Tenterden High Street looking east 1894
The south side of Tenterden High Street in c.1894
Extraction of Town Council minutes
Feb 1894 - Letter from E/C that they would not raise any objection of the erection of a cricket pavilion, band stand and stable on the Parsonage Field, subject to plans of the buildings being submitted for their approval
May 1894 - The following tenders for the erection of a fence on the Parsonage Field according to the specifications of the Surveyor were considered:
C Milsted & Sons, Tenterden £15.13.0
Stacey & Bird, Dover £78.0.0
Resolved that the tender of Messrs C Milsted & Sons be accepted
Newspaper Articles
11 August 1894. The Tenterden Railway
November 1894. Mayoral Banquets
23 March 1894. Unitarian
Jan 1894, The proposed Tenterden railway
28 April 1894. The annual fair
23 April 1894. Early closing Wednesday 4pm (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8pm. Saturdays' winter months from 1st November to 1st April, 9pm; summer months 10pm)
24 May 1894. Is Tenterden behind the times! Letter to the Editor of the Kentish Express
18 August 1894. The Mayor of Tenterden and the Temperance Van. Letter to the Editor of the Kentish Express
Jan 1894. Sudden death at Tenterden. Frank Groves, aged 15, son of Mr James Groves
1894. Concert. Accident. Scholars Treat. Town Council quarterly meeting. Mutual Improvement Society. Wesleyan Chapel. Hooks Bus. Greens Bus
Jan 1894. An acceptable gift - Mr Forbes Tweedie of Rawlinson House, Rolvenden. Hooks Bus. Tenterden and Appledore Station Bus timetable
15 December 1894. A Brilliant Function. Civic Dignitaries at Heronden Hall. Names mentioned in the article: Colonel Dampier Palmer (prominently connected with a scheme for providing the borough with railway facilities). Mrs Dampier Palmer. Mr Norton (the present chief magistrate). Mr J Munn Mace (Town Clerk). Alderman Billingham. Mr Noyes (Highland Lift Infantry). Captain Mace (local Volunteer Company). Councillor Edgar Howard (JP). Rev S C Lepard (vicar of the parish). Mr Croft (recorder). Rev P H Collins. Mr Paine (Mayor of Gravesend). Alderman Boorman JP. Alderman E Finn (Mayor of Lydd). Dr Skinner. Mr Vivian Palmer. Mr A H Latter.
9 June 1894. Sale. Extensive cornfactors premises with possession
9 June 1894. Tenterden County Court
9 June 1894. Burial Board. The Recreation Ground Movement
1894. Advert O Edwards and Sons, The Brewery, Tenterden
8 September 1894. The goal running club. The Wesleyan Chapel.
August 1894. The Tenterden Railway
15 December 1894. Kent Mayors. Personal sketches and interviews. Councillor Henry S Norton, Tenterden
22 December 1894. Tenterden Railway. Enthusiastic meeting