Help with location of photo (long shot!)

[japeflakes]

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[rosie99]

Can anyone suggest where this photograph was taken?

My great grandfather was in the Royal Field Artillery (4th West Lancs Howitzer Brigade). I believe they were based in Liverpool and before embarking for France in 1915 spent time in Kent.

I don't recognise the place and I know the Liverpool area well.

Thank you

From the long long trail website

After initially assembling at Weeton in Lancashire, the brigades moved to concentrate with the rest of the division near Canterbury in Kent in the period 16-19 September 1915. Training was seriously delayed by lack of equipment. The brigades eventually moved to Deepcut.

[rosie99]

Westerham 
    
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01s6b/

[tonepad]

There is also the The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).

The 4th West Lancs Howitzer Brigade were billeted around Sevenoaks before moving to Canterbury.


Tony

Added: Would include Westerham

[arthurk]

4 replies made while I was typing, but I'll post this anyway:

It's just occurred to me to look back at the original post - it mentions the Royal Field Artillery (4th West Lancs Howitzer Brigade). If I've found the right part of the right page at Wikipedia, they were apparently in various places in Kent: villages near Sevenoaks; Ightham; round Canterbury; Thanington Without.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Lancashire_Artillery_Volunteers#1/IV_West_Lancashire_Brigade

[Davedrave]

The letters “arham” would seem to belong to the name of a business rather than a place. Is it an antique shop? Searching for “arham” in Kelly’s c. WW1 in Kent (and Surrey) the only “arham” listed which looks compatible with the appearance of the shop (?) is Barham, antique dealers, in Seal, which is very close to Sevenoaks. I’m probably barking up entirely the wrong tree. In any case it is quite possible that the buildings in the view have since been altered or demolished (wherever they happened to be).

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I think you have nearly got us there! The antique dealer was at High Street, Seal in 1911, and that could well be an antique shop. I have tried to look round on Google St view, but haven't spotted it yet.

[tonepad]

The first two postcards on the link below look like the location in Seal:

http://www.dover-kent.com/2014-project/Crown-Seal.html


Tony

[Top-of-the-hill]

  Brilliant, Tony. On the corner of Church St - the gabled house is still there a bit back from the corner.
  Added - I think the 3rd PC shows the antique shop.