Post by Les on Jan 14, 2021 7:43:34 GMT
The name Charing first appears in 799 as Ciorrincg.
The name probably comes from the Anglo-Saxon word cerring, which means a bend in the road.
or it may be from Ceorra-ingas, which is Anglo-Saxon, meaning people of Ceorra.
The village is sited on the Pilgrims' Way from London to Canterbury.
It is one day's walk from Canterbury.
There are a number of old manors located around the village.
such as Newlands and Pett Place.
The village had a market recorded in 1285, and a fair recorded in the fifteenth century.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is the parish church of Charing,
1520 an arcrher call Dios fired an arrow at a bird missed and hit the Church.It was a hot
dry Summers day and caused a fire so fierce that it melted the 6 bells.
The Church was rebuilt but had 1 bell till 1879 given by Bishop Tufnal.
The church is said to contain the stone on which John the Baptist was beheaded
The Archbishop's Palace was next to the church just the remains are thre now.
Charing has had four mills over the centuries, serving the needs of the villagers.
There were two watermills on the Upper Great Stour and two windmills.
Burnt Mill, a corn mill working until the 1950s, now derelict with most of its
machinery intact. The mill was working until the mid-1950s.
The cast-iron waterwheel was 10 feet 4 inches diameter and 5 feet wide on a
9 inches (230 mm) cast-iron axle.
It bears the name HIL and SoN ASHFORD, 1863.
The pit wheel is 8 feet diameter with 80 cogs, driving a cast-iron Wallower
carried on the upright shaft and driving a 6 feet diameter Great Spur Wheel
which drove three pairs of millstones. A Crown Wheel drove two lineshafts.
The mill was run by the Tanton family for many years.
A John Tanton was the miller in 1764, and another John Tanton died in 1837
aged 72
Field Mill, a corn mill, the building of which survives retaining its waterwheel.
This was a corn mill at Charing still stands retaining a little machinery.
The overshot waterwheel was 10 feet 6 inches diameter and 5 feet wide
.
It bears the Name HILL & SON ASHFORD 1877. The waterwheel is carried on a
11-inch-diameter cast-iron axle, driving a cast-iron Pit Wheel.
All other machinery has been removed. The mill had two pairs of millstones.
Millers were a Mr Pay and Mr Pope from 1878 - 1892, and Walter Hicks in 1892.
having previously been at a windmill.
Charing Mill, also known as Field Mill above the village is a smock mill which
was built in the early nineteenth century and last worked in 1891. It stands today
as a house conversion.
Charing Heath Mill was a smock mill that was demolished c.1878.
Millers include William Missing in 1845 and Robert Millgate 1862 – 1878
Places of interest
Its most famous building is the Archbishop's Palace, which lies by the church and
was an ancient possession of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The palace was an important building in the diocese of Canterbury,
and counted amongst its guests King Henry VIII, who took it for himself.
It has been a farmhouse for the last 300 years.
The name probably comes from the Anglo-Saxon word cerring, which means a bend in the road.
or it may be from Ceorra-ingas, which is Anglo-Saxon, meaning people of Ceorra.
The village is sited on the Pilgrims' Way from London to Canterbury.
It is one day's walk from Canterbury.
There are a number of old manors located around the village.
such as Newlands and Pett Place.
The village had a market recorded in 1285, and a fair recorded in the fifteenth century.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is the parish church of Charing,
1520 an arcrher call Dios fired an arrow at a bird missed and hit the Church.It was a hot
dry Summers day and caused a fire so fierce that it melted the 6 bells.
The Church was rebuilt but had 1 bell till 1879 given by Bishop Tufnal.
The church is said to contain the stone on which John the Baptist was beheaded
The Archbishop's Palace was next to the church just the remains are thre now.
Charing has had four mills over the centuries, serving the needs of the villagers.
There were two watermills on the Upper Great Stour and two windmills.
Burnt Mill, a corn mill working until the 1950s, now derelict with most of its
machinery intact. The mill was working until the mid-1950s.
The cast-iron waterwheel was 10 feet 4 inches diameter and 5 feet wide on a
9 inches (230 mm) cast-iron axle.
It bears the name HIL and SoN ASHFORD, 1863.
The pit wheel is 8 feet diameter with 80 cogs, driving a cast-iron Wallower
carried on the upright shaft and driving a 6 feet diameter Great Spur Wheel
which drove three pairs of millstones. A Crown Wheel drove two lineshafts.
The mill was run by the Tanton family for many years.
A John Tanton was the miller in 1764, and another John Tanton died in 1837
aged 72
Field Mill, a corn mill, the building of which survives retaining its waterwheel.
This was a corn mill at Charing still stands retaining a little machinery.
The overshot waterwheel was 10 feet 6 inches diameter and 5 feet wide
.
It bears the Name HILL & SON ASHFORD 1877. The waterwheel is carried on a
11-inch-diameter cast-iron axle, driving a cast-iron Pit Wheel.
All other machinery has been removed. The mill had two pairs of millstones.
Millers were a Mr Pay and Mr Pope from 1878 - 1892, and Walter Hicks in 1892.
having previously been at a windmill.
Charing Mill, also known as Field Mill above the village is a smock mill which
was built in the early nineteenth century and last worked in 1891. It stands today
as a house conversion.
Charing Heath Mill was a smock mill that was demolished c.1878.
Millers include William Missing in 1845 and Robert Millgate 1862 – 1878
Places of interest
Its most famous building is the Archbishop's Palace, which lies by the church and
was an ancient possession of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The palace was an important building in the diocese of Canterbury,
and counted amongst its guests King Henry VIII, who took it for himself.
It has been a farmhouse for the last 300 years.