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Shoreham And District Historical Society |
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Last Updated July 18, 2008
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Set
beside the river Darent where it cuts through the North
Downs on its way to the Thames, Shoreham is a
village of just over one thousand inhabitants about Our
best known monument is the great cross cut in the
chalk hillside to commemorate the dead of the Our
best known former resident is Samuel Palmer, Other famous former residents include Lovett Cameron, the first European to cross central Africa, Sir Joseph Prestwich, the controversial Victorian geologist, and Robert Colgate, founder of the soap and toothpaste empire, who fled to America because of his sympathies with the French Revolution. The
Shoreham & District Historical Society was formed
in 1997 to promote awareness of our history, organise
meetings and visits, conserve archives and conduct
and publish research. |
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Bridge over the River Darent |
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View of the Cross |
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Shoreham Church
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