Quiz
I have composed a short quiz, there are no answers sheets so you can't cheat, the answers are out there somewhere!
1. What happened to Emily Stevens in 1868?
2. What was the occupation of George Shepherd Stevens?
3. What caused the death of Matthew Bagley in 1716?
4. What year did Matthew Bagley cast the bells for Northbourne Church?
5. How much were John Austen's corn and cattle said to be worth in 1610?
6. What does Ignoramus mean?
7. Prior to 1832 approximately what percentage of the adult population were entitled to vote?
8. What was the occupation of George Shocklidge?
9. Elizabeth Wood died in 1820, but where did she live?
10. In 1878 how did the church differ from its appearance today?
11. What was the population of Northbourne in 1871?
12. Who was the last miller at the old mill?
13. In the autumn of 1914, the poet Rupert Brooke was stationed at Betteshanger with the Royal Naval Division. What was the name of his battalion?
14. How many wives did Sir Edwin Sandys (1561-1629) have?
15. What happened to copies of Sir Edwin Sandys's book, 'A Relation of the State of Religion,' shortly after it was published in 1605?
16. What was the 'Dad's Army' of World War One called?
17. In about 1856, who was the architect employed by Sir Walter James to enlarge Betteshanger House in the Country House Style?
18. The Rev. Bryan Faussett acquired two corbels from Northbourne Court in 1775, one is in the church at Northbourne, where is the other corbel?
19. In 1881 Frederick L. H. Morrice of the Vine Northbourne published a book - 'The Nightless North - A Walk Across Lapland.' What was the name of his unfortunate dog?