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St. Ronans View, DARTFORD, DA1 1AE

On A226 East Hill.

A Christian Church known as "The Net Church" appears to be using this building that sits at the side of the top of East Hill (the A226). In the late 60s it was home to an Elim Pentecostal Church. The building is adjacent to The Livingstone Hospital and the cars in the picture are in the hospital's car park.

The absence of heavy traffic on this stretch of East Hill allowed the capture of a long shot of this section of the A226 with The Livingstone Hospital to the immediate left and "The Net Church" beyond it. The Welsh journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley,(1841-1904) - born John Rowlands - apparently laid the foundation stone for this cottage hospital on 21st April 1894. It is now run by the West Kent Primary Care Trust "for the care and rehabilitation of older patients recovering from illness or injury", having previously been a GP referral unit with a male ward, a female ward, x-ray facilities and a physiotherapy service. Previously there was also a separate maternity unit to the rear.

One side of The Livingstone Hospital with the A226 (East Hill) in the distance. The Welsh journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley,(1841-1904) - born John Rowlands - laid the foundation stone for this cottage hospital on 21st April 1894. It is now run by the West Kent Primary Care Trust "for the care and rehabilitation of older patients recovering from illness or injury" having previously been a GP referral unit with a male ward, a female ward, x-ray facilities and a physiotherapy service. Phil May, a stage name for the 60s lead singer in The Pretty Things pop group was born in the former maternity unit - behind the photographer - on 9 November 1944.

This picture of an entrance to St Edmund's Burial Ground (a.k.a St Edmund's Pleasance) is taken from the corner of Great Queen's Street at its junction with East Hill (A226) visible on the left. This former cemetery is maintained as an open space by the Borough Council. Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), the Cornish mining engineer and inventor is buried here having died here. He was lodging at the Bull Hotel in the High Street whilst contributing to some work on an engine being developed by John Hall, founder of J. & E. Hall Ltd. However, after he had been working in Dartford for about a year, Trevithick died of pneumonia in his hotel room. He was penniless with no relatives or friends and as a result his colleagues at Hall's Works made a collection for his funeral expenses and acted as his bearers to this burial ground.

Facing south at its junction with East Hill.

The Woodman is on East Hill, or the Roman Road of Watling Street, and is viewed here from across the street in York Road.