Memorial · Kent
Garrington / Lower Gassington
Ickham inscriptions describe people as late of Garrington and Lower Gassington in Littlebourne; variant spellings are retained.
The place and its story
Calcutta, written in Ickham
In an Ickham memorial transcription, two sons of John and Elizabeth Neame are recorded as having died at Calcutta: Austin and George.
The remembrance names eight children. Another son, John, appears at St Dunstan’s in Canterbury. A village church record opens onto a much wider world.
Nearby entries follow other Neames, including an Austin remembered as a former Major in the 98th Regiment. Why did the sons go to Calcutta? The inscription does not say. Their names and that distant city are enough to make us want to find out.
Continue the journeyGo back to 1486: a road needs mendingLocation note
The written record names this place. An exact site position has not been established, so the atlas does not invent a marker.
Continue the story
Calcutta, written in Ickham ↗
Two sons died far from the Kent village.
Follow the historical sources
Follow the evidence
- Some Monumental Inscriptions of Ickham ChurchKent Archaeological Society · transcription of antiquarian monumental-inscription notes · accessed 2026-10-07
- St John, Ickham: NHLE 1085626Historic England · listed building record · accessed 2026-10-07