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Ruckinge, ASHFORD, TN26 2NY

This can be found on the external roadside wall of the Old Post Office - now a private dwelling. For more detail see : http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm11854

The Blue Anchor pub http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/24478 is visible in the distance.

This pleasant public house is located opposite the former post office stores, another casualty of the dreaded supermarkets. Ruckinge has an interesting history with the Ransley brothers, notorious smugglers, reputed to be buried in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene.

Ruckinge, ASHFORD TN26 2NY close to The Royal Military Canal

The horse of Kent stands atop the village sign, with an anchor, a viking helmet, the Fleur de Lis, cattle, the church and sheep, a tractor, stocks and a highway robbery all indicating the history and present life of the village. This is a most interesting and attractive sign. Its setting can be seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4058899

One of two village signs in the village on the B2067 Hamstreet Road. Behind is Ramsley Green and in the background is St. Mary Magdalene Church. On the post is a metal plaque which reads 'VILLAGE SIGN EXPLANATION PLATE.November 2007. CENTRE: St Mary Magdelene,1086.(sic) BOTTOM: Averling and Porter built the first steam roller. Thomas Averling lived at Court Lodge. Richard Porter farmed at Langdon. Ransley brothers, smugglers and petty thieves hung at Penenden Heath in 1800. Wooden headboard in Churchyard. CIRCLE: Saxon Shoreway footpath. Royal Military footpath and marshland, cattle on higher ground. Scout and Guide Centre. The blue Anchor Pub,1850. TOP: Kent Invicta.' Note: Spelling of St Mary Magdalene is spelt St Mary Magdelene on the plaque.

On the B2067 Bilsington Road, opposite Marsh Road.

The village sign is at the eastern end of Ransley Green, next to Hamstreet Road (B2067). A close up of the sign can be seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4058883 The Blue Anchor pub can be seen in the distance.

The second of two village signs in the village. This one is on the B2067 Bilsington Road at the junction of Marsh Road. In the background is the Blue Anchor Pub. The sign has a small information plaque below which reads 'RUCKINGE MILLENNIUM SIGN. The millennium sign incorporates many features to depict life in the village. For over 800 years the church has dominated the hamlet built above the old shoreline. The canal, dug in 1806 as a defence against Napoleon, separates the houses from Romney Marsh. The old mill was demolished in 1910. The wooden markerboard of the Ranlsey family grave represents the illegal activity of smuggling carried on throughout the centuries in the locality. The Ordnance Survey, founded in 1791, celebrated its 200th anniversary at Ruckinge. A time capsule was buried, south east of the church, at the point where General Roy created the first baseline of verification, for the purposes of triangulation, between Dymchurch and Ruckinge in 1787. The hiker is using one of the many footpaths that cross the Parish. Sheep were once an important part of the local economy. The frame was constructed from a local oak tree blown over in the great storm of 1987 which destroyed thousands of trees in Ruckinge.'

Ransley Cottage is on the other side of Hamstreet Road (B2067) from the village sign, which is next to Ransley Green.