The Stanford & Westenhanger History Society has started 2025 with two very interesting presentations. Our AGM in January was followed by ‘Brockhill’s 800 Years of History – Part 1’ by Mike de la Mare. Brockhill…
Thank you to everyone who came along to our very first History Quiz last night! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Congratulations to ‘The Pilgrims’ team who triumphed, and walked away with…
Our first talk held in our new venue at All Saints Church, Stanford, was by Betty Black, about the post-war history of Skyways and Lympne Airport. It was fascinating to see the scope of the…
Happy New Year from SWHS! COVID again limited the Stanford & Westenhanger History Society’s ability to meet out plans for presentations in 2021. Towards the end of the year, we did manage to have two…
2020 was not the best of years due to the Coronavirus pandemic causing social and economic problems to most people. 2021 has not started on a high note and most of us are under heavy…
HomeAll Posts…Can you help? You will have seen this 1908 Stanford School photograph in our ‘Stanford Parish through the Centuries’ book. It was kindly shared by Gill Cotton, whose grandmother Nellie Reeve is second from…
The Stanford & Westenhanger History Society was thrilled to welcome 30 people to our inaugural meeting and talk. Our Chair, Catharine Goodwin, opened the meeting with a brief introduction and update on our plans for…
The Stanford History committee was very pleased to start the year with establishing the Stanford and Westenhanger History Society followed by the launch of Catharine Goodwin’s detailed study of the historical life of our villages.…
Very little had been documented about the history of the area until one resident took it upon herself to research and collect information. Mrs Catharine Goodwin has spent over a year looking into every source…