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Picture Gallery of Old Hoo

West of the village

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Hoo Institute. 1894. The building to the rear was known as the Church Room

Meadow House was built around 1710. This picture was taken about 1904

Hoo Union was built on Elm Meadow in 1836

Gordon terrace, named after General Gordon, was built in 1899

Hoo Lodge. 1920's

Stonebridge and Hoo Lodge Gatehouse

The Stonebridge was demolished and a culvert laid under the road by prisoners during the late 1930's.

'The Gables', Broad Street, was a prefabricated bungalow purchased from the Ideal Home Show in the mid 1920's. Demolished in the mid 1980's

Broad Street Cottages

Another view of Broad Street Cottages

Broad Street cottages were built between 1910 and 1912

Charlie Mills, local carrier, lived just beyond Broad Street Cottages in the previous pictures

Haig Villas, named after General Sir Douglas Haig, were built in 1919

Ratcliffe Highway. 1989

The derelict cottage, Hoo Common. May 1898

The Old George pictured before 1901

Four Elms Hill, also known as Stick Fast Hill, looking down. The gates on the left led up to the Beacon

The bridge, built over Four Elms Hill, carried the military railway from Chattenden to Upnor. A footpath on the right was laid in 1934

Ballards Mill, Ratcliffe Highway in 1902. The Windmill Pub is 200 yards east