPER RIDGE TILE WITH FITTINGS THOUGHT TO BE FROM
KEMSING CHURCH.
18. 2 MOUNTED PRINTS – A COLLAGE OF KEMSING WELL IN 1885. GIFTED
TO FRANK WHITE AND VIC BOWDEN FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
THE KEMSING FESTIVAL 1991.
19. BOOKLET ENTITLED KEMSING SIGNPOSTS BY VE BOWDEN.
20. OLD BEER BOTTLE LABELLED TOOTH & CO LTD. DONATED BY IAN
WHITE.
21. 2 OLD GLASS BOTTLES FOUND IN THE GARDEN OF SYBIL STEEL AND
DONATED BY HER. ONE LABELLED WATKINS DIGESTIVE RELISH, THE
OTHER WRIGHT & CO BRIERLEY MILL. ALSO 2 STONEWARE BOTTLES.
22. 2 WHITE JARS DONATED BY MARK MONCUR. FRANK COOPER SEVILLE
MARMALADE AND JAMES KEILLER DUNDEE MARMALADE.
23. FRAMED CERTIFICATE CELEBRATING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF
KEMSING AFTERNOON WOMENS INSTITUTE.
24. KEMSING JAM POT AND LID DONATED BY DON ELEY.
25. OLD HORSESHOES FOUND IN THE GARDEN OF GLEN COTTAGE
DONATED BY CLIVE BISHOP AND HEVERHAM BY FRED ROWE.
26. CUP, SAUCER AND PLATE CELEBRATING THE CORONATION OF QUEEN
ELIZABETH II ON 2ND JUNE, 1953 DONATED BY VIC BOWDEN.
27 A. 1977 QUEEN’S SILVER JUBILEE MUG DONATED BY KEMSING PC
B. MILLENIUM MUG DONATED BY KSA
C. KHC FUNDRAISING MUG
D. VE 50 MUG LANDWAY STREET PARTY DONATED BY BOWDEN FAMILY
E. KPC CENTENARY MUG DONATED BY CAROLINE COPLESTON
28. 2 BROWN AND WHITE YOUTH HOSTEL SIGNS DONATED BY JIM
McINTYRE, TRIANGULAR YHA METAL SIGN PURCHASED BY KHC AND
KEMSING YOUTH HOSTEL POST CARD c 1930.
29. 4 MODELS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEMSING CHURCH MADE BY VIC
BOWDEN.
30. MODEL OF KEMSING CASTLE MADE BY VIC BOWDEN.
31. KEMSING MAY DAY “TUG OF WAR” TROPHY COMPETED FOR IN THE
1970’s/80’s AND MADE BY ALLEN BRYANT.
32. PHOTOGRAPH OF WROTHAM CHURCH AND GEORGE STREET DONATED
BY MIKE PARKER. FRANK BANGAY (BOROUGH GREEN HISTORIAN)
ADVISED THAT THE DATE WOULD BE POST 1922 WHEN THE GREAT
WAR MEMORIAL WAS BUILT. MIKE ESTABLISHED ON ENQUIRY THAT
THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARK YB 534 DATES FROM 1924-1927.
33. FOUR RECORDS MADE BY LOCAL POP GROUPS SLEEPY DRAGONS AND
AND BO-MEN COMPRISING OF PETER WHITE, MONTY PARKIN, BRIAN
SAUNDERS AND JESS HAMMOND. DONATED BY IAN WHITE.
34. METAL PLAQUE DETAILING THE IDEOLOGY OF THE YOUTH HOSTEL
ASSOCIATION.
35. METAL PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THE PLANTING OF 25 TREES IN THE
COMMON FIELD FOR THE SILVER JUBILEE IN 1935. DONATED BY VIC
MILES.
36. CLOCK PRESENTED IN 1967 TO DON BATH IN APPRECIATION OF HIS
WORK AS YOUTH LEADER AT ST MARY’S CHURCH, KEMSING.
DONATED BY GWEN BATH.
37. OLD METAL DOOR KNOCKER, BRACELET AND SPRING DONATED BY
EVE NORRIS.
38. KEMSING KEY RING AND BOOK OF STAMPS DONATED BY IAN WHITE.
39. PLATFORM TICKET FOR KEMSING STATION DONATED BY IAN WHITE.
40. MILK BOTTLE TOPS, 2 X CORONATION 1953 AND 1 X PETERS OF
KEMSING. DONATED BY IAN WHITE.
41. ACCUMULATOR c FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY DONATED BY MIKE
MONCUR.
42. KSA TEAM QUIZ WINNERS TROPHY 1986-2002 DONATED BY BOB
DAWES.
43. KSA TEAM WINNERS TROPHY 1990 DONATED BY BOB DAWES.
44. SQUASH RACQUETS TROPHIES DONATED BY KEMSING PAVILION
TRUST.
BOYS UNDER 10’s 1988-1991
BOYS UNDER 14’s 1988-1991
GIRLS UNDER 10’s 1988-1991
LADIES 1983-1991
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 1983-1991
45. KSA MEDALS – GIRLS, BOYS AND MIXED TEAMS RUN AROUND THE
VILLAGE, KEMSING FESTIVAL 1981 OR 1991 DONATED BY ALLEN
BRYANT.
46. NATIONAL SAVINGS STAMP BOOK c MID 20TH CENTURY DONATED BY
PEGGY GASKIN.
47. KEYSTONE FROM WHEATSHEAF PUBLIC HOUSE DONATED BY BARRY
CHAMBERLAIN.
48. OLD BOTTLES FOUND DURING REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WHEATSHEAF
PUBLIC HOUSE DONATED BY BARRY CHAMBERLAIN.
49. WHEATSHEAF PUBLIC HOUSE SIGN DONATED BY UNIQUE PUB
COMPANY FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE AFTER THE FIRE IN JUNE, 2011.
50. PROPELLER RECOVERED FROM THE J B MOISANT AEROPLANE CRASH
IN AUGUST, 1910. THIS WAS THE FIRST PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM PARIS
TO LONDON (CRYSTAL PALACE). DONATED BY MR FR HARRYMAN.
51. STENCIL DONATED BY CLIVE BISHOP WITH TWO BARCLAY FIELD
HOPSACKS MADE BY JIM MCINTYRE.
52. BUTCHERS STEELYARD/ PORTABLE WEIGHING BALANCE. DONATED BY
LOCAL BUTCHER DAVID GARRETT IN 2008.
53. CROSS FROM THE SPIRE OF ST MARY’S CHURCH SAVED BY VIC
BOWDEN IN 1949 HAVING BEEN DISCARDED AS RUBBISH.
54. BLACKSMITH’S WEATHER VANE (INCOMPLETE) MADE BY MIKE
BRYANS AND DONATED BY BRIAN BUTTIFANT.
55. TWO STONES RETRIEVED BY MR HUNT FROM THE OLD MISSION HALL
SITE DURING THE NOAHS ARK PLACE DEVELOPMENT.
56. FOUR HYTHE BED BLOCKS FROM THE NORMAN PERIOD FOUND WHEN
LAYING THE GAS PIPE THROUGH ST MARY’S CHURCHYARD.
57. RUBBER STAMP FROM THE DEFUNCT KEMSING HISTORICAL AND
ARTS SOCIETY, NOW INCORPORATED INTO KHC. (SITUATED IN
DRAWER NO 4).
58. ST MARY’S KEMSING YOUTH FELLOWSHIP BADGE DONATED BY MRS
HELEN BANGAY. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
59. OLD KEMSING PRIMARY SCHOOL DESK AND TWO CHAIRS DONATED BY
ALLEN BYRANT.
60. BELL TOWER WHEEL FROM ST MARY’S CHURCH KEMSING DONATED
BY SYBIL STEEL.
61. KEMSING 21ST CENTURY CLOCK DONATED BY KATHLEEN
RICHARDSON IN 2010.
62 A. SALT GLAZED STONE BOTTLE c 1890
B. GLASS CODD BOTTLE WITH MARBLE INTACT c 1890
D. FLINT BALL – ROLLED BY GLACIAL AND SUBSEQUENT FLUVIAL
ACTIVITY
ALL DONATED BY S.ROBINSON FROM ST EDITH ROAD
63. WW2 ADULTS GAS MASK DATED 1939 ISSUED TO A SEVENOAKS
RESIDENT. DONATED BY THE LURCOCK FAMILY.
64. WW2 INCENDIARY BOMB REMNANT FROM THE DEVASTATING
LUFTWAFE AIR RAID IN FEBRUARY, 1944. FOUND BY THE YOUNG
MALCOLM OLIVER ON THE KEMSING HILLS AFTER THE RAID AND
DONATED BY HIM TO KHC 74 YEARS LATER IN 2018.
65. PORCELAIN INSULATOR FROM A TELEGRAPH POLE SITUATED BEFORE
WW2 BY THE OLD KEMSING SCOUT HUT FOUND ON THE NORTH
DOWNS CLOSE TO CHALK PIT COTTAGE.
66. WW2 ADULTS GAS MASK IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER. DONATED BY IAN
WALKER FROM SEVENOAKS.
67. RAF “HOUSEWIFE” REPAIR KIT DONATED BY MALCOLM OLIVER AND
ORIGINALLY OWNED BY HIS FATHER WHO SERVED IN WW2.
68. ITEMS FOUND IN FIELDS AROUND KEMSING AND DONATED BY BOB
HESMER (ALL IN DRAWER NO 1).
A. THIMBLE
B. SIGNET RING
C. SERVICE BUTTOND MADE BT FIRMIN & SONS
D. METAL SEAL MADE BY BURGIN & BALL, SHEFFIELD
E. GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN BUCKLES
F. MEDIEVAL BUCKLES
G. MEDIEVAL BUCKLE
69. 1ST SEAL GIRL GUIDES PATROL CUP AWARDED IN 1920’s WITH
PHOTOGRAPH.
70. PLAQUE AWARDED TO BERT SKINNER TO ACKNOWLEDGE 17 YEARS
SERVICE AS A CHURCH WARDEN 1980-1997.
71. PHOTOGRAPHS OF KEMSING CHURCH AWARDED TO BERT SKINNER TO
ACKNOWLEDGE 60 YEARS MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH CHOIR
1936-1996.
72. CERTIFICATE PRESENTED TO BERT SKINNER TO ACKNOWLEDGE 50
YEARS MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH CHOIR 1936-1986.
73. MID 20TH CENTURY HALF PINT MILK BOTTLE DONATED BY A
GREENLANDS ROAD RESIDENT.
74. BOY SCOUTS BELTS, BADGES, LANYARDS AND GARTERS MAINLY
FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, DONATED BY
CAROLINE COPPLESTON.
75. CLAY PIPES (ALL LOCATED IN DRAWER NO 6)
A. LATE 19TH CENTURY TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY
B. UNSPECIFIED AGE. DONATED BY KATHLEEN BISHOP, GWEN COTTAGE
C. DETAILS UNKNOWN
D. UNSPECIFIED AGE FROM GARDEN IN PARK LANE. DONATED BY ERICA
COLE IN JUNE 2016.
E. DETAILS UNKNOWN. DONATED BY MALCOLM OLIVER IN JUNE 2015
F. 17TH – 19TH CENTURY DONATED BY ALY SLOPER
G. DETAILS UNKNOWN. DONATED BY S ROBINSON FROM ST EDITH ROAD.
H. DETAILS UNKNOWN. DONATED BY SUE WILLIMOTT IN JAN 2022
76. DISPLAY CASE WITH INDIDUALLY LABELLED MISC HISTORICAL ITEMS
AND OLD COINS FOUND IN KEMSING. (ALL LOCATED IN DRAWER NO 7)
77. BOX OF MISC POTTERY AND GLASS REMNANTS FOUND IN KEMSING.
78. KEMSING SPORTS ASSOCIATION 1979-1991- MAY QUEEN AND
ATTENDANTS CROWNS, BASKETS, HEAD DRESSES AND BOUQUETS
DONATED BY MARIE COLE.
79. MID 20TH CENTURY MILK BOTTLES FROM PETERS DAIRY, KEMSING
MALTHOUSE DAIRY KEMSING AND CHART FARM, SEAL.
79A. 2OTH CENTURY MILK BOTTLE FROM ROMNEY STREET FARM DAIRY
DONATED BY SUE WILLIMOTT
80. BRITISH ARMY WW2 WATER BOTTLE.
81. POTTERY MODEL OF A KEMSING OAST HOUSE BY FRANK BERRY
POTTERY.
82. LARGE POT MADE BY BETTY HART.
83. EARLY 20TH CENTURY SAINSBURY’S BLOATER PASTE JAR.
84. PRINTING BLOCKS FOR VIC BOWDEN’S DRAWINGS PUBLISHED IN THE
WELL MAGAZINE . (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 2).
85. SELECTION OF OLD COINS AND TOKENS DONATED TO KHC. (SITUATED
IN DRAWER NO 2).
86. LISTED COLLECTION OF FOSSILS, GEOFACTS, AND MISC ARTEFACTS.
(SIUATED IN DRAWER NO 3).
87. OLD POST OFFICE SAVINGS BOOK RELATING TO AN ACCOUNT OPENED
FOR CS WILLIAMS AT DYNES ROAD POST OFFICE, KEMSING IN 1959.
(SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
88. MOTOR FUEL RATION BOOK INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT
FROM STORAGE AT THE TIME OF THE SUEZ CRISIS IN 1956. SUCH
RATION BOOKS HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN PREPARED FOR USE IN WW2.
(SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
89. PART OF THE ORIGINAL 17TH CENTURY ST MARY’S CHURCH BELL.
THE REMAINDER OF THE BELL WAS MELTED DOWN AND RECAST AS A
NEW BELL WHICH WAS SENT TO THE ISLAND OF TONGA. DONATED BY
MIKE AND MARY CURSONS. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
90. MEDAL ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE QUEEN VICTORIA’S 60 YEARS ON
THE THRONE 1837-1897. DONATED BY ANNE AND NORMAN STONE.
(SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
91. MEDAL ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE QUEEN VICTORIA’S 50 YEARS ON
THE THRONE 1837-1887. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
92. ROMAN COLONIAL COIN FROM ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT DATING FROM
BETWEEN 100-311 AD . MADE OF BRONZE AND MEASURING 20mm IN
DIAMETER. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
93. MISC DONATED ITEMS INCLUDING BUTTONS, COINS AND A RING.
(SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
94. AN OLD RING FOUND ON AN ALLOTMENT IN NIGHTINGALE ROAD.
DONATED BY BY SUZY AND ROB CLARIDGE. (SITUATED IN DRAWER
NO 4).
95. SELECTION OF OLD NAILS. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
96. MISC POTTERY ITEMS. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
97. 1981 KEMSING FESTIVAL COMMEMORATIVE BADGE.
98. MARCASITE SAMPLE. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 1).
99. HORSE TOOTH (AGE UNKNOWN). SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 1).
100. TAILORS THIMBLE OWNED BY MR KIPPS. DONATED BY HIS GREAT,
GREAT, GRAND DAUGHTER. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 1).
101. WOMENS LAND ARMY BADGE FROM WW2. (SITUATED IN DRAWER
NO 1).
102. VICTORIAN HORSE HARNESS, DECORATIONS AND BELLS. (SITUATED IN
DRAWER NO 1).
103. ARTEFACTS FROM THE KEMSING ROMAN BATH HOUSE SITE
EXCAVATED BY THE KENT ARCHAEOLIGAL SOCIETY IN 1978.
(SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 5).
104. SCOUTING MOVEMENT BADGES. DONATED BY ERIC LOTT.
105. MISC ITEMS INCLUDING A THIMBLE AND A SPOON FOUND ON
KEMSING FARM LAND IN HEAVERHAM ROAD, OWNED BY MR FRENCH.
DONATED BY BOB HESMER. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 8).
106. SOUVENIR POST CARD COMMEMORATING LORD KITCHENER OF
KHARTOUM SENT TO THE BOX HOUSE, KEMSING IN 1901.
(SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 8).
107. FOUR POISON BOTTLES IN A DISTINCTIVE BLUE COLOUR FOR SAFETY
REASONS. PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY. (SITUATED IN DRAWER
NO 8).
108. MINISTRY OF FOOD RATION BOOKS DATED 1952/53. DONATED BY
EILEEN GARRETT. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 8).
109. SOUTH SURBURBAN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD MEMBERSHIP BOOK.
DONATED BY EILEEN GARRETT. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 8).
110. SELECTION OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOTTLES. ( SITUATED IN
DRAWER NO 8).
111. POST 1700 IRON ROUND SHOT 9 POUND CANNONBALL. THE WEIGHT
AND SIZE CONFORM TO THE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS INTRODUCED
IN 1712 BY COL. ALBERT BORGARD, THEN HER MAJESTY’S
ASSISTANT SURVEYOR OF ORDNANCE. THE HISTORY OF THIS ITEM IS
UNKNOWN AND IT WAS FOUND IN A GARDEN IN CASTLE DRIVE,
KEMSING IN THE 1980’s. DONATED BY DOUG AND FRANKIE PARRY.
112. MISC CERAMIC ITEM STAMPED MADE IN GERMANY NO 2669, PLUS A
COLLECTION OF BRICKS FROM 8 ST EDITH’S ROAD, KEMSING
FORMERLY THE HOME AND YARD OF GERSH WILLIAMS, BUILDER AND
PARISH COUNCILLOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
113. A BRICK MANUFACTURED BY THE KEMSING BRICK COMPANY, NOW
THE SITE OF THE CHAUCER BUSINESS PARK, WATERY LANE, KEMSING.
DONATED BY MR BREEZE.
114. BRITISH RAIL SIGN FOR KEMSING RAILWAY STATION FROM THE
SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. PURCHASED BY KHC IN 2018.
115. KENT CYCLING PROFICIENCY BADGE FROM AROUND THE TURN OF
THE 21ST CENTURY. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
116. EARLY 20TH CENTURY ROAD SIGN FROM THE JUNCTION OF PILGRIMS
WAY AND THE LANDWAY.
117. DRIVING LICEMCE ISSUED TO ERIC LOTT OF NORTHDOWN ROAD
KEMSING IN 1976.
118. PILGRIMS ARCHERS MEMBERS BADGE c 1970’s.
119. TWO ST MARY’S KEMSING YOUTH FELLOWSHIP BADGES. ONE
DONATED BY DON BATH.
120. PLASTER MODEL OF KEMSING CHURCH BY VIC BOWDEN, DATED 1948.
121. BADGES FROM KEMSING RAINBOWS. DONATED BY DI TRELOAR.
122. CERTIFICATE OF AWARDS FOR ALL GRANT RECEIVED BY KHC.
123. STORY OF WW2 RAF PILOT JACK HAMMERTON WHO CRASHED AT
NOAH’S ARK, KEMSING IN NOVEMBER, 1940 TOGETHER WITH TWO
AIRCRAFT RELICS FROM THE CRASH SITE. DONATED BY DOUG PARRY.
124. PHOTOGRAPH OF KEMSING STALWARTS BOB DAWES AND ALLEN
BRYANT. DONATED BY BOB’S DAUGHTER.
125. CROWN ISSUED TO CELEBRATE THE WEDDING OF PRINCE CHARLES
AND LADY DIANA SPENCER IN 1981. (SITUATED IN DRAWER NO 4).
126. 1970’s DRINKS TRAY FROM THE BELL INN, KEMSING WITH
ACCOMPANYING STORY. DONATED BY MARY LEWIS.
127. A PLAQUE PRESENTED TO KEMSING SCOUTS FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE
AT THE NATIONAL SCOUT CAR RACES AT BRIGHTON IN 1967.
PRESENTED BY THE FAMILY OF AUDREY TRATELL.
128. A MODEL OF AN EARLY TATE & LYLE’S VAN c 1920’s IN MEMORY OF
FORMER KEMSING RESIDENT OLIVER LYLE, WHO HAD BUILT AND
LIVED AT SHOREHILL, A LARGE HOUSE ON THE NORTH DOWNS
KNOWN LOCALLY AS TREACLE TOWERS.
129. A.45 ARMY CARTRIDGE CONVERTED TO A CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN
WW2. DONATED BY MALCOLM OLIVER
130. ROMAN REMAINS FROM KEMSING ROMAN BATH HOUSE ON LOAN
FROM DARTFORD MUSEUM.
130 A. WINDOW GLASS FRAGMENTS
130 B. IRON NAILS AND CLAMPS
130 C. 2 PIECES OF WHITE BOX FLUE TILE
130 D. PIECES OF RED BOX FLUE TILE
130 E. WHITE BOX FLUE TILE
130 F. PIECE OF SLAG
130 G. PIECE OF LIGHT GREY TESSERAE
130 H. 3 POTSHERDS FROM ONE LARGE POT
130 I. POTSHERDS, INCLUDING SHELL LOADED WARE, PATCH GROVE AND
RELATED WARE AND ROMAN COARSE WARES
130 J. PART OF A QUERNSTONE
130 K. FRAGMENTS OF SAMIAN WARE
130 L. PILAE TILE
130 M. MISC ROMAN TILE
131. KEMSING UNITED FOOTBALL SPOTSMANSHIP CUP FROM SEASON
1927/28
132. LIGHT BELIEVED TO BE FROM A WW2 HORSA GLIDER, DONATED BY
MALCOLM OLIVER WHOSE FATHER WORKED ON THEM WHILST
SERVING IN THE R.A F.
133. FURTHER ARTEFACTS ON LOAN FROM THE KEMSING ROMAN BATH
HOUSE SITE WHICH WAS EXCAVATED BY BY THE KENT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESCUE UNIT IN 1978. THESE ITEMS WERE
RECEIVED IN DECEMBER, 2019 AND ARE SITUATED IN THE MAIN
DISPLAY CABINET.
134. ROMAN REMAINS FROM THE EXCAVATION OF MEDIEVAL KEMSING
CASTLE IN 2004/5 ON LOAN FROM THE KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL
RESCUE UNIT. THESE ARE SITUATED IN THE SMALL GLASS DISPLAY
CABINET.
135. SIGN FOR KEMSING FROM THE “FLAPPER” FORMERLY IN USE AT
A LONDON SOUTHERN REGION RAILWAY STATION IN THE 20TH
CENTURY, BEFORE BEING REPLACED BY ELECTRIC SIGNS. DONATED
BY ED THOMPSON.
136. PLACE MAT AND MATCHBOX FROM THE RISING SUN PUBLIC HOUSE,
IN COTMAN’S ASH, KEMSING. DONATED BY MICHELLE HUNTER WITH
THANKS TO FRED ROWE.
137. ACCOUNT BOOK BELONGING TO MR A BROXHAM, AN ORGAN
BUILDER AND RESTORER, WHO VISITED KEMSING CHURCH IN MARCH,
1927. DONATED BY GWEN BLOXHAM WITH THANKS TO JEAN WALKER.
138. TWO PORCELAIN M EDALLIONS TO COMMEMORATE THE MILLENIUM.
MADE BY ALLEN BRYANT.
139. OLD KEMSING SPORTS ASSOCIATION KEY FOR THE BADMINTON
CUPBOARD.
140. NOKIA MOBILE PHONE c 2012 DONATED BY DOUG PARRY.
141. BLACKBERRY MOBILE PHONE c 2012 DONATED BY DOUG PARRY.
142. SOUTH EASTERN AND CHATHAM RAILWAY CAP BADGE WITH
COMPANY BADGE AND CUFF BUTTONS. DONATED BY DOUG PARRY.
SEE ALSO ITEM 147.
143. VETERANS CAPTAIN PRIVATE CAR PARKING SIGN FROM WOODLANDS
MANOR GOLF CLUB WHICH CLOSED IN 2019.
144. TWO FAIRWAY MARKERS ALSO FROM WOODLANDS MANOR GOLF
CLUB.
145. THE WORLD WAR TWO MEDAL SET AND ARMY INSIGNIA BEONGING
TO PERCY ASHDOWN (1920 – 1988) WHO WAS BORN AT BOOKERS
COTTAGE, NOAH’S ARK. KINDLY DONATED BY GARY HUNT. NOTE
THAT ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK AND MISC ITEMS ARE FILED IN THE
LOFT.
146. DUKE OF CORNWALL LIGHT INFANTRY CAP BADGE FROM THE WORLD
WAR 1 PERIOD. DONATED BY RICHARD SPRINGALL WHO WAS GIVEN
THE ITEM ORIGINALLY BY CECIL KERRISON, OF KEMSING, IN THE
1970’S.
147. SOUTH EASTERN AND CHATHAM RAILWAY CAP FOR EITHER AN
ENGINE DRIVER OR FIREMAN DATING TO THE 1920’S. SEE ALSO
148. CHINA JUG IN THE SHAPE OF A RAT WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE
ANNUAL WINNER OF THE KEMSING RAT AND SPARROW CLUB WHICH
MET AT THE WHEATSHEAF INN AND THRIVED FROM EARLY TO MID
TWENTIETH CENTURY. DONATED BY DAVID BROOME, NEPHEW OF
RICHARD DOVEY WHO WAS THE LAST WINNER.
149. TWO MEDALS DONATED BY THE WREN FAMILY AND AWARDED TO
BROTHER H WREN BY THE ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF
BUFFALOES. THIS IS A PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION WHICH
STARTED IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN
LONDON’S THEATRELAND. MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
WREN FAMILY FILE.
150. LEAD BULLETS DATING FROM c 1850 AND FOUND IN KNOLE PARK BY
TONY WREN, WHILST USING A METAL DETECTOR WITH THE
PERMISSION OF LORD SACKVILLE. THE TWO BULLETS WHICH EACH
HAVE THREE GROOVES APPEAR TO BE MINIE BULLETS WHICH WERE
ADOPTED BY THE BRITISH ARMY AND USED IN THE CRIMEAN WAR.
THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE PARK BY THE LOCAL MILITIA
FOLLOWING MANOEUVRES. DONATED BY THE WREN FAMILY.
151. VARIOUS HORTICULTURAL MEDALS WON BY MR ALAN PENNELLS OF
“FAIRFIELD, NOAHS ARK. DONATED BY THE PENNELLS FAMILY.
152. WORLD WAR 2 AIRCRAFT RELIC FROM A LUFTWAFFE JUNKERS 88
BOMBER, SHOT DOWN BY TWO RAF HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANES
IN SEAL HOLLOW ROAD, SEVENOAKS, HAVING BEEN CHASED OVER
KEMSING VILLAGE. THE FULL STORY IS IN THE WREN FAMILY FILE.
DONATED BY THE WREN FAMILY.
153. A MILK BOTTLE FROM J BROOKS & SON OF CHURCH FARM, SEAL
PROBABLY DATING FROM THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
154. A PALE RED CIRCULAR PIECE OF GLASS FOUND IN A DISCARDED
DOOR IN THE GARDEN OF A HOUSE IN WEST END, KEMSING.
THOUGHT TO DATE FROM BETWEEN 1700 AND 1800 AND FROM A
SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY. DONATED BY THE WREN FAMILY.
155. THREE OLD IRON NAILS FOUND IN THE ROOF SPACE OF A 16TH
CENTURY HALL HOUSE IN KEMSING. THEY ARE THOUGHT TO DATE
FROM THE VICTORIAN PERIOD AND WERE PROBABLY SOURCED FROM
THE LOCAL BLACKSMITH FOR ROOF REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE
PURPOSES. DONATED BY MARGARET CRACKNELL.
156. A WOODEN FLAGPOLE AND UNION JACK FROM THE KEMSING
BRANCH OF THE BRITISH LEGION AND DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OR TRADER HORN, BRANCH CHAIRMAN FROM 1978 TO 1994.
157. A GLASS BOTTLE FROM THE LYLE COMPANY BASED IN MAIDSTONE,
SUPPLIERS OF LEMONADE AND GINGER BEER IN THE FIRST HALF OF
THE 20TH CENTURY. THIS ITEM WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A
KEMSING HEDGE AND WAS DONATED BY JAMES GILLETTE.
158. MISCELLANEOUS POTTERY SHARDS AND PIECES OF GLASS FOUND
OVER TIME IN KEMSING AND DONATED TO THE HERITAGE CENTRE.
159A. SEVENOAKS URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
FROM THE 1937 CORONATION OF KING GEORGE V1 AND QUEEN
ELIZABETH. DONATED BY MR BUNYAN
159B. WORLD WAR ONE 1914/15 STAR AWARDED TO PTE J BARKER OF THE
ESSEX REGIMENT. DONATED BY MR BUNYAN
159C. QUEEN VICTORIA COMMEMORATIVE JUBILEE MEDAL. DONATED BY
MR BUNYAN
160. A SOUVENIR “PRESENT FROM KEMSING” PLATE c 1960’s
161. CENTENARY OF PARISH COUNCILS MUG 1894-1994. DONATED BY
BRIAN BUTTIFANT
162. GOLDINGS BREWERY TIN SIGN FROM FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY. DONATED BY MALCOLM OLIVER.
163. LARGE DECORATIVE PLASTIC KEMSING RAILWAY STATION STYLED
SIGN
164. ARTISTS PROOF (LAWRENCE JENKINS) OF THE GREEN HILL, KEMSING
TOPOGRAPH, WITH WORDING OF THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION GIVEN
BY RT REVD DR BRIAN CASTLE, BISHOP OF TONBRIDGE, AT THE
CEREMONY IN JUNE, 2002. DONATED BY BRIAN BUTTIVANT.
165. KEMSING PLATINUM JUBILEE MUG 1952-2022
166. OLD FIRST KEMSING GIRL GUIDING FLAG BELIEVED TO DATE BACK
TO THE FOUDATION OF GUIDING IN KEMSING IN THE 1920’S
167. PAINTED STONES ARRANGED IN THE SHAPE OF A SNAKE. THESE WERE
ORIGINALLY PLACED BY CHILDREN AROUND THE WELL AREA DURING
THE COVID AOUBREAK OF 2019/20
168. VARIOUS GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS DONATED BY MARGARET
CRACKNELL
169. ST EDITHS WORKING MENS CLUB SOLO WHIST RUNNERS UP TROPHY
FROM 1971. DONATED BY THE RECIPIENT MALCOLM OLIVER.
170. ST EDITHS WORKING MENS CLUB SOLO WHIST WINNERS TROPHY
FROM 1969. DONATED BY THE RECIPIENT, MALCOLM OLIVER.
171. OAR FROM THE KEMSING SCOUTS SUMMER CAMP AT HUNTON IN
IN KENT, IN 1978.
172. 20TH CENTURY MILITARY BUTTON MADE BY FIRMIN & CO. DONATED
BY MALCOLM OLIVER.
173. MISC IRON GRAPNEL MADE BY A LOCAL BLACKSMITH. PROBABLY MID
19TH CENTURY AND BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED TO RECOVER
ITEMS FROM WELLS. MADE BY AN ANCESTOR OF MALCOLM OLIVER
WHO DONATED THE ITEM.
174. LEAD TOKEN FOUND BEHIND CROWDLEHAM HOUSE AND DONATED
BY STEVE EARL.
175. BOOK OF MATCHES COMMEMORATING THE OPENING OF A NEW
EXTENSION AT THE ST EDITH WORKING MENS CLUB IN 1969. DONATED
BY MALCOLM OLIVER.
176. 1930’s POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK MONEY BOX DONATED BY
MALCOLM OLIVER.
177. TIN IN WHICH TO STORE COINS FOR PARKING METERS, FROM WHEN
DECIMAL COINAGE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1970. DONATED BY
MALCOLM OLIVER.
178. THREE TERRACOTTA MASKS MADE BY ALLEN BRYANT. DONATED BY
BRIAN IZZARD.