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John Speed, Kent with her cities and earles described and observed (1611). BnF, département Cartes et plans, GE DD-2987 (2063), via Gallica and Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Second scan panel only, resized. A historical plate, not a georeferenced overlay. Search source records Source typeAll source types Company account Heritage & civic record Surname reference Historical survey Inscription transcription Historical map Land record Historical publication Archive notice Official notice Oral history Historical directory SubjectAll subjects Brewing Buildings & local life Cinema Farming Historical maps Landscape & local names Memorials & local giving Military lives Surname PersonAll people Richard Marsh Mary Marsh Samuel Shepherd Julius Shepherd Henry Shepherd John Henry Mares Percy Beale Neame Harry Neame Arthur Neame Alick Neame Jasper Neame Laurie Neame Robert (Bobby) Neame Colin Neame Jonathan Neame William Castlock John Castlock I John Castlock II John Castlock III Ann Neame Charles Neame (Faversham tithe record) Mary Neame / Mary Gibbs John Neame of Garrington (d. 1849) John Neame of Lower Gassington (d. 1817) Austin Neame, Major, 98th Regiment John Neame of Selling Edward Neame of Selling Court Thomas Neame George Neame (Canterbury mayoral list) Sir Thomas Neame Lieutenant Philip Neame, VC Lt Col Philip Neame (Falklands) Ronald Neame John Neame (married Joane Mockett, 1543) Elwin Neame Ivy Close PlaceAll places Neames Forstal Neame Road Neame Woods Neames Barns, Margate Road Neame's Farm Neames’ Hammel Thomas Neame Avenue Ingle Close boundary stone (N) Richborough Lodge / 89 Alpha Road Quex House and estate Quex Chapel vault, All Saints Church Crispe Farm Chalk Pit Cottage and Garden (tithe plot 783) Homestale Farm / Homestale House (plot 791) Front Meadow (plots 704, 705) Drying Orchard (plot 733) Ewell House and Gardens (plot 777) Selling Court Luton House St Mary the Virgin, Selling Garrington / Lower Gassington St Dunstan's Church / burial location Macknade House Brookes Court Ivy Cottages The Limes / The Hall Shakespeare Inn All Saints Church vaults The Smugglers / Evergreen farmhouse and car park Thorn Field (part) · tithe parcel 766¾ Thorn Field (part) · tithe parcel 756 Thorn Field · tithe parcel 761 Chalk Pit · tithe parcel 784 Dratt? Field · tithe parcel 785 Chalk Pit · tithe parcel 786 Pratts · tithe parcel 787 House & Garden · tithe parcel 788 Barn & Yard · tithe parcel 789 Ewel Meadow · tithe parcel 790 Orchard · tithe parcel 790½ Homestale House & Premises · tithe parcel 791 Front Meadow · tithe parcel 792 Garden Slip · tithe parcel 793 Orchard · tithe parcel 794 Head Hill · tithe parcel 795 Pond Meadow · tithe parcel 796 Pond · tithe parcel 797 Calis Field · tithe parcel 798 Front Meadow · tithe parcel 704 Front Meadow · tithe parcel 705 Barn, Stable & Yard · tithe parcel 706 Drying Orchard · tithe parcel 733 Cottage, Granary & Orchard · tithe parcel 734 Gate Field (part) · tithe parcel 735 Meadow (part) · tithe parcel 704½ Gate Field (part) · tithe parcel 735½ Gate Field (part) · tithe parcel 747 Clap Gate Piece · tithe parcel 749 Lady Dane · tithe parcel 757 Home Pasture · tithe parcel 760 Home Pasture · tithe parcel 775 Yard & Buildings · tithe parcel 776 Ewell House & Gardens · tithe parcel 777 Orchard · tithe parcel 778 Orchard · tithe parcel 779 Orchard · tithe parcel 780 Orchard · tithe parcel 781 Chalk Pit · tithe parcel 782 Hill Field · tithe parcel 820 Dane Court, Kits Hill Part of Great Field (plot 179) Fore Court (plot 189b) Fore Court (plot 190a) New Pasture (plot 191a) Foxborough (plot 199) Part of Great Field (plot 200) Part of Great Field (plot 201) Great Field Shaw (plot 202) Part of Great Field (plot 203) Little East Kent Field (plot 204a) Great East Kent Field (plot 205) Birch Wood Shaw (plot 207a) Great Field (plot 208) Upper Stone Rocks (plot 211) Shawe (plot 212) The 16 Acres (plot 213) The 8 Acres (plot 214) Shawe (plot 215) Shawe (plot 216) Broomfield (plot 217) Broomfield Pasture (plot 219) Yard & Premises (plot 220) Garden (plot 221) Garden Pasture (plot 222) Large Field (plot 223) Part of Grove Wood (plot 237) Part of Six Acres (plot 244) Part of Church Wood (plot 127) Timber Yard Field (plot 147) Eleven Acres (plot 195) Part of Stocking Wood (plot 138) Part of Park (plot 116) Part of Park (plot 117) Cherry Garden Field (plot 121) Downs (plot 124) Bacon? Hill Wood (plot 282½) Bacon? Hill House & Garden (plot 281) Bacon? Hill Barn Field (plot 282) Bacon? Hill Lees (plot 285) Dennis Nash Field (plot 291) Sanfoin Field (plot 277) Sanfoin Field Shaw (plot 278) Sanfoin Field Shaw (plot 279) Warm House Marsh (plot 32) Nagaen Field (plot 33) Five Acres (plot 34) Rough Acres (plot 35) Twelve Acres (plot 36) Rani? Marsh (plot 38) House, Garden & Yard (plot 39) Nero Land (plot 49) The Salts (plot 50) Little Pound (plot 62) Land Marsh (plot 63) New Land (plot 64) New Land (plot 65) Teague Marsh (plot 66) Great Pound Marsh (plot 67) Rushy Marsh (plot 68) Rushy Marsh (plot 69) Rose Marsh (plot 70) Hammel Slade? (plot 71) Orchard & Pasture (plot 182) House & Garden (plot 184) Bay Farm & Pasture (plot 179) Twenty Acres (hops) (plot 67) College Field 6 Acres (plot 382) College Land 14 Acres (plot 383) College Field 7 Acres (plot 384) Part of Five Acres (plot 177) 17 Acres (plot B207) Upper Field (plot B208) Little Plough Field (plot C4) Garden (plot C6) Spiders Castle House & Garden (plot C7) House Field (plot C8) Buildings & Yard (plot C9) Wood (plot C9½) Middle Field (plot C13) New Meadow (plot C14) Lower Field (plot C15) Seventeen Acres (plot 260) Eleven Acres (plot 261) Fourteen Acres (plot 262) Thirteen Acres (plot 263) Forty Acres (plot 267) Houses and Garden (plot 75) Houses and Garden (plot 76) Lees Court Bottoms (plot 83) House & Garden (plot 57) Part of Cottage Field (plot 98a) House & Yard (plot 109) House & Yard (plot 125) Boundary Field (plot 31) Marsh (plot 1) Marsh (plot 2) Unnamed parcels (plots 666–667) Ash parish churchyard and church Faversham Faversham Creek Isle of Sheppey Great Mongeham Deal Maidstone Canterbury Queen Court Farm Former Shepherd Neame depot, Belvedere Road St John, Ickham Shepherd Neame brewery Queen Court The Three Tuns Front Meadow, Drying Orchard, Ewell House, Faversham Canterbury: mayoralty and St Dunstan's burial reference Birchington Wye church: the Neame memorial Woodnesborough church: the Neame bell Boughton-under-Blean church: Neame silver Historical periodAll periods 1100s 1300s 1400s 1500s 1600s 1700s 1800s 1900s 2000s Undated / no timeline link
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Reproduced visual: Shepherd Neame Brewery , Oast House Archive, 3 September 2011, CC BY-SA 2.0 . The John Speed map panel is public domain with visible creator and repository credit. Other source records below are link only. Full asset rights register .
S1 company history overview
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1500s, 1600s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Faversham , Shepherd Neame brewery Context Shepherd Neame dates its formal foundation to 1698, when Richard Marsh bought the Faversham brewery outright after leasing it from Hilton's executors in 1678. Source assessment ↗ S2 company history
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1600s, 1700s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Richard Marsh , Mary Marsh Places Shepherd Neame brewery , The Three Tuns Context Shepherd Neame dates its formal foundation to 1698, when Richard Marsh bought the Faversham brewery outright after leasing it from Hilton's executors in 1678. Source assessment ↗ S3 company history
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1700s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Mary Marsh , Samuel Shepherd , Julius Shepherd Places Isle of Sheppey , Great Mongeham , Deal Context Samuel Shepherd took over management after marrying Mary Marsh and acquired 21 pubs across Faversham, nearby villages and the Isle of Sheppey. Source assessment ↗ S4 S5 company history
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1900s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Percy Beale Neame , Harry Neame , Arthur Neame , Alick Neame , Jasper Neame , Laurie Neame Places No location profile linked Context Percy Beale Neame died in 1913 after 49 years at the brewery; Shepherd Neame became a limited company in 1914 with his ten children as shareholders. Source assessment ↗ S6 company history
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1900s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Jasper Neame , Laurie Neame , Robert (Bobby) Neame , Colin Neame Places No location profile linked Context Jasper's son Robert, known as Bobby, joined in 1956; Laurie's son Colin joined in 1959 and became managing director in 1971. Source assessment ↗ S7 company history
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 2000s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Robert (Bobby) Neame , Jonathan Neame Places Queen Court Farm Context Jonathan Neame, son of Bobby, joined in 1991, became managing director in 1999 and chief executive in 2003. Source assessment ↗ S8 company history
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1100s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Faversham Context Faversham's first known brewing link in the company's account is the Abbey founded by King Stephen in 1147; the abbey brewhouse stood north of the present brewery site. Source assessment ↗ S9 company product/history page
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1900s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Canterbury Context Bishops Finger was first brewed in 1958 and takes its name from a Kentish signpost on the Pilgrim's Way pointing toward Canterbury and Thomas Becket's shrine, according to the company. Source assessment ↗ S10 heritage research
Historic England
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Faversham Context Historic England describes Faversham as Kent's most significant surviving concentration of brewery structures, noting the former Rigden's site and operating Shepherd Neame brewery on opposite sides of Court Street. Source assessment ↗ S11 company site and place description
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Faversham , Faversham Creek Context The company locates its brewery in central Faversham near Faversham Creek, a waterway it says linked the town to the Swale estuary. Source assessment ↗ S12 company heritage interpretation
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Canterbury Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S13 surname dictionary entry, secondary display
Ancestry; etymology entry attributed to The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016)
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S14 family-history compilation quoting older surname scholarship; not independently verified
Neamefamily.com; family-history researcher Alan Neame, as described on site
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S15 heritage gazetteer drawing on industrial heritage survey
Historic England
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Historic England gives a more cautious site chronology: brewery histories published there say the business began in 1698, while brewing on the site dates to at least 1570 and possibly 1520; it notes Shepherd Neame archival records exist, but those records were not consulted here. Source assessment ↗ S16 company heritage page
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S17 historical surname scholarship, scanned book
Ernest Weekley; 1922 edition via Internet Archive scan
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S18 historical surname scholarship, scanned book
Ernest Weekley; 1917 edition via Internet Archive scan
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S19 company history
Shepherd Neame
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1500s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People William Castlock , John Castlock I , John Castlock II , John Castlock III Places Shepherd Neame brewery Context Shepherd Neame's historical account identifies John Castlock II as brewing at 18 Court Street in 1573, says his father John Castlock I was the first person called a beer brewer in Faversham, and traces the premises through Thomas Hilton to later leases and Richard Marsh. Source assessment ↗ S20 local authority heritage appraisal
Swale Borough Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Swale Borough Council's conservation appraisal describes Faversham as a medieval seaport and market town, notes the Royal Abbey's 1147 foundation, and places brewing among the town's industries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Source assessment ↗ S21 local feature with attributed archivist comments; not primary record
Faversham Town Council (host); article quoting Shepherd Neame archivist John Owen
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1300s, 1500s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context A Faversham Town Council-hosted article quotes brewery archivist John Owen saying that the earliest local reference to beer is a 1396 duty mention, while noting uncertainty whether the beer was made locally or imported; he describes an archival audit trail to John Castlock as brewer at No. 18 in 1573. Source assessment ↗ S22 heritage site record
Kent County Council Historic Environment Record
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Shepherd Neame brewery Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S23 heritage building record
Kent County Council Historic Environment Record
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Queen Court Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S24 listed building record
Historic England
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places The Three Tuns Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S25 archaeological site record
Kent County Council Historic Environment Record
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Former Shepherd Neame depot, Belvedere Road Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S26 listed building record
Historic England
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places St John, Ickham Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S27 historical inscription transcription
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places St John, Ickham Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ S28 historical map, public domain
John Speed, 1611. Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Public domain. One map panel reproduced with creator and repository credit. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ X1 transcribed tithe apportionment/map index
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Ann Neame , Charles Neame (Faversham tithe record) Places Chalk Pit Cottage and Garden (tithe plot 783) , Homestale Farm / Homestale House (plot 791) , Front Meadow (plots 704, 705) , Drying Orchard (plot 733) , Ewell House and Gardens (plot 777) , Thorn Field (part) · tithe parcel 766¾ , Thorn Field (part) · tithe parcel 756 , Thorn Field · tithe parcel 761 , Chalk Pit · tithe parcel 784 , Dratt? Field · tithe parcel 785 , Chalk Pit · tithe parcel 786 , Pratts · tithe parcel 787 , House & Garden · tithe parcel 788 , Barn & Yard · tithe parcel 789 , Ewel Meadow · tithe parcel 790 , Orchard · tithe parcel 790½ , Homestale House & Premises · tithe parcel 791 , Front Meadow · tithe parcel 792 , Garden Slip · tithe parcel 793 , Orchard · tithe parcel 794 , Head Hill · tithe parcel 795 , Pond Meadow · tithe parcel 796 , Pond · tithe parcel 797 , Calis Field · tithe parcel 798 , Front Meadow · tithe parcel 704 , Front Meadow · tithe parcel 705 , Barn, Stable & Yard · tithe parcel 706 , Drying Orchard · tithe parcel 733 , Cottage, Granary & Orchard · tithe parcel 734 , Gate Field (part) · tithe parcel 735 , Meadow (part) · tithe parcel 704½ , Gate Field (part) · tithe parcel 735½ , Gate Field (part) · tithe parcel 747 , Clap Gate Piece · tithe parcel 749 , Lady Dane · tithe parcel 757 , Home Pasture · tithe parcel 760 , Home Pasture · tithe parcel 775 , Yard & Buildings · tithe parcel 776 , Ewell House & Gardens · tithe parcel 777 , Orchard · tithe parcel 778 , Orchard · tithe parcel 779 , Orchard · tithe parcel 780 , Orchard · tithe parcel 781 , Chalk Pit · tithe parcel 782 , Hill Field · tithe parcel 820 , Front Meadow, Drying Orchard, Ewell House, Faversham Context A Faversham tithe transcription lists Ann Neame as owner and occupier of Chalk Pit Cottage and Garden, plot 783. Source assessment ↗ X2 transcription of antiquarian monumental-inscription notes
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1800s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Mary Neame / Mary Gibbs , John Neame of Garrington (d. 1849) , John Neame of Lower Gassington (d. 1817) , Austin Neame, Major, 98th Regiment Places Garrington / Lower Gassington , St Dunstan's Church / burial location , Canterbury: mayoralty and St Dunstan's burial reference Context Ickham inscription notes identify Mary, wife of Richard Gibbs, as daughter of Austin and Mary Neame, described as late of Garrington; Mary died in 1812 aged 70. Source assessment ↗ X3 X4 official heritage listing
Historic England
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places St Mary the Virgin, Selling Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ X5 official heritage listing
Historic England
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Luton House Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ X6 X7 contemporary county gazetteer
Christopher Greenwood; digitized copy hosted by Durobrivis
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1800s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People John Neame of Selling , Thomas Neame Places Selling Court , Luton House Context Greenwood's 1838 survey calls Selling Court the residence of John Neame and Luton House the seat of Miss Neame; it says Luton House was built in 1806 by the late Thomas Neame. Source assessment ↗ X8 archive accession notice
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Sir Thomas Neame Places No location profile linked Context Kent Archives accession reporting says Sir Thomas Neame deposited 27 deeds of Selling dated 1723-1860, plus a Stockbury tithe map copy and an 1841 Stalisfield map. Source assessment ↗ X9 official contemporary award notice
The London Gazette
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1900s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Lieutenant Philip Neame, VC Places No location profile linked Context The Gazette records Lieutenant Philip Neame, Royal Engineers, receiving the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery near Neuve Chapelle on 19 December 1914, including holding off enemy and helping rescue wounded men. Source assessment ↗ X10 museum biography/interview
National Army Museum
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Lt Col Philip Neame (Falklands) Places No location profile linked Context National Army Museum material identifies a later Lt Col Philip Neame as commander of D Company, 2 PARA during the Falklands War, after service in the RAF Regiment and Parachute Regiment. Source assessment ↗ X11 oral-history interview
Directors Guild of America
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Ronald Neame , Elwin Neame , Ivy Close Places No location profile linked Context Ronald Neame's oral-history materials identify his parents as filmmaker Elwin Neame and actress Ivy Close and describe his film career. Source assessment ↗ X12 oral-history interview
British Entertainment History Project
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People Ronald Neame , Elwin Neame , Ivy Close Places No location profile linked Context Ronald Neame's oral-history materials identify his parents as filmmaker Elwin Neame and actress Ivy Close and describe his film career. Source assessment ↗ X13 contemporary county directory
Melville's Directory (scan hosted by Margate Local History)
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Birchington Context The 1858 Birchington directory lists Francis Jenkins Neame and Miss Charlotte Neame among gentry entries, and Edward Neame as a farmer; it does not establish their relationship to each other or to other Neames. Source assessment ↗ X14 derivative parish-register transcription
Kent Online Parish Clerks
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1500s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People John Neame (married Joane Mockett, 1543) Places No location profile linked Context A searchable Kent OPC transcript records the marriage of John Neame and Joane Mockett at Nonington on 17 June 1543. Source assessment ↗ X15 secondary surname reference reproducing scholarly dictionary summary
Ancestry; Oxford dictionary entry reproduced on page
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context A page reproducing the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (2016) gives Neame as a variant of Middle English eme, from Old English ēam, 'uncle', with N resulting from redivision after a preceding word ending in n. Source assessment ↗ X16 historical surname scholarship
Ernest Weekley (1917), digitized Internet Archive scan hosted on Wikimedia Commons
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Ernest Weekley's 1917 surname book also proposed an Anglo-French nain ('dwarf') possibility for Neame, alongside the eme/uncle explanation. Source assessment ↗ X17 transcription of antiquarian monumental-inscription notes
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ X18 official contemporary notice (1893)
The London Gazette
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context A 1893 Gazette notice lists Frederick Neame of Macknade, Preston-next-Faversham, and Herbert Abbott Neame of Fairbrook, Boughton-under-the-Blean. Source assessment ↗ L2 parish council planning representation
Selling Parish Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neames Forstal Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L3 Local heritage newsletter. Full PDF examined.
Birchington Heritage Trust
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame Road , Neame Woods Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L4 local heritage newsletter
Birchington Heritage Trust
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame Road , Ingle Close boundary stone (N) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L5 local heritage newsletter
Birchington Heritage Trust
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neames Barns, Margate Road , Neame's Farm Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L6 local history essay / community archive
Birchington Heritage Trust
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame's Farm , The Smugglers / Evergreen farmhouse and car park Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L7 L8 local history research note
Birchington Heritage Trust
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Quex House and estate , Quex Chapel vault, All Saints Church , Crispe Farm Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L9 Indexed planning-report excerpt. Nearby tree-works lead.
Thanet District Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L10 Official neighbourhood plan. Full PDF examined.
Birchington Parish Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame Woods Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L11 gazetteer record
GeoNames (entry identifies OS source record)
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neames Forstal Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L12 community map/geocoding response
OpenStreetMap contributors via Nominatim
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame Road , Ingle Close boundary stone (N) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L13 map catalogue
Francis Frith (catalogue of OS map reprints)
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neames Forstal Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L20 secondary military memorial register
Memorials to Valour
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places St Mary the Virgin, Selling , Macknade House , Brookes Court Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L21 local heritage research note
Birchington Heritage Trust
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places No location profile linked Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L22 transcribed OS Name Book plus reproduced owner correspondence
Ordnance Survey records, transcription hosted by Hastingleigh One Place Study
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places The Limes / The Hall Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L23 local heritage newsletter
Birchington Heritage Trust, News 37 (September 2011)
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Ivy Cottages , The Smugglers / Evergreen farmhouse and car park Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L24 official Historic Environment Record
Kent County Council Historic Environment Record
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Shakespeare Inn Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L25 church guide
Birchington Heritage Trust archive
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places All Saints Church vaults Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L26 academic history dissertation/article
University of Kent repository
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OpenStreetMap contributors via Nominatim
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places The Smugglers / Evergreen farmhouse and car park Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L28 official licensed-premises list
UK Government
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places The Smugglers / Evergreen farmhouse and car park Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L29 official notice/high sheriff appointments
The Gazette (UK government official journal)
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Dane Court, Kits Hill Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L30 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neames’ Hammel Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L31 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Part of Great Field (plot 179) , Fore Court (plot 189b) , Fore Court (plot 190a) , New Pasture (plot 191a) , Foxborough (plot 199) , Part of Great Field (plot 200) , Part of Great Field (plot 201) , Great Field Shaw (plot 202) , Part of Great Field (plot 203) , Little East Kent Field (plot 204a) , Great East Kent Field (plot 205) , Birch Wood Shaw (plot 207a) , Great Field (plot 208) , Upper Stone Rocks (plot 211) , Shawe (plot 212) , The 16 Acres (plot 213) , The 8 Acres (plot 214) , Shawe (plot 215) , Shawe (plot 216) , Broomfield (plot 217) , Broomfield Pasture (plot 219) , Yard & Premises (plot 220) , Garden (plot 221) , Garden Pasture (plot 222) , Large Field (plot 223) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L32 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Part of Grove Wood (plot 237) , Part of Six Acres (plot 244) , Part of Church Wood (plot 127) , Timber Yard Field (plot 147) , Eleven Acres (plot 195) , Part of Stocking Wood (plot 138) , Part of Park (plot 116) , Part of Park (plot 117) , Cherry Garden Field (plot 121) , Downs (plot 124) , Bacon? Hill Wood (plot 282½) , Bacon? Hill House & Garden (plot 281) , Bacon? Hill Barn Field (plot 282) , Bacon? Hill Lees (plot 285) , Dennis Nash Field (plot 291) , Sanfoin Field (plot 277) , Sanfoin Field Shaw (plot 278) , Sanfoin Field Shaw (plot 279) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L33 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Warm House Marsh (plot 32) , Nagaen Field (plot 33) , Five Acres (plot 34) , Rough Acres (plot 35) , Twelve Acres (plot 36) , Rani? Marsh (plot 38) , House, Garden & Yard (plot 39) , Nero Land (plot 49) , The Salts (plot 50) , Little Pound (plot 62) , Land Marsh (plot 63) , New Land (plot 64) , New Land (plot 65) , Teague Marsh (plot 66) , Great Pound Marsh (plot 67) , Rushy Marsh (plot 68) , Rushy Marsh (plot 69) , Rose Marsh (plot 70) , Hammel Slade? (plot 71) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L34 L35 L36 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places 17 Acres (plot B207) , Upper Field (plot B208) , Little Plough Field (plot C4) , Garden (plot C6) , Spiders Castle House & Garden (plot C7) , House Field (plot C8) , Buildings & Yard (plot C9) , Wood (plot C9½) , Middle Field (plot C13) , New Meadow (plot C14) , Lower Field (plot C15) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L37 L38 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Lees Court Bottoms (plot 83) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L39 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places House & Garden (plot 57) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L40 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Part of Cottage Field (plot 98a) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L41 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places House & Yard (plot 109) , House & Yard (plot 125) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L42 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Boundary Field (plot 31) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L43 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Marsh (plot 1) , Marsh (plot 2) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L44 transcribed tithe schedule
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Unnamed parcels (plots 666–667) Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L45 Official property asset register
Thanet District Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame Woods Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L46 Official neighbourhood-plan supporting assessment
Birchington Parish Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame Woods Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ L47 Official adopted neighbourhood plan, directly examined PDF text
Birchington Parish Council / Thanet District Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-07 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Neame Woods Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ M1 Edited will transcription
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-08 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1400s, 1500s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Ash parish churchyard and church Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ M2 Official experimental traffic order
Kent County Council
Access date Accessed 2026-10-08 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period Undated / no timeline link. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Thomas Neame Avenue Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ T1 transcription of a church inscription
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-08 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1800s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Wye church: the Neame memorial Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ T2 historical antiquarian transcription of a bell inscription
Kent Archaeological Society
Access date Accessed 2026-10-08 Rights Link only. No reproduction licence asserted. Period 1600s. Period describes linked historical events, not necessarily the source’s creation. People No individual profile linked Places Woodnesborough church: the Neame bell Context Surname scholarship or context source. Read the original for its historical argument. Source assessment ↗ No source records match. Try a different term or source type.
