The Parish of Manston

We hope you enjoy these photographs, further contributions are always welcome, whether village views, landscapes, monumental stones or old photos of previous residents of the parish.

1. The entrance to Manston House and the church 2. Manston House which is alongside the church, is built on the site of an older mansion which was destroyed by fire in 1857
3. The entrance to the church of St Nicholas, the sign reveals that there is still a service every Sunday. 4. The south side of the porch with the porch and a chest tomb

5, 6. Two views of the church, one on the south exterior side and the other along the church interior towards the west end.
7. An interior view towards the  chancel 8. Memorial to John Foot 1839-1908  and wife Ellen neé Hatcher 1841-1918
9. Headstone commemorating Charles FOOT, son Reginald and family 10. The cottage where the Foot's lived, photo circa 1900. The old lady is Ellen Hatcher FOOT  1841-1918 being watched by her daughter.
11. Folly Farm where members of the Foot family used to live. 12. The same cottage as above 100 years later
13. A view towards the village taken from the entrance gate to the Church. The building that can just be seen on the right is The Rectory

 

14. Tall man is Fred FOOT b. 1903 Manston - 1993NZ. Shorter lad is Herbert FOOT 1906 Manston - 1988 Surrey. Father Robert FOOT 1859-1929 Manston & Rose neé PIKE 1864 Fontmell-1931. Child on lap is grandson Lawrence FOOT 1917-1999. Young woman in Gertrude PETERS nee FOOT born 1901 E Orchard, lived Manston, died 1956 NZ, on her lap is Ronald PETERS b. 1919 Hants died 1994 NZ.
15. A view of the Plough Inn, this time from the south. The building is said to be about 300 years old. 16. A view of the interior of the Plough Inn showing the old beams
Photographs 1 & 13, Lynda Mudle-Small © March 2003
All other photographs by kind permission of Sandra Greig © 1999.

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