1995

TQ7575 : St James' church, Cooling

taken 28 years ago, near to Cooling, Medway, England

St James' church, Cooling
St James' church, Cooling
St James, looking out over the marshes towards the Thames, is often said to be the inspiration for Dickens' "Great Expectations"; very early in the book we meet the young hero, Pip, clearing weeds from the graves of his parents and siblings, and the churchyard contains graves of just such a large family. (The probable cause of death was malaria, endemic in the marshes until the nineteenth century.) The rounded stones placed along the graves are a typical Kentish feature.

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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Religious sites other tags: Anglican Church Literary Connection Literary Locations Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · St James' Churchyard [23] · Pip's Graves' in Cooling Churchyard [11] Title Clusters: · St James' church, Cooling [11] ·
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TQ7575, 204 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Christopher Hilton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 7 October, 1995   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 25 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 7562 7594 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:27.3120N 0:31.5794E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 7561 7593
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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