Monday, October 31, 2011

Kemps Hall Academy, Boughton Aluph, Kent

My great grandfather was at school here in the early 1840s. How do I know? Well, I have a school exercise book of his, written in beautiful copperplate.




Way back in 1999, I posted an enquiry on a Kent bulletin board asking if anyone knew where Kemps Hall was. Twelve years later Matthew has contacted me about my enquiry.

Matthew is the present occupant of the Hall and has very kindly told me that it is now known as Kempes Hall and was originally listed as a 16th Century Manor house.  In the 1800s it became a private boarding school for approximately 40 boys. By 1918 however it was sold as part of a lot from the Eastwell Park estate by which time it had been converted into 6 cottages. It is now a single private residence.

Boughton Aluph is here, three miles north east of Ashford in Kent.

Thanks, Matthew!