
A History of Murston
Bryan Clark(Author)
Amberley Publishing
Will be published approx. on 15. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84868-998-5 (ISBN)
Description
A History of Murston is a photographic guide through a century of change, revealing the true character of a community that has grown from a small agricultural parish into a burgeoning industrial area. Between 1845 and 1880, the industrial village of Lower Murston was built by entrepreneur George Smeed in a gradual conversion of ancient farmland into brickfields.
By 1875, George Hambrook Dean, a farmer who married Smeed's eldest daughter, set up the Smeed Dean Company in partnership with his father-in-law, producing cement as well as bricks by 1900. But times changed and, in 1930, the parish of Murston, established in Saxon times, was disbanded and the community became a part of Sittingbourne. The village of Lower Murston was demolished in the 1960s and the inhabitants were re-housed in a new Murston estate leading off Tonge Road. Nowadays, houses are still being built and the town is expanding.
By 1875, George Hambrook Dean, a farmer who married Smeed's eldest daughter, set up the Smeed Dean Company in partnership with his father-in-law, producing cement as well as bricks by 1900. But times changed and, in 1930, the parish of Murston, established in Saxon times, was disbanded and the community became a part of Sittingbourne. The village of Lower Murston was demolished in the 1960s and the inhabitants were re-housed in a new Murston estate leading off Tonge Road. Nowadays, houses are still being built and the town is expanding.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chalford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
314 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
382 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84868-998-5 (9781848689985)
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Bryan Clark
A History of Murston
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1st Edition
Amberley Publishing
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Person
Bryan Clark was educated in Murston and has lived there all his life. At the age of fifteen he started work at Murston's Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (later Blue Circle) in the brickfields. He is now retired and is a prominent member of Sittingbourne's Historical Research Society.