Ashford Railway Works - the early years
As early as 1834 The South Eastern Railway looked towards a line between London and Dover and by February 1846 the Directors had spent £21,000 to purchase 185 acres of countryside for what was quaintly . . . — — Map (db m129421) HM
Ashford’s legacy at the K&ESR today
"Birdcage" Brakes
Following the formation, in 1899, of the SE&CR Managing Committee (an amalgamation in everything but name of the London Chatham & Dover and South Eastern Railways) new passenger rolling . . . — — Map (db m129418) HM
Ashford’s legacy at the K&ESR today
SE&CR P Class 0-6-OT Side Tank. K&ESR No. 11
No. 11, (SE& CR No. 753, SR Nos. A556, 1556, BR No. 31556, Pride of Sussex)
In the early 1900s the SE&CR tried out steam railcars on a number of branch and . . . — — Map (db m129419) HM
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Tenterden • Northiam • Bodiam
• Opened in 1900 to serve the farmers of the Rother Valley.
• Closed in 1954, unable to compete with more convenient road transport.
• Re-opened in 1974, thanks to a small band of . . . — — Map (db m129417) HM
In Memory of
Leslie Chalk. F.A.I.
Agrcultural Valuer.
Auctioneer & Land Agent
In Tenterden from
1912 to 1965
Also Mayor & Freeman of
The Ancient Borough of
Tenterden.
Summer 1993 — — Map (db m129510) HM
This tablet commemorates the inauguration
of a special carriage for disabled passengers by
H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
9th June 1982 — — Map (db m129416) HM
Rye & Camber Coach Chassis
This chassis is from the first coach built by Bagnall's for the opening of the Rye & Camber Tramway in 1895.
The wooden coach body was originally built for three classes of traffic, but was progressively rebuilt over . . . — — Map (db m129414) HM
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town Signal Box
Tenterden signal box was re-constructed at Tenterden in 1973 and commissioned in 1976, having been moved from Chilham, Kent, its former home on the rail network.
The Tablet System
Among the . . . — — Map (db m129415) HM
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town
The First Station Building
This building is a reduced size representation of the original station building erected when the Railway first reached this site in March 1903.
Situated where the . . . — — Map (db m129423) HM
1914 1919
To the Men of Tenterden
Who Gave Their Lives
During the Great Wars
Live Thou for England
We for England Died
1914 1919
H.H. Edwards. Pte. · H. Fuggle. Pte. · C.E. Fuggle. Pte. · O.L. Fuggle. Pte. · F.J. Gilbert. Pte. · . . . — — Map (db m129509) WM
Tenterden Yard Crane
This crane was manufactured by Charles D. Philips, Engineers, of Newport Monmouthshire.
It was erected at Tenterden station about 1910 when it served two sidings for the exchange of materials between road and rail . . . — — Map (db m129422) HM
This Building was
Presented to the Borough by
Mrs Alice Wood
To Perpetuate the Memory
Of Those of the Borough
Who Laid Down Their Lives
In the War of 1939 - 1945 — — Map (db m129512) HM WM
