# History

Village history and reminiscence that will be added to as available.

## Featured

| Special feature |
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| [**Monkton 1926**](monkton-1926.md) — Stuart Horsburgh's Centenary Mile Walk, with a map of the village as it looked in 1926. |
| [**Origins of Monkton**](origins.md) — the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, the 961 gift to Christ Church Priory, and the medieval church, from published sources. |

## Articles

This first installment are Terry Marsh's regular contributions to the Monkton News magazine.

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:::{grid-item-card} 📖 Monkton Memories
:link: monkton-memories/index
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Childhood and village-life reminiscences by Terry Marsh.
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:::{grid-item-card} 🚜 A Farming Life
:link: farming-life/index
:link-type: doc
Terry Marsh's working life on Monkton and Thanet farms, from 1976 onwards.
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Table of Contents

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monkton-1926
origins
monkton-memories/index
farming-life/index
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