Experience Faversham
Share our experience of a visit to Faversham archetypal England, ancient gabled buildings nestling along the slowly lapping waters of the creek, the aroma of hops and a charter market to browse. This is the real thing, Kent as it was and still is, preserved yet lived in, cherished yet authentic, tranquil yet vibrant and creative, a place with every historic nuance you could wish for along with contemporary comforts you crave. Faversham is a proud town and very ‘original’ since 811 AD, with plenty of tradition, quality, passion and authenticity with the best local produce at the heart of the many flavours of Faversham.
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FAVERSHAM is one of England’s most charming and historic market towns, Faversham is in the heart of rural Kent. WEST MALLING - a vibrant contemporary town teams up with a rich past - expect eye-catching architecture and tempting shops.
Launch of 'A Year in the Life of Faversham 2018'
Group photo with participants on the first day of this year project. Saturday 1st July 2017.
A Year in the Life of Faversham 2009-2010. Short version (exhibition only).
A daily record of life in Faversham, Kent, photographed by residents during the year 2009.
An exhibition took place from 4th to 12th September 2010. As the doors closed on Sunday 12th, the whole event was pronounced a huge success. During the nine days of the exhibition in Faversham's Drill Hall, over 4000 visitors came to see the 365 photographs, doubling the number who came to the first exhibition held over the same period in 2008.
The innovative project of both artistic and historical value also provided opportunities to learn about the history of the town.
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A Year in the Life of Faversham - Preview Evening - Alastair Fairley
A Year in the Life of Faversham - Preview evening (29th July 2010) held at Creek Creative in Faversham - Alastair Fairley, Heritage Lottery Fund, talks about the grant awarded to this project
Britain's best medieval street - a festive Faversham walk for #vlogmas
See the decorations on Britain's best preserved medieval street - Abbey Street in Faversham.
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A Year in the Life of Faversham 2009-2010. Long version (preparation work and exhibition).
A daily record of life in Faversham, Kent, photographed by residents during the year 2009.
An exhibition took place from 4th to 12th September 2010. As the doors closed on Sunday 12th, the whole event was pronounced a huge success. During the nine days of the exhibition in Faversham's Drill Hall, over 4000 visitors came to see the 365 photographs, doubling the number who came to the first exhibition held over the same period in 2008.
The innovative project of both artistic and historical value also provided opportunities to learn about the history of the town.
Manged by Kent Creative Arts CIC
Faversham Brewery
We had to film actuality in Faversham Brewery
WCR 47746 departs Deal working 1Z82 London Victoria - Faversham
WCR 47746 departs Deal working 1Z82 London Victoria - Faversham leaving behind 34052 'Lord Dowling' and 37685
Derek Bright Author of Illuminating the Abbey talks about his new booklet
Author Derek Bright talks about his new booklet, Illuminating the Abbey, commissioned by Creek Creative Faversham to celebrate in the form of sound and light on Saturday 24th October the mysterious appearance and disappearance of one of the most important buildings in England.
Wye Crown. Just outside the village of Wye in Kent
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Faversham Stone Chapel
Stone Chapel is the ruined Church of Our Lady of Elwarton of Roman and Saxon origin. It lies in a copse 100 yards north of the A2 about 1/2 mile west of Ospringe. It is open at all times.
Though it fell into decay more than 400 years ago, Stone Chapel is a unique church building, the only one in England known to incorporate the remains of a pagan shrine or mausoleum.
The remains of the ruined church of Our Lady of Elwarton lie at the bottom of Syndale Valley, beneath Judd hill and Beacon Hill, close to where a stream once ran. From the road or from the railway to the north there appears to be just a group of crumbling remains set at the edge of a small copse in the middle of a field, and of no particular significance.
The church has not been in use since sometime in the 16th century. The date at which it was abandoned is uncertain, but the records of a visitation in 1511 indicate it was in a state of disrepair at that time and bequests during the early years of the 16th century indicate repairs to the fabric continued to be necessary. It is most likely the church was not used at all after the Reformation.
G. W. Meates, reporting on one of the several excavations at the site, recorded that buttresses were added to the north wall of the nave during the 13th century because wooden beams had rotted; this suggests the building was based on an earlier structure already old by that time. Saxon and Roman remains found during Meates’s excavation in 1967 indicate a long period of use at the site, spanning more than a thousand years.
The remains consist of walls standing about three feet above ground level, somewhat higher at the east end. The walls enclose three distinct areas; the nave to the west, the sanctuary to the east and a section linking the two. The walls of the nave and the sanctuary are mainly of flint bonded with a mortar rich with broken seashells. The construction of the centre section is quite different; the walls here rest on a foundation of flint and consist of layers of tufa blocks, each around a foot square, separated by a double layer of red brick an inch thick. This construction is typically Roman and Meates’s discovery of Roman coins dating from the 3rd and early 4th centuries AD confirms this section as Roman in origin. The size and nature of the foundations revealed during the excavation suggest this was a mausoleum. The building was windowless with a barrel vaulted roof and a stout door with megalithic stone frame. Stones which formed the door frame can still be seen, re-used in the 13th century buttresses. The cill of the door is still in situ.
The site is now somewhat remote from habitation, though a road ran to the north of the church until the early part of the 19th century. In Roman times, however, the area was quite heavily populated. There was probably a Roman camp on Judd Hill and a cemetery of substantial size has been found a few hundred yards to the east of the church. A number of Roman artefacts have also been found in the field in which the church stands. The Itinerary of Antonius places the Roman station Durolevum 16 miles from Rochester and 9 or 12 miles from Canterbury. It is quite possible, but so far unproved, that the site on Judd Hill is this station.
In AD 601 Pope Gregory directed St.Augustine not to destroy pagan buildings, but to adapt them for Christian use. King Ethelbert of Kent allowed St.Augustine to build and repair churches in the area. It is tempting to think that this little church at Stone is one of the churches St.Augustine converted, but there is no proof that the fabric is of this early a date. As it is, the remains are a unique record of the adaptation of a pagan Roman building for Christian use and are preserved for that reason.
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faversham brickfield and link road.
Faversham Olympic Torch Relay
Parade in Faversham for Olympic Torch Relay
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House of God : Maison Dieu.
Maison Dieu is in Faversham, Kent.Originating as a 13th-century wayside hospital, this flint and timber-framed building now displays Roman artefacts from nearby sites.
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Faversham Say No 2 EU
Say No to EU meeting 30 October 2015
Faversham Olympic Torch Parade
Parade in Faversham for Olympic Torch Relay
Thames Barge Edith May
On the River Medway in Kent is the Historic Thames Barge Edith May
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