Foundation stone - 282 High Street
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Foundation stone - 282 High Street
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 7 Aug 2015
One of a pair of foundation stones incorporated in the wall of 282 High Street (see Image). They were originally from some oast houses that were built on this site in the 1860s and in use until 1924, after which the building was converted and used as offices by "The Kentish Times" for a time. In 1938 the building was demolished and replaced by a parade of shops of which this is a part. The initials on this stone were of the two workers on the Mayfield estate (of which the oast houses were part), William Laslett and R. Pettit, and of James Wink, local churchwarden, and J. Bond, master plumber. For the other foundation stone, see Image Two other foundation stones were also originally in the oast houses but have been lost.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.375056
Longitude
0.098726