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Chartham and Chatham in Kent

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Karen

Karen Report 24 Feb 2006 21:34

I was wondering if in the olden days....... mid 1800's could there have been a snobbery value between the two places as my dear departeds changed their birth place from Chartham to Chatham?? thanks for any thoughts

Heather

Heather Report 24 Feb 2006 21:35

Id have thought Chartham was the posher place, Chatham has always been a port town.

Unknown

Unknown Report 24 Feb 2006 21:36

Possibly just a clerical error, putting in or taking out the r!

Heather

Heather Report 24 Feb 2006 21:36

Yes, thats what I thought too.

Karen

Karen Report 24 Feb 2006 21:50

thank you for that............................................................................................. i have to say i thought they were the same place to start with!!! i have asked for a 1841 lookup on the records board (if there is such a thing)

Alek

Alek Report 24 Feb 2006 21:56

Hi, I live in Kent. Chatham is one of the medway towns in Kent. Chartham is a village just outside Canterbury. They are about forty miles apart.

Karen

Karen Report 24 Feb 2006 22:08

thanks teresa.............im settling for Chartham after that....thanks

Alek

Alek Report 24 Feb 2006 22:13

that might be best. I see on your other thread you are looking for someone in Chillham which is only four miles from Chartham

Christina

Christina Report 25 Feb 2006 08:50

Chartham is where, in those non-PC days, the area's lunatic asylum was, so perhaps they didn't like the association. Even when I was small (don't ask) you were threatened with 'being sent to Chartham'.