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(File:Plough & Harrow public house, Tilmanstone.jpg|thumb|left|The Plough & Harrow public house)The parish church of St Andrew dates back to the mid-11th century and is made of flint, with later stone and brick sections.WEB,weblink St Andrew's Church, Tilmanstone, Kent, 14 September 2018, The church also includes the Tilmanstone Brass, which recognized Richard Fogge (c. 1482, a descendant of politician Thomas Fogge)JOURNAL, T.G.F., 1863, Family Chronicle of Richard Fogge of Danes Court in Tilmanstone, Archaeologia Cantiana, London, Kent Archaeological Society, V,weblink 14 September 2018, and features a point perspective with three-dimensional figures, something that at the time was only popular in Florence. The yew tree in the churchyard has been dated to more than 1,200 years, likely to be older than anything else in the village.WEB,weblink St Andrew's Church History - EWB (Eastry and Woodnesborough Benefice), 14 September 2018, The manors of Dane Court, South Court, and North Court form the foundation of the ancient village. The Kent Archaeological Society transcription of 1922 included the North Court and South Court Manor Court Rolls held in the Library of Lambeth Palace. These rolls cover the years 1753â1789.Mining
The Tilmanstone Colliery was located in the village of Eythorne, on the ridge to the west. The mine was opened in 1906 and was modernised in 1947 surviving until closure in 1986.WEB, Tilmanstone Colliery,weblink Dover Museum, Dover Museum, 26 October 2018, An accident in 1913 killed three men and destroyed the pumping system, causing the mine to flood and work was abandoned for nine months.Coal Heritage in Kent The site was connected to the East Kent Railway (EKR) in 1915 and coal first brought to the surface in March 1916. Tilmanstone Colliery Halt railway station served the pit between 1916 and 1948.BOOK, Edgar, Gordon, Industrial locomotives and railways of the south and west of England, 2016, Amberley Publishing, Stroud UK, 978-1-4456-4920-7, 11, An accident at the pit on 27 February 1931 resulted in Sydney William Padfield being awarded a bronze Edward Medal,{{London Gazette|issue=33725|page=3837|date=12 June 1931}} PDF the only one awarded in the Kent Coalfield.Pitwork {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920091002weblink |date=20 September 2008 }} An aerial ropeway was built in 1930 to link the pit with Dover Harbour; this included tunnelling through the cliff at Dover to deliver the coal to a 5,000 ton bunker at the harbour. It was little used after 1935, and was dismantled in 1954.SimHQ {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925102450weblink |date=25 September 2008 }} In 1945, the workforce was 914, with 631 being employed sub-surface and 283 above.List of Mines The colliery closed in 1988, having produced over 20,000,000 tons of coal. A system of tokens was used in the pithead baths and canteenMining Memorabilia and a lamp check was operated, in common with the majority of pits.Mining Memorabilia All buildings have been demolished.Coal Mining in Kent- Shafts sunkKurg.org
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