Some surnames repeat themselves frequently
especially the following which are all Kentish
names:
May, Goldfinch, Fourd, Maxted, Hogbin, Dadds, Denne
Stringer, Goldup, Philpot, Fagg, Ovenden, Backman
and Maple, There is also the occasional Huguenot
name such as Chapeau, Mousquetier and Martel and
the Old Testament is frequently used for Christian
names such as Abel, Abigail, Rebeccah, Abraham,
Hannah and Ambrose.
The Church collections are also carefully
recorded and funds were often used for the re-
ilding of other churches and cathedrals as wide
apart as Sta Albans and Blandford in Dorset, In
1678 there was a collection after the Great Fire of
London towards the rebuilding of St. Paul's
cathedral, In 1681 there was a collection for the
relief of French Protestants and in 1671 a collection
was ordered by His Majesties Privy Council towards
the raising of £3,0000 for "the redemption of a
great number of our Christian countrymen from that
miserable Turkfifliinfidel whose inhuman slavery and
bondage they now groan under,
Sir Arnold Braenes and his lady £1.10.0d.
Daniel Ovenden and his wife £0. O.#d.
Thomas Denne £0. O.3d,
All the rest of the householders gave 2d. eachi
John Williamson.
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THANK YOU
I am sure I speak for many Bridge and
surrounding village parents when I send a grateful
‘thank you‘ to those concerned with the founding
and running of Bridge Youth Club, It is good to
know that our youngsters are meeting and enjoying
themselves under adult supervision and that there
is no likelihood, only too common these days, of
uncivilised behaviour spoiling the evenings. The
'Discos' are looked forward to with great
excitement and I also feel that the club is
generating a spirit of unity amongst the youth of
Bridge. Anything we parents can do to help raise
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