This view towards the east from Church Street shows the Victorian church of St Mary's, designed by E. W. Stephens of Maidstone and built by J. G.
Burham, Scarborough Terrace (visible on the skyline), looking north. The chalk pit has already fallen into disuse.
At the height of production at the end of the nineteenth century, some seventeen cement factories were working on the banks of the Medway between F
Quarrying chalk during the nineteenth century was labour intensive work requiring many men.
The school in Halling dates from the early nineteenth century. The school building in Vicarage Lane was opened on 8 May 1876, with 72 scholars.
Halling, Kent Road, looking south.
The Congregational Church in Snodland High Street was built by Joshua Wilford and opened for worship on 28 November 1888 with a service conducted b
A replacement for the first Independent Chapel at Snodland was begun in the autumn of 1854 and was consecrated on Good Friday, 6 April 1855.
The first meetings of Methodists in Snodland are said to have been in 1873 in the open air, and then in the tiny house of James Rand (c.1842-1920)
St Mary's church, Burham, was designed by E. W. Stephens of Maidstone and was built by J. G. Naylar and Sons in 1881 at a cost of £4,500.
