Hoppers Memorial, Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, Kent

Photograph taken 03 April 2002 © Mr Geoffrey Farrow. Source Historic England Archive ref: 179460

This memorial commemorates 30 hop pickers who drowned in 1853. Their ages ranged from 18-50 years along with 4 infants under 6 years old, and included 16 members of the Leatherhead family. The hop pickers were in a cart which was swept into the swollen river Medway.

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Kent Hadlow

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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A monument in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church commemorating 23 men, 23 women and 26 children who died in the 1832 cholera epidemic. The disease struck Paulton from 28th September until 10th November and the victims are buried in the churchyard. A ' vagabond match seller from Bath ' who was blamed for bringing it to the village is also buried here. A further 62 people died here in another cholera epidemic in 1849. Read official list description.

Hoppers Memorial, Church of St Mary, Church Street, Hadlow, Kent

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