ELHAM VALLEY CHURCH TOUR 13TH MAY 2026 By Alethea Lester On a breezy morning, the 13th May 2026 a group of HLHG members met up at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, in the picturesque square of Elham Village. After the distribution of some guide notes, members walked around the interesting and ancient interior of the church, where two members of the congregation were arranging flowers and sorting out the book sales area. Obviously, St Mary the Virgin is a well loved and well u

The Hythe Local History Group decided not to hold a meeting this month(Dec) but instead to have a Christmas gathering at the White Hart Pub on Hythe High Street. This event took place on Wednesday, December 10th, at 7 PM. Alethea, being very organised, researched suitable pubs and concluded that the White Hart was the best choice, comfortable, and centrally located for everyone. Thankfully, Alethea made the reservation, and the landlord provided us with a spacious area where

Window Display- 101 High Street Cream tea and church tour Exhibition by Hythe Local History Group

Six floors of exhibits and milling machinery clearly demonstrate the process of turning wheat into flour.

To mark VE Day 80, The Shorncliffe Trust filmed the story of Stanley Robinson - WW2 veteran, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather....

In 1924, Samuel Winbolt, a Classics teacher, spent the Summer supervising the excavation of an extensive Roman Villa site on the East Cliff, Folkestone, which he had discovered the previous year. The Villa had remained open to view until about 1957, when it had been backfilled in order to protect the remains. In 2024, the Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT), which had been involved in a number of previous digs on the site in recent years, reopened a section of the Roman V

QUIZ 19TH OCTOBER, 2022 WESTENHANGER CASTLE HLHG were invited to take part in the Stanford and Westenhanger History Group quiz on 19th...

Following the very successful first Romney Marsh Church Tour of 2023 we continued our exploration of the Marsh Churches with Church Tour 2. Apologies for any errors – they will be mine! St Nicholas Church, New Romney We began our tour in New Romney where 20 of us gathered at 9.15 am on Wednesday 10th July, 2024. I handed out the map, itinerary and a brief history of St Nicholas Church and then we were met at the Church door by Anne Rolfe the Church Warden, who had kindly ope

In 2014 John Osborne re-formed the Hythe Local History Group and in April of that year, our first meeting was held in the function room..

Several suggestions had been made for a Group outing and the most popular one was ‘The Romney Marsh Church Tour.

RECEPTION HELD IN ST LEONARD’S CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY 8TH NOVEMBER, 2023 FOR ANNE PETRIE ON THE OCCASION OF HER STEPPING DOWN AS CHAIR OF...

On 11 April 2019, the Hythe History Group celebrated their 5th anniversary with a get together at the 'Lads Club' in Saltwood.