St Marys church. Hadlow.(Kent). hop pickers memorial.

St Marys church, Hadlow in Kent.A memorial stone situated in the rear of the church grounds for the 30 hop pickers that drowned in the river medway near hartlake bridge on 20th october 1853.The stone is in the shape of a oast.The church is set in the centre of hadlow next to Hadlow tower(folly).

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