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Hoath and Herne - The Last of the Forest

With articles on Chislet, Upstreet, Westbere, Sturry and Fordwich.

Edited by K.H.McIntosh and H.E.Gough
Illustrations and Map by Roger Higham

ISBN 0 9502423 7 3. First published in 1984.

This A5 size paperback on Hoath village and Herne village in Kent has 184 pages and includes many old photographs, line drawings and plans. A fold out map of the area is at the back.

Price: £4.50
photo of front cover of Hoath book

Local historical articles on Hoath and Herne villages with articles on Chislet, Upstreet, Westbere, Sturry and Fordwich

This book has been written by local historians and experts and includes the following articles relating to the villages of Hoath and Herne in Kent.

Hoath and Herne

Old Stone age finds in the Stour Valley

The Roman Road from Sturry To Reculver via Hoath

The Earlist Church at Herne

Domesday and Manorial Matters

Reculver and the Cinque Ports

Church Life in Herne and Hoath

Siamese twins at Herne, 1565

The cHurch of Holy Cross at Hoath

The Archbishop's Manor House, Ford, Hoath

Sir John Fyneux of Herne

Chislet Marshes

Monumental Brasses of Herne and Hoath

Rushbourne Manor

Nicholas Ridley

The bells and clock of St Martin's church, Herne

George Kennard

Westbere House and the Newmans

The Windmills at Herne, Herne Bay and Hoath

Herne - houses

The Blean Bastille

Sturry and Fordwich houses

Herne in 1847 and 1907

Herne National School

Scholars at Herne School, 1919

The Ford Pumping station

The Marist Brothers of Grove Ferry

Westbere village history

Mosses found in the district

Sergeant Harry Wells, V.C.

The Broomfield Landing Ground

A Hoath Childhood

Murder near Maypole

The 1927 floods

The Amos family

Firwood, Herne Common

Hoath School

Index of personal names

plus other shorter articles

Hoath book and Herne village book

This book would appeal to anyone who has lived or visited the villages of Hoath and Herne in Kent.