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 Borden Mothers Union was registered in 1909, Branch Correspondent was Miss Merick of St Martins Cottage,The Street Borden and there were 39 members, a copy of the cover of twelth report of the Mothers Union Diocese of Canterbury is also held on file.A Church Service to celebrate the branches 80th birthday in 1989 was taken by Fr. Brian McMurray Vicar of Borden, the photograph shows members and guests sharing tea in the hall afterwards. The cake was cut by Carole Gabriel as the newest... Read more...  The Rev. George Musgrave became vicar of Borden in 1838. He cared for his parishioners and was a generous benefactor of the parish church both during his time in Borden and afterwards. The Rev. Musgrave was a man of talents; a gifted writer of travel books and an accomplished artist. His books are all freely illustrated with his own attractive line drawings. There has been uncertainty as to whether Rev. Musgrave himself designed the painted glass windows which he gave to Borden church in 1845.... Read more... The society was formed in 1893. It is believed that minutes of the Society were recorded from 1896 but the location of the early minute books is unknown and the earliest records the Society now has are those from 1911. However by an examination of contemporary newspaper records it is possible to reconstruct some of the Society’s early history. In 1896 “Mr. David Goodhew chaired the meetings and there was a good attendance of members.” The Accounts showed an income of £21/15/6 and an... Read more...  Names and details of those commemorated by the Borden Village War Memorial. Research by John Masters. Reference website the commonwealth war graves commission. http://www.cwgc.org/ Names:- Sidney Honeysett, Sidney John Bentley, Richard Iggulden, Osbourne Ethelbert Winch, Claud Denis De la Billiere, Kenneth Thompson, Horace Arthur Sellen, Herbert Mark Tyman, Henry Francis Chapman, Granville Dabson Flack, George Percival, Frank Kemsley, Edward Alfred Apps, Alfred Steers, Albert Edward Steers,... Read more...  Borden Directory from the 1920s. Click here for the PDF. Then use the toolbar + to enlarge.  This an extract from the history and topographical survey of Kent, published in 1798 by Edward Hasted. (By kind permission of Archive CD Books. www.archivecdbooks.org) Click here to view the description of the Parish of Borden in PDF format.  The Maypole Location of a recruiting rally with lanternslide lecture, 25th September 1914. Oad Street Site of a weekend camp of Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (TF) at the end of June 1915. A German POW working camp was here later in the War. Chestnut Street by the Tudor Rose. Location of an army training camp. Source: Helen Allinson “Borden – The History of a Kentish village” Synjon Books Sittingbourne, 2003. Borden’s Church Bell Ringers who died in The Great War. “The band at your Tower lost George Mills and Frederick Stains”. George Daniel Mills Lance Corporal, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment Killed in action in France 3rd May 1917 Arras Memorial Frederick John Staines Lance Corporal, 36th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Died of wounds in Belgium 14th October 1917. Bard Cottage... Read more...  A TRIP BACK IN TIME The origin of cricket itself goes back to medieval times. Historians say that the south-east corner of England cradled the ‘birth’ of cricket in those times. The civil Wars 1642-49 halted all games and, with Oliver Cromwell and his Puritans banning games involving gambling, the game of cricket sunk, virtually without trace, until the reign of Charles the Second. The revival of cricket in the early 1700’s saw many great club sides emerge, particularly in and... Read more... |
