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Coagulation and flocculation process at the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA) Water Resources Center that sanitizes wastewater for direct use or blending with ground (well) water for the approximately $900,000,000 of crops per year, in Watsonville, CA, on Thursday, August 27, 2015.
The Pajaro Valley growers do not use surface water resources from coastal mountain ranges, rivers, aqueducts and reservoirs. Farms and cut flower growers in this valley pump 98% of agricultural water from underground water sources. There are rivers and streams in the valley, but not for agriculture. Despite this, and the current critical drought, agriculture continues to grow, and so does the demands for water.
PVWMA is working with the Department of the Interior (DOI) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a hydrologic model, a tool to help plan water management facilities. This has led to the construction of pipelines and water supply facilities that provide a supplement source of water. One of them is the Recycle Water Facility (seen) in the Water Resources Center, adjacent to the Pajaro River.
The Water Resources Center’s first facility was constructed in the 1920’s to remove solids from the City of Watsonville, and the Town of Pajaro’s wastewater. In the 1970’s the second phase treatment facility was completed to accomplish biological (micro-organisms) and chemical processing that sufficiently treated the water for discharge into the Monterey Bay National Marine Refuge. Since the 2009 opening of its third phase, the Water Recycling Facility, a drought-tolerant operation takes in 6-million gallons per day from the second phase facility, and produces a disinfected supply of water for high value agriculture. Here, coagulation, sedimentation and flocculation occurs, followed by filtration and ultraviolet light treatment to sterilize the reclaimed water. Standards are set by California Department of Public Health, per Title 22.
It produces approximately 2,000 gallons per minute or 4,000 acre/ft. during the agricultural year. Reclaimed water users are trained; the water is highly monitored and government tested. Reclaimed water in part or whole is delivered through distribution pipes that are painted an industry standard purple color, and serves as a public reminder of their efforts.
The process sometimes leaves more salt than specific crops can tolerate. To reduce the percentage, it is blended with ground water or recharge water with lower salt levels to adjust for a crop’s tolerance level, keeping the farms productive and workers employed.
In line with it’s efforts use and produce sustainable and renewable resources, the facility uses photovoltaic (solar panels) to generate electricity to help offset the energy needs of the four 350hp distribution pumps that can move 12,000 gallons per minute out the growers along the 20 mile long pipeline, who at the end need pressurized flows of 300-5,000 gallons per minute. Its 16,000 sq. ft. office building is LEED Platinum and Net Zero Electricity rated and that exemplifies and supports education of the public through guided tours of the facility, exhibits, and center.
Agency was formed in 1984 to address long-term ground water over draught issues of lowered aquifers, subsidence and saltwater intrusion. Lowered aquifers resulted from more water being pumped out of below sea level aquifers than can be refilled. The natural means of recharging (refilling) the aquifer comes from rain and other freshwater sources. The water filters down, through the ground, to underground spaces that collect in water basins.
One of the major consumers of the water is a Harkins Slough Managed Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Facility that pumps winter runoff from a slough (or river channel) to recharge a 14-acre percolation basin (a shallow hilltop lake) where it percolates into the groundwater aquifer. The stored water is either pumped out in the summer for irrigation, or is kept underground to recharge the aquifer.
Only a few miles away, the Pacific Ocean saltwater in Monterey Bay soaks the coastline and exerts a natural push into the land. With out enough water in the aquifer to push back the seawater intrusion, salt enters the aquifer. If too salty, the water harms plants instead of nourishing them, making it unusable. When seawater enters an aquifer that is below sea level, it is not always possible to reverse it, permanently loosing a freshwater aquifer.
The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency is a state-chartered water management district, and paid for the construction of the Water Recycling Facility, now owned by City of Watsonville. The water it produces belongs to PVWMA.
The agency has a three-part Base and Management Plan that focuses on water conservation, optimization of existing facilities and new facilities.
In the 30 years PVWMA has been in business their approach has evolved. By bring in as many public, business and governmental stakeholders they can hear more solutions and work in a collaborative fashion. Some of the stakeholders are USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), DOI USGS, Resource Conservation Districts (RCD) Community Water Dialogue (CWD,) Central Coast Agricultural Water Quality Coalition. Stakeholder help them reach out and teach efficiencies to agricultural businesses and homeowners.
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During Holy Week, in Rome, is being held the UNIV. It is a yearly encounter inspired by Saint Josemaria that brings together university students from all over the world. More information: opusdei.org/en-us/tag/univ/
Durante la Semana Santa, en Roma, se lleva a cabo el UNIV, un encuentro anual que nació por impulso de san Josemaría y que reúne a estudiantes universitarios de todo el mundo. En Roma los participantes amplían sus horizontes culturales, a través del diálogo, actividades culturales y visitas a la Ciudad Eterna, y viven la Semana Santa muy cerca del Papa. Más información: opusdei.org/es-es/tag/univ/
In 2011 Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast, became the first Presbyterian church in Ireland to win an Eco-Congregation Ireland (ECI) award.
In general buildings of interest in Belfast are not well documented online [there may be political, religious and security reasons for this] so I do not have much information about this attractive church building other than that the congregation's first premises were in Alfred Place before moving to Alfred Street in the 1830s and then to Fitzroy Avenue (renamed University Street) in 1872.
One thing that stands out about Belfast is the number of churches and in some areas I noticed at least two or thee on every street that I visited. As far back as 1861 there were 55 Churches in Belfast 20 Presbyterian, 20 other non-conformist 10 Church Of Ireland and 5 Catholic. Today it is not clear as to how many churches exist in Belfast but there is a large number [some claim that there are more than 1,000 which is unlikely to be true as that would be equivalent to one for every 700 people] of small churches with very small congregations. I suspect that many of the churches are not currently viable and are likely to cease within the next ten years.
If you are wondering what I mean by a small congregation I extracted the following from the Moravian Church web page "our communicant membership stands at 60 with a few adherents and several people who attend occasionally".
Buildings seen from a river tour in Strasbourg, France
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The University of Southern California’s Welcome Week 2011 -- a week’s worth of programs for new students, with activities ranging from a parents’ reception to concerts, micro-seminars, neighborhood tours and USC’s New Student Convocation -- kicks off with Move-In Day on Wed., Aug. 17. (photo/Dietmar Quistorf)
In 2019, Bolivia lost more than 6 million hectares of forest and grassland to forest fires.
When the country requested support with its response to the crisis last summer, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism helped mobilise a specialised French firefighting team to assist Bolivian authorities in fighting the fires.
The EU also supported the Bolivian firefighters by providing items such as tents and water pumps to enable them to do their job. A team of 6 Swedish experts established a remote basecamp facility which could shelter 200 people in tents with electricity and water.
In addition, the EU team built an operation centre and trained the local forces how to use it in the future.
The response helped protect houses, communities and several national parks from the danger.
©2019 European Union (photographer: Ruth Silva)
Fourteen horses made their way to Bristol cathedral from MoD Abbey Wood to mark the contribution made by horses in World War One.
in background from left to right : Tukuche Peak (6.920m) in the Dhaulagiri Himal region, Jakrijang Lek (6.390m) in Mustang District.
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In the Year 2525 will become the only film releasing on September 3, 2022 and it will be a verison of the 1969 song In the Year 2525 that was sung by Zager And Evans.
Release date: September 3, 2022.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox.
Directed Written & Produced by: Nathan Kress.
Production Company: Williams Street.
Rated: G.
Running time: 9988 Minutes.
- Live Action/CGI Cast -
Jimmy Fallon as Himself.
Lilly aka ATO GOD DUST as Herself.
Justin Bieber as Nathan.
Selena Gomez as Saliha.
Zachary Levi as Zachary Ezekial.
Jeff Braine as Man J. Ezekial.
Amber Tamblyn as Sullivan W. Ezekial.
Steve Tom as Doheny Ezekial.
Nancy Sullivan as Bailee Ezekial.
Dana Snyder as Walton.
Carey Means as Charlies.
Dave Willis as Jerry.
Josie Loren as Miranda.
Tom Kenny as Winkler.
Rodger Bumpass as Humpass.
Bill Fagerbakke as Daleson.
Clancy Brown as Drew.
Mr. Lawrence as Johnson.
Carolyn Lawrence as Mikayla.
Skyler Samuels as Alice Ezekial.
Julie Gonzalo as Julia Ezekial.
Joey Mendicino as Danny Ezekial.
Connor Cruise as Ernie.
Taran Killam as Gilbert Kimsey.
Erin Chambers as Tatiyanna.
Camille Goldstein as Carolyn Ezekial.
Cosette Goldstein as Violet Ezekial.
Bailee Madison as Savannah Figglehorn.
Devon Graye as Braden Figglehorn.
James Immekus as Bobby Winfrey.
Stephen Markarian as Justin Benson.
Lucas Cruikshank as Fred Figglehorn.
Jordan Wright as Spencer Neville.
Anastasia Baranova as Anastasia Figglehorn.
- Summary -
In The Year 2525, 3535, 4545, 5555, 6565, 7510, 8510, and 9595, though the year 1,000,000½ Jimmy Fallon goes on a road trip to Alabama, New York, and other states and cities with Lilly aka ATO GOD DUST, and other friends along with Man J. Ezekial along with his family & Fred Figglehorn along with his two adoptive sister named Savannah Figglehorn & his adoptive mom Anastasia Figglehorn & his adoptive dad Braden Figglehorn and while on a road trip they go see Walmart Supercenter buildings and seeing road signs and eating at all restaurants and staying at all hotels and watching good movies and shows and doing fun things together and other stuff all the time.
Note:
In the Year 2525 was supposed to become the only film releasing on January 10, 2006 being a verison of the 1969 song In the Year 2525 that was sung by Zager And Evans but when nothing happened it got delayed & moved forward to September 3, 2022.
Note for this film:
in this film Bobby Winfrey states that he has a sister named Oprah Winfrey.
Note for this film:
in this film Spencer Neville & Savannah Figglehorn make a reference to SpongeBob SquarePants stating that it's Squidward's fault for hating SpongeBob and Patrick and everyone all the time.
Note for this film:
in this film Carolyn Ezekial & Violet Ezekial make another reference to SpongeBob SquarePants stating that Betsy Krabs went to prison for grounding Mr. Krabs and putting Mr. Krabs in foster care with Squidward & 3 of his nephews that look like Mr. Krabs.
Note for this film:
in this film Tatiyanna & Gilbert Kimsey and everyone make another reference to SpongeBob SquarePants stating that Squidward should be punished and grounded cause it's all Squidward's fault for being mean and angry and hateful to SpongeBob and Patrick and everyone.
Note for this film:
even though Oprah Winfrey doesn't appear she is mentioned instead by Bobby Winfrey as he states that he has a sister named Oprah Winfrey.
- Production -
This film will begin filming in Waterford CT, Kissimmee FL, and all states and cities on March 2022-August 2022.
It was the first Rosenmontag in Horb since we moved to the city - and we had lots of fun...
The pictures are taken from a not fully favorable location - still hope it gives you an impression on the Carnival traditions in the South-West of Germany
Ken had the ability to look like an innocent and chaste young woman, while at the same time he could be an alluring, sexy vixen. Whatever his look, who could resist that gorgeous creature?
Puss in Boots
Record number: 23051301
Artist: Kubel, Otto (German, 1868-1951)
Item caption, front: Brüder Grimm / Der gestiefelte Kater / O. Kubel, pinx.
Item caption/descriptive text, back: 5. "Man hat mir versichert," begann der Kater, " daß Ihr die Gabe besäßet, gnädiger Herr, Euch in alle Arten von Tieren zu verwandeln." -- "Das ist auch wahr," antwortete der Zauberer, "um es dir zu beweisen, will ich mich gleich in einen Elefanten verwandeln." Der Kater war erschrocken, als er den Elefanten vor sich sah, und bat den Zauberer, sich in eine Maus zu verwandeln. Das geschah, dia Maus lief plötzlich hin und her, der Kater aber haschte sie und fraß sie auf. = "I have been told," began the cat, "that you have the gift, honored sir, of transforming yourself into all kinds of animals." "That is certainly true," answered the magician, "and to prove it to you, I will transform myself immediately into an elephant." The cat was astounded when he saw the elephant in front of him, and then asked the magician to transform himself into a mouse. That happened: the mouse suddenly ran back and forth, but the cat caught it and ate it up.
Uniform title: Grimm: Der gestiefelte Kater (“Puss in Boots”); Perrault: Le Maître chat ou Le Chat botté ("Puss in Boots" or “The Master Cat”)
Dimensions: 140 x 93 mm.
Date: ca. mid-1920s or earlier
Nationality: German
Publisher: Uvachrom Gesellschaft für Farbenphotographie m.b.H., München [Munich]-Stuttgart, [Germany]
Series: Serie 223 Nr. 4293
Medium: Uvachrom color print from original watercolor painting
Interpretive notes: The Cat asks the sorcerer to demonstrate his powers. The sorcerer first transforms into an elephant; but when he then changes into a mouse, the cat catches him and gobbles him up!
Subject headings: Cats; Magicians; Monkeys; Elephants
Credit: The Jack Zipes Historic Fairy Tale Postcard Collection/Minneapolis College of Art and Design
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NubianEagle and I did a little night shooting from East Boston. I did a little PS work on the color. This was taken in East Boston near Maverick Square.
Technically, it's early morning, but you get the idea...
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In 1882, ten years after its opening in Takashima District, the "Nectarine" was forced to move less visible area of Eiraku District (永楽町, Eiraku-cho). The main reason was the fact that the brothels located in Takashima were clearly visible from the trains that began running between Yokohama and Shimbashi Station in Tokyo. Moreover the location was deemed inappropriate because many foreigners and celebrities passed by on the street.
'Number Nine', also called 'The Nectarine', was a well-known Japanese brothel for foreigners, at Eirakucho, Itchome, Yokohama. It was a competitive trade, and Number Nine contrived to circumvent official prohibitions on advertising by placing its cards in the sitting-rooms of hotels, and urging potential clients to eschew other inferior premises which had copied its name. A visitor to Yokohama in the late 1890s noted that brothel tariffs ranged from thirty sen (about sevenpence-halfpenny in British currency of the day) to three yen (six shillings), according to quality. The ladies of Number Nine, which claimed to be 'the only first-class house in Japan', would have been at or above the top end of that scale.
Source: Hugh Cortazzi, George Webb, Kipling's Japan: Collected Writings, Bloomsbury Publishing 2012.
iss071e208018 (June 24, 2024) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Mike Barratt and Tracy C. Dyson, both Expedition 71 Flight Engineers, are pictured in the Quest airlock prior to the start of a science and maintenance spacewalk that ended early after Dyson's suit experienced a water leak in the service and cooling umbilical unit.
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I used to work for the PA Department of Labor & Industry in downtown Pittsburgh before I headed off to grad school in Delaware. I enjoyed my time with the state and I really liked working in downtown Pittsburgh. The city is actually really nice and clean -- especially where the state building was located near the point. On nice days, you might have found me walking around Point State Park ("the Point") in the sun with my camera.
On this day, I was walking along the Allegheny River (the northern river that meets with the southern Monongahela River to make the Ohio River -- the famed "Three Rivers" confluence) after leaving Point State Park and I saw a wall full of graffiti. But it wasn't regular graffiti, it was more of a conversation among passers-by with a Sharpie. It gave me a good chuckle, so I decided to snap some pictures. Someone had written the entire lyrics to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on the wall, which was probably at least 50 feet in length. Someone else had drawn a box and inside was written "Do not write in this box" within the box. Hilarious. Then I saw this cute drawing (posted above). He just looked so sad and forlorn that I had to get a shot of him.
I'll post a few more photos from that day in the first comment below. Thanks for looking!
Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA (5/8/2007)
Once upon a time, I guess Kingsnorth was a small leafy village, set in loamy countryside, rarely visited. Indeed this is what Hasted suggests.
Set a mile or two outside Ashford, all was calm and peaceful until the railways came to Ashford and the town grew and grew.
In the 21st century, Kingsnorth is found from the main road into the town centre, along a busy road to where the old village pub still sits. And opposite is the start of Church Hill, at the top, not surprisingly, sits the church.
Inbetween now is a large and modern housing estate, and beside the church, a busy school, even busy on a Saturday morning due to football practice and the fleet of MPVs and Soccer Moms taking their darlings for a kickabout.
It is the modern way, after all.
St Michael sits quietly next door to the school, the end of a footpath leading to another housing development on the Brenzett road, were an old friend once had a house. And I can remember him leading us on a walk over the fields through clouds of Gatekeepers where we found, as today, the church open.
I took a few shots then, but am back now to complete the task.
First highlight was the 17th century graffiti in the porch.
In truth it is a small and simple church, mostly clear what looks like modern glass, though a single panel of ancient glass is in one of the north have windows and a single panel of wall painting on the side of the north chancel arch.
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KINGSNOTH,
THE next parish south-eastward is Kingsnoth, sometimes called Kingsnode, and by Leland written Kinges-snode.
THIS PARISH is so obscurely situated as to be but little known, the soil in it is throughout a deep miry clay; it is much interspersed with woodlands, especially in the south-east part of it, the whole face of the country here is unpleasant and dreary, the hedge rows wide, with spreading oaks among them; and the roads, which are very broad, with a wide space of green swerd on each side, execrably bad; insomuch, that they are dangerous to pass except in the driest time of summer; the whole of it is much the same as the parishes adjoining to it in the Weald, of which the church, which stands on the hill nearly in the middle of the parish, is the northern boundary, consequently all that part of it southward is within that district. There is no village, the houses standing single, and interspersed throughout it At no great distance eastward from the church is the manor house of Kingsnoth, still called the Park-house, the antient mansion, which stood upon a rise, at some distance from the present house, seems from the scite of it, which is moated round, to have been large, remains of Mosaic pavement, and large quantities of stone have been at times dug up from it. South-eastward from the church is Mumfords, which seems formerly to have been very large, but the greatest part of it has been pulled down and the present small farm-house built out of it; westward from the church stands the court-lodge, now so called, of East Kingsnoth manor, it is moated round, and seems likewise to have been much larger than it is at present, and close to the western boundary of the parish is the manor-house of West Halks, which has been a large antient building, most probably of some consequence in former times, as there appears to have been a causeway once from it, wide enough for a carriage, which led through the courtlodge farm towards Shadoxhurst, Woodchurch, and son on to Halden, remains of which are often turned up in ploughing the grounds. In the low grounds, near the meadows, is the scite of the manor of Moorhouse, moated round. The above mansions seem to have been moated round not only for defence, but to drain off the water from the miry soil on which they were built, which was no doubt the principal reason why so many of the antient ones, in this and the like situations were likewise moated round. There is a streamlet, which rises in the woods near Bromley green, and slows along the eastern par to this parish northward, and joining the Postling branch of the Stour near Sevington, runs with it by Hockwood barn and under Alsop green, towards Ashford. Leland in his Itinerary says, vol. vii. p. 145, "The river of Cantorbury now cawled Sture springeth at Kinges Snode the which standeth sowthe and a lytle by west fro Cantorbury and ys distant of Cant. a xiiii or xv myles."
THE ROYAL MANOR OF WYE claims paramount over this parish. The lord of that manor, George Finch Hatton, esq. of Eastwell, holds a court leet here for the borough of East Kingsnoth, which claims over this parish, at which a borsholder is yearly appointed; subordinate to which is THE MANOR OF KINGSNOTH, which in early times was the residence of a family to which it gave name, who bore for their coat armour, as appeared by seals appendant to their antient deeds, Ermine, upon a bend, five chevronels; and John de Kingsnoth, who lived here about the latter end of king Edward I. sealed with that coat of arms; yet I find that Bartholomew de Badlesmere, who was attainted about the 17th year of king Edward II had some interest in this manor, which upon his conviction escheated to the crown, and remained there until Richard II. granted it to Sir Robert Belknap, the judge, who had, not long before, purchased that proportion of this manor which belonged to the family of Kingsnoth, by which he became possessed of the whole of it; but he being attainted and banished in the 11th year of that reign, that part which had belonged to Badlesmere, and was granted by the king to Sir Robert Belknap, returned again to the crown, a further account of which may be seen hereafter. (fn. 1) But the other part of this estate, which belonged to the family of Kingsnoth likewise, henceforward called the manor of Kingsnoth, which seems to have been the greatest part of it, on the petition of Hamon Belknap his son to parliament, to be enabled in blood and lands to his father, notwithstanding the judgement against him, was restored to him, and he was found by inquisition to die possessed of it in the 7th year of king Henry VI. Soon after which I find Sir Thomas Browne, of Beechworth castle, treasurer of the king's houshold, to have become possessed of it; for in the 27th year of that reign, he obtained licence for a fair in this parish, on the feast of St. Michael, and that same year he had another to embattle his mansion here and to inclose a park, and for freewarren in all his demesne lands within this manor; and in a younger branch of his descendants this manor continued down to Richard Browne, esq. of Shingleton, in Great Chart, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Andrews, of Lathbury, in Buckinghamshire, and dying soon after the death of king Charles I. Elizabeth, their only daughter and heir, carried it in marriage to Thomas, lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh, who afterwards alienated it again to Andrews, in which name it continued till Alexander Andrews, executor and devisee of William Andrews, in 1690, conveyed this manor, with the farm called the Park, the manor of Morehouse, and other lands in this parish, being enabled so to do by act of parliament, to the company of haberdashers of London, as trustees, for the support of the hospital at Hoxton, commonly called Aske's hospital, in whom they are now vested. There is not any court held for this manor.
THE OTHER PART of the above-mentioned estate, which had formerly belonged to the family of Badlesmere, and had escheated to the crown on the attainder of Bartholomew de Badlesmere in the 17th year of king Edward II. remained there until Richard II. granted it to Sir Robert Belknap, on whose attainder and banishment in the 11th year of that reign it returned again to the crown, whence it seems, but at what time I have not found, to have been granted to the abbot and convent of Battel, in Sussex, by the name of THE MANOR OF EAST KINGSNOTH, together with the manors of West Kingenoth, in Pluckley; Morehouse, in this parish; and Wathenden, in Biddenden, lately belonging to that monastery, in as ample a manner as the late abbot, or any of his predecessors had possessed them, (fn. 2) and they continued part of the possessions of it till its dissolution in the 30th year of Henry VIII. when they came into the hands of the crown, where they staid but a short time; for the king that year granted these manors to Sir Edw. Ringsley for his life, without any rent or account whatsoever; and four years afterwards the king sold the reversion of them to Sir John Baker, one of his council, and chancellor of the first fruits and tenths, to hold in capite by knight's service. He died in 1558, possessed of this manor, with the advowson of the church of Kingsnoth, and the manors of West Kingsnoth and Morehouse, held in capite, in whose descendants the manor of East Kingsnoth, with the advowson of the church, descended down to Sir John Baker, bart. who, in the reign of king Charles I. passed it away by sale to Mr. Nathaniel Powell, of Ewehurst, in Sussex, and afterwards of Wiarton, in this county, who was in 1661 created a baronet; and in his descendants it continued down to Sir Christopher Powell, bart. who died possessed of it in 1742, s.p. leaving his widow surviving, whose trustees sold this manor and advowson, after her death, to Mrs. Fuller, widow of Mr. David Fuller, of Maidstone, attorney-at-law, who in 1775 devised them by will to her relation William Stacy Coast, esq. now of Sevenoke, the present owner of them. There is not any court held for this manor.
MUMFORDS, as it is now called, though its proper and more antient name is Montfort's, is a manor in this parish, which was once the residence of the family of Clerc, written in antient deeds le Clerc, and afterwards both Clerke and Clarke, in which it continued till about the latter end of the reign of king Edward I. when Henry le Clerc leaving no issue male, Susan his daughter and heir carried it, with much other inheritance, in marriage to Sir Simon de Woodchurch, whose descendants, out of gratitude for such increase of fortune, altered their paternal name from Woodchurch to Clerke, and in several of their deeds subsequent to this marriage, were written Clerke, alias Woodchurch. They resided at Woodchurch till Humphry Clerke, esq. removed hither in Henry VIII.'s reign. (fn. 3) His son Humphry Clerke, about the end of queen Elizabeth's reign, sold this manor to John Taylor, son of John Taylor, of Willesborough, who afterwards resided here. His son John Taylor, gent. of Winchelsea, alienated it, about the beginning of king Charles I.'s reign, to Edward Wightwick, gent. descended of a family originally of Staffordshire, who bore for their arms, Argent, on a chevron, argent, between three pheons, or, as many crosses patee, gules, granted in 1613. He afterwards resided here, as did his descendants, till at length Humphry Wightwick, gent. about the beginning of king George II.'s reign removed to New Romney, of which town and port he was jurat, in whose descendants this manor became afterwards vested in several undivided shares. At length Mr. William Whitwick, the only surviving son of Humphry, having purchased his mother's life estate in it, as well as the shares of his brother Martin's children, lately sold the whole property of it to Mr. Swaffer, the present possessor and occupier of it.
WEST HALKS, usually called West Hawks, is a manor, situated near the western bounds of this parish, being held of the manor of Kenardington; it formerly was the residence of a family of the name of Halk, who bore on their seals a fess, between three bawks, and sometimes only one, and were of no contemptible account, as appears by old pedigrees and writings, in which they are represented as gentlemen for above three hundred years. Sampson de Halk, gent. died possessed of this manor about the year 1360, and held besides much other land at Petham and the adjoining parishes; but about the latter end of king Henry VI.'s reign, this manor had passed from this family into that of Taylor, in which name it continued till the latter end of king Henry VII. when it was alienated to Clerc, whose descendant Humphry Clerke, esq. about the end of queen Elizabeth's reign, passed it away to Robert Honywood, esq, of Charing, who settled it on his fourth son by his second marriage Colonel Honywood. How long it continued in his descendants, I cannot learn; but it has been for some length of time in the name of Eaton, of. Essex, Mr. Henry Eaton being the present owner of it.
Charities.
HUMPHRY CLARKE, gent. of this parish, left by will in 1637, a parcel of land, called Pightland, containing about three acres, in the eastern part of this parish, for the benefit of the poor of it.
MRS. ELIZABETH MAY, in 1721, gave by will 9l. every third year, chargeable on Bilham farm, to be paid, clear of all deductions, to this parish in turn, during a term of years therein mentioned, to be applied yearly towards the binding out a child an apprentice, of the poorest people in three parishes in turn, as has been already mentioned more at large under Sevington. One girl only has as yet been put out apprentice from this charity, by this parish.
The number of poor constanly relieved are about twentyfive, casually twelve.
KINGSNOTH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Michael, is small, consisting only of one isle and one chancel, having a square tower steeple at the west end, in which are five bells. In the isle is an antient gravestone, coffin-shaped, with old French capitals round it, now illegible. In the chancel is a stone, with an inscription on it in brass, for Thomas Umfrey, rector, no date; and a monument for Thomas Reader, A. M. son of Thomas Reader, gent. of Bower, in Maidstone, obt. 1740. Against the north wall is the tomb of Humphry Clarke, esq. made of Bethersden marble, having the figures of him and his wife remaining in brass on it, and underneath four sons and five daughters. Over the tomb, in an arch in the wall, is an inscription to his memory, set up by his daughter's son Sir Martin Culpeper, over it are the arms of Clarke, Two pales wavy, ermine, impaling Mayney. In the glass of the south window of the isle are several heads remaining, and in the north-west window the figure of St. Michael with the dragon. The north chancel fell down about thirty years ago. It belonged to the manor of Mumfords, and in it were interred the Wightwicks, owners of that manor; the gravestones of them, nine in number, yet remain in the church-yard, shut out from the church; and on one next to theirs, formerly within this chancel, is the figure of a knight in armour, with a lion under his feet, and an inscription in brass, for Sir William Parker, son of William Parker, esq. citizen and mercer of London, obt. 1421; arms, On a fess, three balls.
The advowson of the rectory of this church was formerly parcel of the possessions of the priory of Christ-church, and at the dissolution of it in the 31st year of Henry VIII. came into the king's hands, where it remained till that king in his 34th year, granted it in exchange, among other premises, to archbp. Cranmer, (fn. 4) who did not keep it long; for four years afterwards, he reconveyed it, with the consent of his chapter, back again to the king, (fn. 5) who soon afterwards granted it to Sir John Baker, one of his council, and chancellor of his first-fruits and tenths, who died possessed of the manor of East Kingsnoth, together with the advowson of this church, in the year 1558, in whose descendants it continued down to Sir John Baker, bart. who in the reign of king Charles I. alienated it, with that manor, to Mr. Nathaniel Powell. Since which this advowson has continued in the like succession of ownership with that manor, as may be seen more fully in the account of it before, to the present patron of it, William Stacy Coast, esq. now of Sevenoke.
There was formerly a pension of forty shillings payable from this church to the abbot of Battel.
¶This rectory is valued in the king's books at 11l. 9s. 9½d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 2s. 11¼d. In 1578 it was valued at sixty pounds, communicants one hundred. In 1640 it was valued at fifty pounds only, and there were the like number of communicants. It is now worth about one hundred and forty pounds per annum. The rector takes no tithes of wood below the hill southward. There are about seventeen acres of glebe land.
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There has been a Church in Kingsnorth from Saxon Times but the present building probably dates from the 11thC. There are examples of 13thC and 14thC stained glass remaining in some of the windows. The chancel was rebuilt in the 18thC following a storm and the two side chapels were demolished at this time. Major restoration was carried out in the 19thC at which time the stained glass in the East Window was installed. At this time and again in the 1920s work was carried out to try and cure the problem of rising damp due to the high water table. In 2006 major restoration was once again required and in addition to repairs to the tower and external stonework it was decided that an extension would be built on the site of the old chantry chapel on the north side of the building and that the interior of the church would be re-ordered. This involved digging out the interior of the church and laying a new suspended floor to try and cure the problem of the rising damp (This has been largely successful). The old pews and choir stalls were replaced with modern stackable pews to enable a more flexible use of the space, new lighting and a new heating system was installed. This has resulted in a light airy user friendly building. At the back of the church a glass screen was erected forming a separate area. This provides a space where parents can take their children if they become restless during the services. The ground floor of the extension consists of a large meeting room with kitchenette plus toilet. On the first floor there is a choir vestry and church office. There are currently plans to install a second toilet on this floor. On the second floor there is a further small meeting room and a store room.