INTRODUCTION TO BAC TU LIEM DISTRICT
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Bac Tu Liem (or North Tu Liem) is a District of Hanoi City that stretches along the Southern bank of the Red River (or Sông Hồng in Vietnamese). It borders with Tay Ho District to the East, Cau Giay District to the Southern East, Dan Phuong District and Hoa Duc District to the West, Nam Tu Liem (or South Từ Liêm District) to the South, and the Red River to the North.
Bac Tu Liem District was founded following the Government's Resolution No. 132/NQ-CP dated December 27th 2013 and consists of the 9 Communes of Thuong Cat, Lien Mac, Tay Tuu, Thuy Phuong, Minh Khai, Phu Dien, Dong Ngac, Xuan Dinh, Co Nhue, 9.30 hectares of the land and 596 households of Xuan Phuong Commune, and 75.48 hectares of the land and 10,126 households of Cau Dien Town. Bac Tu Liem District has an area of 4,335,34 hectares (43.35 square kilometers) and an estimated population of 320,414 people.
Bac Tu Liem District currently consists of 13 wards, namely Co Nhue 1, Co Nhue 2, Dong Ngac, Duc Thang, Lien Mac, Minh Khai, Phu Dien, Phuc Dien, Tay Tuu, Thuong Cat, Thuy Phuong, Xuan Dinh and Xuan Tao.
Bac Tu Liem District has a natural area of 43.35 km2 with a population of 320,414 people, population density of 7,381 people/km2.
The District People's Committee is temporarily based in CT6A Building of Kieu Mai Urban Area, Kieu Mai Street, Phuc Dien Ward, Tu Liem North District, Ha Noi City. Telephone: 04.32242100. Email: firstname.lastname@example.org.
Social and Economic development
I. Guiding ideology and general objectives:
The following orientation and objectives were detailed in the Resolution of the first plenum of the District Central Committee (tenure 2010 – 2015):
- To build a strong and pure Party Committee and Party's cells.
- To build and promote the unity among the Party, political system and the entire people.
- To exploit and make use of resources effectively.
- To develop technical, social and economic infrastructure.
- To enhance urban order and civilization, renew and develop urban transportation systems.
- To maintain sustainable economic development with rationale structure.
- To create cultural and social progress.
- To improve the material and spiritual life of the people.
- To maintain political security, social order and security.
- To create a solid people's security and all-people national defense posture.
- To strive for Bac Tu Liem District to become a "Clean – Green and Modern District" of Hanoi Capital.
The political and social situation of the country and Capital of Hanoi has been maintained and sustainable. Bac Tu Liem District receives the interest and guidance from the Hanoi City Party Committee, the People's Council and People's Committee, the positive and support and collaboration from the City's departments, the Fatherland Front and relevant mass organizations. A general planning of the District has been approved and subsequent divisions have been and/or will be further adopted. A high consensus and unity has been created within the District Party Committee and throughout the political system from District level to local level. The District's citizens believe in the Party's leadership with the majority abiding by the Party and State's policies. There exists among the District Party Committee, authorities and citizen a high awareness of the responsibility to overcome challenges and compete to accomplish all of the Districts' political missions successfully.
Production and business activities of all economic sectors are facing with a lot of difficulties due to economic recession. The banks' bad debts are high meanwhile liquidity capacity is low. Real estate market has not recovered. Budget revenue only accounts for one fourth of that of the former Tu Liem District. The District consists of a large-scale administration division with a big population that is growing fast and demands for considerable social welfare. The daily workload accomplished by offices of the Party, People's Committees, Fatherland Front and others is big. Issues keep arising from the application of land policies, some are originated from the past. There is a lack of developed infrastructure, especially transportation. The District continues to see potential and complex security issues.
These above-mentioned objective and subjective factors have a big impact on the leadership and accomplishment of the District Party Committee's tasks.
Therefore, the guiding ideology of the District Party Committee is to follow strictly the guidance of the City Party Committee, City People's Council and City People's Committee, promote advantages, overcome challenges to accomplish the District Party Committee's political missions successfully in 2014.
II. KEY TASKS
1. Maintain fast and sustainable economic development, pursue major economic developments in the years to come.
To continue implementing Program No. 03-CTr/TU dated September 9th 2011 of the Hanoi Party Committee on "improving quality, effectiveness and competitiveness of the Capital's economy toward fast and sustainable development". To remedy difficulties effectively, boost production and business activities, create a favorable and encouraging environment for all economic sectors to invest and develop their activities. To expedite economic structure transformation toward urban economic development; to transform agricultural economic structure to enhance the effectiveness of land use. To proactively promote and facilitate social inclusion in investment; to support the promotion of brand names and trade marks, application of science and technology into production. To implement Decision No. 6023/QD-UBND dated December 24th 2012 of the Hanoi People's Committee on approving the Plan for developing medium and small enterprises in the City period 2011 – 2015; Decision No. 94/KH-UBND dated June 4th 2013 on implementing the National Strategy for green growth period up to 2020 and the City's vision toward 2050.
Industrial development is oriented toward high quality, effectiveness and competition. To encourage restructuring of industrial activities toward clean, environmental friendly and high technology development. To promote the effectiveness of the existing industrial zones and complexes. To expedite the progress of implementing the high-tech biological project. To attach importance to and create an encouraging environment for production activities of families, villages and sectors.
Trade and Services:
To diversify investment forms and ownership types; increase the guiding on improving the quality of trade and services toward civilization, especially in the field of commerce, health, education, finance and banking, etc.
To develop ecological agriculture. To link agricultural development with the building of green belts of Hanoi Capital and green tourism according to plans. To continue applying measures to create a shift in crops and livestock.
Natural disasters prevention, search and rescue:
To implement natural disasters prevention, search and rescue activities effectively from April 2014; to construct drainage systems, improve the existing irrigation systems in order to reduce and prevent floods.
Strengthening and developing the relations of production: to ensure solid development of economic sectors and the relations of production according to the socialist – oriented market mechanism. To exercise sound market management, prevention and combating of smuggling, production and trading of fake products and trade frauds; combat speculation and ensure stable price and market. To prevent and combat outbreaks in the cattle and poultry, to ensure that there is no disease outbreaks in the District. To effectively implement price-stabilizing sales programs and the movement of "Vietnamese Prioritize Vietnamese Goods". Every six months, the District's leaders will meet with representatives from the enterprises in order to monitor the situation and resolve challenges faced by them.
Budget Estimation, Resource mobilization and development investment:
To meet the City's requirements for taxes, state budget revenue in 2014, enhance management and prevent tax losses, complete the project on the auction of land-use rights, actively create other revenues.
To develop plans for resource exploitation to cater for immediate and long-term investment and development needs.
2. Develop culture and society; implement good social policies.
To continue implementing Program No. 04-CTr/TU dated October 18th 2011 of the Hanoi Party Committee on cultural and social development, enhancing the Capital's human resources, building the image of elegant and civilized Hanoians period 2011 – 2015.
To attach importance to the good implementation of social policies. To enhance monitoring and inspection of the delivery of the policies on people with great contribution, the poor, the people with disabilities and those with extremely difficulties. To meet the criteria for poverty reduction, address effectively social, religious and ethnic issues. To enhance the management, the effectiveness and efficiency of statement management on the management of labor in enterprises. To implement the national programs on job creation effectively, focusing on job orientation and vocational training, organizing employment-trading sessions. To strengthen the management and prevention of social issues, especially prostitution and drug use.
3. Carry out site clearance work well, create a big shift in management of plans, land, construction activities, ensure effective implementation of "Year of urban civilization" and the delivery of urban services and social protection.
To strictly follow Program 06-CTr/TU dated November 8th 2011 on "Speeding up planning, development and management of Hanoi Urban City period 2011- 2015, Program 07 – CTr/TU dated October 18th 2011 on "Concentrating on development of urban technical infrastructure, protection and improvement of environmental quality period 2011 – 2015 of the Hanoi Party Committee.
Site clearance activities shall be implemented properly according to the guidance form the City and District's authorities, meeting the requirements on openness, transparency and abiding by the laws. In the mean time, to focus on implementing the following projects: Hanoi City Metro, 32 Road, framework traffic infrastructure, Tay Tay Ho Urban area, high-bio tech zones, traffic routes and public works available at each townships, auctioning of Xuan Dinh land-use rights.
To strengthen state management, execute any new law violations in land planning, construction works. To develop the plans for executing the law violations of the previous years; to be proactive in the grant of land-use rights; to manage and address timely any issues related to land assignment affected by the adjustment of administration. To review and reclaim public land, "unlawful occupied land" or land being used for wrong purposes.
To focus on the implementation of the "Year of urban civilization", develop criteria and encourage the citizens to keep clean and tidy in their daily lives and businesses. To execute strictly any violations. To ensure urban traffic order according to the guidance from the Government and People's Committee.
To review and develop plans for traffic developments according planning, upgrade and maintain the existing traffic routes.
To develop urban services (electricity, water supply, environmental hygiene, etc.) to cater for the basic needs of the citizens, to create clean – green and beautiful residential areas.
To strengthen the management of environmental protection, minimize the negative impacts on the living environment of the citizens.
4. Strengthen national defense and security, maintain political security and social order, effectively support the achievement of the District Party Committee's missions.
To strengthen the combat against crimes to maintain social security; to monitor the number of households closely; to develop a posture of people's security attached with the solid all-people national defense. To enhance inspection and combat against hostile forces effectively; to check the prevention and fighting of explosion and fires. To execute any deliberate actions against the Party and State's policies and laws, violations of public security, offences against people on duty, violations of the lawful rights of organizations and citizens. To proactively combat social evils, maintain traffic order and safety, create a peaceful living environment for the citizens.
5. Strengthen Party building and rectification, build up a strong government and political system to respond to the demands for the leadership in the execution of political missions of the District Party Committee.
To thoroughly grasp and implement Program No. 01-CTr/TU dated August 18th 2011 of Hanoi Party Committee on enhancing leadership and fighting capability of the Party Committees, the quality of Party members, the management and execution capacity the local governments, the operational quality of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations period 2011 – 2015.
To lead the government building, step up administrative reform, renew leadership and execution methods, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of local governance.
To improve the operational quality of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations.
Bac Tu Liem District has 133 relic sites, 58 of which have been recognized as historical and cultural heritages, 27 as revolutionary heritages, 11 as official heritages . Some relic sites have become famous such as Chem temple, Dong Ngac, Thuong Cat, Ky Vu pagoda, Dong Co temple, Dam Tay Tuu temple. Revolutionary heritages include Xuan Tao fortress, Chem Missile Battlefield, Ho Chi Minh monument in Kieu Mai, Chem Irrigation System, Tay Tuu Flower Village, Dong Ngac competion-examination village, etc.
The District is also home to Hoa Binh Park (or Peace Park), a fairly big and symbolic image of Hanoi Capital. The Park is located in Xuan La Ward covering 20 hectare of land. In 2000, on the occasion of the 990th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi, Hanoi was recognized by the UNESCO as the City for Peace. To create a symbolic figure of Hanoi Capital, the City decided to build a park that was then named Peace Park. The Park is under modern innovation and will host diversified activities, contributing to improving cultural and spiritual life of the local citizens and attracting tourists.
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First record of Plassgut Estate at Ansfelden in the tithe register of Ebelsberg.
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Completion of Auhof Residence, now a listed building, at Kremsmünster in the style of late historicism / Art Nouveau.
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Compulsory expropriation of 23 ha of arable land by Deutsches Reich, now the site of a stretch of the A1 motorway and motorway services.
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No more livestock farming; Plassgut Estate has since focused on agriculture and forestry.
Switch-over to minimum tillage, in parallel with the completion of a scientific paper for the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. Since then there has been close cooperation with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna (comparative studies of ploughing and ploughless tillage techniques, economic analyses of energy input, man-hours and CO2 issues).
Summerauerhof House is taken over by the province of Upper Austria: establishment of a historical farm and open-air museum.
Albert Schreiberhuber hands over the estate to his son, Dr. Alfred Schreiberhuber, DI.
GPS technology first employed in agriculture.
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Tourism and hospitality is the Cambodian economy’s second-largest growth driver, and by World Bank (WB)’s estimates, contributed about 21% to the GDP in 2019. According to the Ministry of Tourism, this translated into a gross revenue of around USD 4.92 b, a 13% YOY increase. Without a doubt, the tourism sector which has been on the rise for the past decade, is an important foreign exchange earner, attracting 6.61m international tourists which were a 6.6% YOY increase. China was the largest source at 2.36m visitors, followed by Vietnam and Thailand.
Prior to the Covid pandemic, the growth of tourism and hospitality in Cambodia was already encountering a slowdown. Its over-reliance on Angkor Wat in Siem Reap and Chinese visitors were often highlighted by many as warning signs that should not be ignored, but the fallout from the ban on online gambling in Aug 2019 (effective 1 Jan 2020) further catalyzed the slowdown in arrivals to Angkor sites and elsewhere in the country the following year. The Covid pandemic then dealt a severe blow to the global travel and hospitality industry, and the tourism industry in Cambodia was brought to its knees.
In 2020, just USD 1.023 billion in revenue from 1.3m international tourists were recorded, a 79.4% nosedive from USD 4.92 b and an 80.2% fall from 6.6m international visitors in 2019. This translated into just 3% of Cambodia’s GDP in 2020, a far cry from the 21% chalked up in 2019. Industry experts estimate that it would take 3 to 5 years for Cambodia’s tourism sector to get back on its feet, assuming the pre-Covid fundamental challenges are being adequately addressed.
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I browsed google for a bit but didn't come up with anything quickly.
However, I did come across this from 2015 in the NY Times. A project called "Mapping Segregation", it is a tool that allows you to view geographic maps of the US by ethnic concentration.
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The one tip I have is understandably hard to do when one is on holiday/vacation. That is to get up early. I don’t mean early, I mean before the sun rises. I mean when it is still dark out. I took someone else’s advice and did so when I visited Venice mid-October. The sun rises at the time of year around 7:30AM. I was out and about at 5:30AM. It wasn’t easy to get up at 4:45AM, shower, eat a granola bar and back my purse up but it WAS worth it. It was one of the most memorable days in Venice because I wasn’t dodging people left and right, fighting pigeons or frequently getting lost (because of the people).
What I saw was wonderful. I saw how Venetians live. I saw St Marque’s getting swept up, the markets getting ready, parents taking their children to school. I was actually seeing the real Venice (sans tourists). The people who make the city run to serve the large number of people who invade it during ‘normal’ hours. You catch people in their moment’s and finding yourself seeing life through their eyes. It is sight that no tour company can provide.
After watching the city wake up as well as the sun, I got a cup of Italian coffee (cappuccino) in the morning and made my way back to the hotel for their breakfast. I didn’t rush through breakfast either. I was able to enjoy it without thinking about where I had to go or planning my day. My day was basically half done. I had seen the best part of Venice – its people living.


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I was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. And until I was 11, i lived in Grand Bay (now known as Grand Bay-Westfield). Grand Bay is a beautiful small town about 10 minutes West of Saint John. The summer between fifth and sixth grade, when I was 11, we moved to a spot on the map called Welsford. It is about 20 minutes West of Saint John. When i was about 26, when i was living back at home, we moved again to an even smaller spot on the map called Wirral. It is about 40 minutes West of Saint John. My parents still live there, and I high-tailed it back into the city after just a few months. Wirral is farming country, but i was not into driving 40 minutes each way to work just to save a bit on rent.
Saint John is a beautiful industrialized city, full of call centers. It is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, 2010 marked the 225th anniversary. I live in the downtown area, locally known as Uptown. Supposedly because no matter which way you are coming, you have to go uphill to get there. Two of my favorite places are Uptown: The Saint John City Market, the oldest such in North America, and the Loyalist Burial Grounds. Yup, a graveyard in the middle of the city, it is a beautiful park with ancient tombs. I walk through it at least twice daily, as early as 7 AM and as late as Midnight.
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We realise that if you want to own any of our publications you need to know what each covers and also have an assessment of the quality of the writing and the production. To this end we are having the series independently reviewed and we will publish the full review here once it has been produced.
Meanwhile we present a synopsis of each volume below:
Lyminge a history Series
The series comprises eight volumes up to and including 2016. The style and format of each volume is the same, being A5 in size in bound using Perfect Bounding* and usually around 100 pages.
* Perfect Binding gives a result similar to paperback books. National Geographic is one example of this type. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookbinding
LYMINGE a history Part one :
Published in May 2011, sells for £5.00 (whilst current stocks last).
Introduction-being the first volume in the series the introduction explains the raison d'état behind the series and lays out our ambitions.
Chapter 1 - Memories of Shops etc. in Lyminge during 1930-1940’s
The chapter consists of edited transcripts of interviews between the author, Alistair Bailey, and some of the residents; all of whom were or are long term residents. As it unfolds the reader is taken on a tour of Lyminge. The chapter is fully illustrated with contemporary photographs.
Chapter 2 - Geological History - a Lyminge perspective
Written by Andrew Coleman a professional geologist and also resident of Lyminge. The chapter describes the geological development of the area in an epic journey from the depths of time to the present day. If you thought chalk is just chalk then you are in for a pleasant surprise.
Chapter 3 - A Review of Previously Published Works by Rosemary Piddock. Rosemary has produced for our edification and entertainment a synopsis of the major printed works in which Lyminge looms large. Illustrations abound as she extracts comments and tales from these volumes.
Chapter 4 - The Price Family, Lyminge Parish Church incumbents 1776-1853; by Duncan Harrington. Covering three generations of the priests incumbents of the parish church St. Mary & St. Ethelburga. Forget Trollope, here is the real thing albeit writ small in a parish but none the less the reader is given a spotlight into the world of eighteenth and nineteenth century clergy.
LYMINGE a history Part two :
Published in November 2011, sells for £5.00 (whilst current stocks last).
Preface and Dedication-being the second volume in the series.
Chapter 5 -The Making of the Landscape around Lyminge
Philip Wilson an expert arborist takes us through the development of the trees which compliments Chapter one’s coverage of the geology. Philip also delivers two superb walks which when undertaken with his text gives great insight into the nature of trees and why they grow where they do.
Chapter 6 - The Discovery of a Jutish Cemetery in Lyminge in 1953
Taken from the notes and memories of Edney Eyres Rosemary Piddock has put together the history of the Jutish Cemetery dig. Illustrated with both contemporary site pictures and recent photographs of the finds.
Chapter 7 - A Bell Ringer, the Jubilee Tree, Rogation and Lyminge Charities.
A collation of historical delights recording some of the personalities, activities and traditions of the parish. This time Duncan Harrington has drawn on his own in depth local knowledge and records from our archive.
Chapter 8 - Lyminge Fauna - parts 1 and 2
To fulfil our ambition of recording Lyminge and life in all its aspects we were very glad to receive this contribution for our local pest control expert Ed Allan. These chapters will be further expanded in future volumes describing the fauna native to Lyminge and its interaction with our society.
LYMINGE a history Part three:
Published in April 2013, sells for £5.00 (whilst current stocks last).
Preface and Dedication-being the third volume in the series.
Chapter 9 -Battle of Britain 1940 through the eyes of Bob Bailey
Seen through the eyes of an Acrise farmer and taken from his war time diary, Bob Bailey takes us through the war describing the problems of the land, the rationing system, the preparation against the expected German Invasion, the follow up preparations of the Allied Army before their invasion and the camaraderie of the British people during the perils of war .
Chapter 10 - Hitler’s Invasion Plans
As a follow up to the previous chapter Ron Stilwell has generously provided us with an extract from his forthcoming book The Defence of Thanet and East Kent (1939-1945) covering the German’s plans for Operation Sealion the invasion of Britain, the British preparations to meet the invasion and he has added a synopsis of a war game by British and German commanders in 1974 to determine the most probable outcome. Ron’s book was published in 2014 and is available from the author via firstname.lastname@example.org.
Chapter 11 - Bob Webb’s War
Bob Webb was born in Lyminge and still lives here leading an active life. He has help us previously in describing the shops in the parish in Part one of the histories. This chapter deals with the period from when he went to war in 1942 to his return home in 1945. His wartime army service took him to Egypt, the invasion of Italy in 1943 at Salerno, and then again at Anzio on to Monte Cassino and thence up the coast of the Adriatic to the Gothic Line in 1944 and on to Trieste and lake Garda at the close of the war. During his service Bob was wounded twice.
Chapter 12 - Bombs, bed bugs and bullets
Anna Rosa Auten, the youngest daughter of Giacomo and Georgina Bersini. She was born in Milan in 1929 and was therefore 15 years old in 1944 when she and her sister started their trek north through Italy following in the wake of her brother who was still serving in the Italian divisions attached to the retreating German forces. Anna biographical account follows this young bewildered girl during the final two years of the war and acts as a counter weight to Bob Webb’s account. After the war Anna came to England married and lived in Etchinghill working at the geriatric hospital until its closure.
Chapter 13 - Ted Burren’s War Time memories
This chapter is based on a memorandum written by Ted Burren. Ted was a master craftsman carpenter who worked for J J Clayton during and after the war. His memorandum covers his time as a young man during the war when he was first a sea cadet and then later in the Observer Corp.
LYMINGE a history Part four:
Published in October 2013, sells for £5.00 (whilst current stocks last).
Preface and Dedication-being the fourth volume in the series.
Chapter 14 - Machine Breakers of Lyminge
“The Autumn and Winter of 1830 saw some of the worst ever disturbances in rural England to become known as the ‘Swing Riots’.” Thus begins Jill Chambers fascinating account of the rise of the agriculture workers against the introduction of farm machinery which they saw as endangering their livelihoods. The chapter recalls the local men, their practices, trials and the outcome of the riots.
Chapter 15 - The Larger Mammals in and around Lyminge
Ed Allan presents his third and final part of his review of mammals that can be found in and around the Lyminge Area. From Foxes, Bats, Badgers, Otters, Deer and on to Wild Boar. Ed has packed an incredible amount of detail including photographs.
Chapter 16 - Lyminge Observer Corps Post
Here you will find Duncan Harrington has taken us into a brief foray into the history of the Royal Observer Corp and its Post in Lyminge. From its roots in WW1 through to its role during the ‘Cold War’ we learn about function and activities including the men of Lyminge who served and help defeat the bombers and flying bombs of the enemy.
Chapter 17 - Early Keyboard Instruments
An early account by Andrew Garrett of Key Board Instruments the renown musical instrument makes of North Lyminge covering the period 1963 to 1967.
Chapter 18 - Sibton in the parish of Lyminge and the Sawkins Family Part 1
Duncan Harrington’s account of the Sawkins Family and their descendents in Lyminge during the 16th and 17th century.
Chapter 19 - Bedingfield Charity some further notes
Following on from chapter 7 published in Volume 2 of this series we have here further details from Duncan of the activities of the Bedingfield Charity Trustees and how it helped finance the running of John Valder’s school in Lyminge and the account he gave to the Commissioners for the Education of the Poor in the early 19th century.
Chapter 20 - Excavating Anglo Saxon Lyminge
This chapter offers and introduction to the phenomenally successful archaeological digs run by Dr Gabor Thomas and Dr Alexandra Knox from their initial digs 2007 to 2012. The chapter includes links to further reading on the topic.
Chapter 21 - Lyminge Park - Collections towards a history
Duncan has provided us with a collection of snippets from history about the manor of Lyminge Park, its early history and some later articles. The author also opens and appeal for further information so we can fill in the gaps and move towards a greater history of Lyminge Park.
LYMINGE a history Part five:
Published in July 2014, sells for £5.00 (whilst current stocks last).
Preface and Dedication-being the fifth volume in the series.
Chapter 22 - Lyminge Men Remembered
This volume is dedicated to the men and parishioners who died during WWI and WWII and whose deaths were caused by enemy action.
The first edition of this volume was published in 2008. Following further research the book has been completely revised and re-laid out. This second edition also includes historical notes on the background of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials and the Buffs (East Kent Regiment) the local infantry regiment.
The volume includes the following sections:
The Men Commemorated
Index to the Men From The First World War
Index to the Men From The Second World War
The History of the Lyminge War Memorial
The First World War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Memorials of the First World War
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Remembrance - Poppies and a Hymn
Final thoughts on the First World War
The Second World War
Memorials of the Second World War
Bibliography & Further Reading
LYMINGE a history Part six:
Published in November 2014, sells for £6.00 (whilst current stocks last).
Preface and Dedication-being the sixth volume in the series. In this volume we introduce a coloured fold out illustrating the content of chapters 23 and 24. We also include coloured images from the other chapters on the inner cover pages and the back cover.
Chapter 23 - Thomas Hill's Map of Lyminge, 1685
This finely decorated and most beautiful map of the village, more specifically, of the land belonging to Timothy Bedingfield, is a fantastic example of a seventeenth-century estate map. Dr. Alex Kent has analyses the map and fully research the content. The results of his formidable research are written up here in a concise and intriguing manner as he uses the map to bring to life the village as it was in the 17th century.
Chapter 24 - Elham Union Workhouse
The first of a two articles on the Elham Valley Union Workhouse that appear in the Lyminge a History series, (see also volume eight). In this chapter Duncan Harrington lays out a brief history of the ancient poor law system leading up to the formation of the Union Workhouses and then moves swiftly on to describe the creation of the local Elham Valley Union Workhouse which was built in Etchinghill.
Chapter 25 - Beatrice Coates
Rosemary Piddock one of our most productive local history researchers and noted speaker investigates an unusual grave headstone from the Lyminge Graveyard. Dating from 1937 the tale includes the crash of the Capricornus flying boat in the Beaujolais Mountains in France. Miss Coates from Lyminge was a lone passenger on the flight survived the crash but was so badly hurt she succumbed to her injuries and died a few days later. Subsequently the French police in searching the crash site came across a cache of gold bullion.
Chapter 26 - Elham Valley Nailbourne
This chapter is a joint effort by Andrew Coleman and Duncan Harrington researching the source and composition of our local water source. The chapter describes the rising of the bourne at the site of Ethelburga’s Well head and its passage along the valley to join with the Great Stour at Plucks Gutter near West Stourmouth.
Chapter 27 - Longage Farm Gates
Duncan adds to his tally of articles as he investigates the fate of a set of gates that once spanned Longage Hill. One story was that they and came of worse when in collision with a Canadian Army Truck during the Second World War.
Chapter 28 - Childhood Recollections of Lyminge
Mrs Margaret Gillmore has provided us with some recollections from her childhood in Lyminge during the Second World War and over the subsequent years painting a picture of life in Lyminge including the filming of a scene from Kenneth More’s film “Raising a Riot” from 1955.
Chapter 29 - Who Did You Sleep with Last Night?
Ed Allan is back on the trial of the history of our local fauna here he delves into our bedding, and other snug locations within our houses, where some unusual if small house guests set up home. It is odd to realise that these creatures have been around for over 400 million years - so is it them of us who are the invaders?
Chapter 30 - The Earliest Parish Registers
Chapter 31 - Anglo-Saxon Lyminge: Excavations in 2013
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Lyminge Excavations 2014: Dr G Thomas and Dr A Knox
Interim report on the University of Reading excavations at Lyminge, Kent.
See photos on inside front cover, inside back cover.
The Hogben Map in the Village Car Park: Duncan Harrington
The map created in 1760 by Thomas Hogben sets out the lands belonging to the vicarage and glebes (pieces of land serving as part of a clergyman’s benefice and providing income) of Lyminge united with the chapels of Stanford and Paddlesworth together with the lands belonging to the Court Lodge.
Thomas Hogben (1702-1774): John Foad
This interesting article on Kentish sundials, which is not specific to Lyminge, tells of the sundials made by Thomas Hogben of Smarden, mentioned in the above chapter.
Wheelbarrow Town: David McDine
This is an intriguing conjecture on the origins of a local place name.
See also photos on inside back cover and back cover.
The Queen, The Virgin and the Body Snatchers: Robert Baldwin
How Lyminge Parish Church erroneously acquired its current dedication to Saint Ethelburga.
The clarification of the confusion between Ethelburga and Saint Eadburgh is detailed, each of great significance in the early history of Lyminge.
A Grave Mystery or a Stone Unturned: Michael Chisnall
A detective story concerning one of two gravestones from the Methodist cemetery regarding George Broadridge and his wife Susanna and their three daughters. George died in 1874 and Susanna in 1850.
The old Methodist Burial Ground: Duncan Harrington
The second gravestone, which had been recently retrieved from number 3 Wesley Terrace, intrigued the author sufficiently to research this further. The stone is dedicated to Richard William, (died aged 20 in 1854) and Elizabeth Ann Rigden (died aged 12 in 1853) son and daughter of Edward and his wife Jane Rigden.
More Childhood Memories of Lyminge: Phipps and Harrington
This article is from the recollections of Douglas Phipps from an interview made by Duncan Harrington on 24 February 2015 and expanded with research into Douglas’ family history.
Old Ordnance Maps of Lyminge: Alex Kent
This fascinating examination of the village is seen through a series of Ordnance Survey maps showing Lyminge in 1873, 1898, 1907 and 1945.
The chapter also gives the origins of Ordnance Survey.
Spiders in and around your home: Ed Allan
Arachnaphobes look away now! This chilling description of local spiders is enough to make you head for the hills.
The oil lamps lighting Lyminge streets: Duncan Harrington
Further to the article in Lyminge a History part 2, Chapter 7, concerning Albert Tanton who was the Lyminge lamp-lighter, this chapter elaborates further through the minutes of the Parochial Committee on the oil lamps being lit in the village, between 1920 and 1933.
Westenhanger Castle and the plight of a widow:
In the late 14th Century, Lettice Crioll, a widow, endured being terrorised for four hours by Sir John Cornwaille after he tricked his way into her fortified Kent manor dressed as a friar and then let 40 armed men inside.
Lyminge a History Part 8 £7.00
Davison’s Mill, Stelling Minnis: David McDine
Known as Davison’s Mill after three generations of millers of that name, Stelling Minnis still retains its fine smock mill, a rare survivor, which reached its 150th anniversary in 2016.
Lyminge Tithes: Duncan Harrington
This chapter lays out the history of the payment of tithes in Lyminge throughout the ages.
Elham Poor Law Union and Lyminge: Deborah Collins
The Elham Poor Law came into being as a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act to tackle the problems caused by the changes in agricultural practices, particularly relevant to Kent, which has increased the number of persons requiring poor relief. This chapter provides some insight into the impact that the Elham Poor Law Union had on the village of Lyminge.
Sibton Park Estate: Mike Osborne
The history of the estate is recounted from the first mention of Sibton in documents from the arrival of the Normans in 1066. The estate saw many changes over the years, with new owners, tenants and various parts of the estate being sold. Sibton House has seen several changes of use, including a School in 1949 and Holiday Property Bond in 1998, which is still the case in the 21st Century.
Water supply to Lyminge and the surrounding villages: Ron Martin
The information in this chapter is taken from a study which records the history of water undertakings from early times to the 20th Century. St Ethelburga’s well gets a mention too, as Lyminge inhabitants obtained water from this source, certainly in the 7th Century, and right up to 1905.
The Old Church Hall: Duncan Harrington
Mrs Finn-Kelcey laid the foundation stone of this building on 11 March 1932. Some large donations were given as well as public subscription, fetes and a mile of pennies. It was officially opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace
Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang, on 18 May 1932 and cost £1,521 7s 9d including furnishings. There is a mystery as to when the hall was demolished, but the new Village Hall that we know today was opened on 15 May 1982.
Spencer Weigall: Rosemary Piddock
Born in Kensington on 14 January 1861, his grave prompted research by the Lyminge Family History and Research Group. He led an interesting life as a missionary in Africa, and lived in Lyminge for a short time before his death on 1 July 1925.
Richard Uttokcestre: Duncan Harrington
The chapter tells the intriguing story of this wealthy cleric, parson of Lyminge, who was recorded in the late 14th Century as being an outlaw and all his goods were seized to the value of £27 14s 8d. Well over £20,000 in today’s money.
The New Village Hall Part 1: Duncan Harrington
The Village Hall was constructed on a parcel of land, part of Jubilee Field, Woodland Road. It was set up as a charitable trust and Lyminge parish council made a lease for 99 years at a peppercorn rent to the trustees of the Lyminge Village Hall. The Hall was opened on 15 May 1982 by Lady Brabourne.
Lyminge archaeological dig 2015 – extracted from the dig blog
The archaeology team returned to Lyminge for four weeks in August to try to answer some questions that had arisen from the previous year’s excavation. Were they successful in their quest?
Lyminge a History Part 9 £7.00
This book is presented as a tribute to Duncan Harrington, the original inspirer behind the series of “Lyminge a history” books, who has been a continuous contributor over the last decade.
Neolithic polished flint axe-head discovered near Lyminge:
This article is about a polished flint axe-head found on a byway near Lyminge which points to a Neolithic farmer, offering evidence of the first indication of permanent settled life in the Lyminge area.
Recollections of growing up in Lyminge: Mrs Margaret Anne Older
Mrs Older, born in 1924, recounts her personal reminiscences depicting her life and time in Lyminge.
Foundations of Lyminge Bowls Club: Duncan Harrington
We learn about the creation and maintenance of the village Bowls Club.
An Early Village Hall: Duncan Harrington
This describes a mysterious wooden village hall that people remember existing but nobody can state when it was built or when it was dismantled.
Sword wielding Vicar Slays Chaplain: Duncan Harrington
To reveal the story would be such a shame. Suffice to say, “All is not what it seems!”
Marquis de la Belinaye: Mike Foxon
We may wonder why this aristocratic Frenchman is buried in a grave in Lyminge. The headstone tells us that he died on April 10th 1904 aged 59. His mother, Margaret Wright, was the daughter of John Wright of Kelvedon Hall in Essex and sister of Sir William Lawson of Brough Hall in Yorkshire.
Lyminge Allotments: Duncan Harrington
The research is detailed and wide ranging with wonderful examples of local concern and willingness to offer land for social benefit. The accompanying maps and charts are superb.
Who’s been living in my house? M. Chisnall
Research was undertaken by the author into the erstwhile inhabitants of his house in Lyminge. There is absorbing insight of aristocratic dissipation and sadness of the Sugden family.
Chapter 63: Lyminge Worthies: John James Clayson J.P. Duncan Harrington
Clayson’s building firm erected much of Lyminge’s 20th Century buildings, but perhaps more worthy of note is the generous service he gave to the community, in particular to the Methodist Church.
Secret War of Lyminge Woman: Rosemary Piddock
Gladys Harris spent her war service at Bletchley Park and, in common with many of our unsung heroes and heroines, kept silent for many decades about her role there, when their code of silence was released in the mid 1970s.
Runaways from around Lyminge: Duncan Harrington
In the times of George III, six people vanished from, or near, Lyminge between 1768 and 1796. Wives were sold at markets and indentured boys and servants were often very far from happy, although there is no direct evidence that they were the victims of bullying. Several articles from the Kentish Gazette on runaways are reproduced within this chapter.
The history of Lyminge Library: Author unknown
(Edited by Duncan Harrington)
Library services began in Lyminge possibly in the 1940s. Several sites were used in the ensuing years and moved in 1987 to the old Lyminge Railway Station that we know today. Lyminge Library holds a special place in the close-knit village. Long may it continue.
Lyminge and the Elham Valley Railway: John Buss
The railway was opened in 1887 before being closed after 60 years of use in 1947. The first nine miles were completed to Barham, taking almost 3 years, over budget and not without many obstacles on the way. In WWI the War Office took over the network for troops transport and in WWII it was also used for military purposes, involving alterations to the track to carry two twelve inch guns and a massive eighteen inch howitzer called “The Boche Buster”.
A brief history of this house, formerly 2 alms cottages and now a private dwelling.
Lyminge a History Part 10 £7.00
An address given by Dr Gabor Thomas at the unveiling of a new interpretation board on Tayne Field Saturday 27th October 2018 is quoted. The site excavated between 2012-2015 revealed evidence of Anglo-Saxon royal settlement in the 7th Century with footprints of several meeting halls and many finds endorsing the high status of the occupants of the site.
The Lyminge Claw Beaker: John and Rosemary Piddock
The important discovery of a claw beaker during an archaeological dig in Lyminge off Canterbury Road in 1953 when a mushroom shed was being built and the subsequent discovery of a Jutish cemetery is described in this chapter. Several artefacts from this site are on display at Maidstone Museum.
Stelling Minnis Common: David McDine
This chapter describes the historical and recent appearance of the common and its usage and quotes the Kent historian Edward Hasted two hundred years ago describing its inhabitants as being “as rude and wild as the country they live in”.
The First Church in Lyminge: Robert Baldwin
Canon Reverend Robert Charles Jenkins, an antiquarian and Rector of Lyminge Parish Church, carried out excavations in the 19th Century to see if he could find evidence of the Anglo-Saxon dual Monastery founded by Ethelburga, daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent, in 633AD and her burial place. The author asks what did Canon Jenkins find and what is still there to re-discover?
Lyminge raises cash for Irish atrocity victims: Duncan Harrington
Following the bloody rebellion of the Catholics in Ireland in 1641, a collection was made by Lyminge residents to help the beleaguered Protestants, and a copy of who donated and how much is shown.
Elham Rural District Council 1895-1974: John Bowdon
The Elham RDC activities are contained in this chapter and a photograph of the last Councillors in 1974 shows them in front of their offices in Lyminge, now Everest Court, the offices of AgeUK.
Lyminge Clerical Jottings: Duncan Harrington
An eclectic mix of information is contained in this chapter taken from a selection of archives concerning erstwhile Rectors of Lyminge. Reference is made to a lost Parish Register 1544-1676, which was rediscovered in 1860 and given by Rev. R.C. Jenkins to the Library of the British Museum for safekeeping. Do read the section on the advowson of Lyminge and a subsequent court case, details of which can be found in The National Archives amongst the Court of Chancery. The paragraph on Correction in the Church Courts refers to several articles of enquiry dated 1619 to 1620 entered in just one volume of the comperta et detecta (found and revealed) in the Canterbury Consistory and Archdeacon’s Church court books, often known as the bawdy court.
Recollections of Lyminge in the 1930s: Louis Spickett
Fast forward 400 years and Louis Spickett recounts his memories of his life in Lyminge having moved to the village aged 5 in 1930. He tells of a Lyminge then which is still familiar to those who live here now, plus events held, along with some of the gossip of the time.
Skeete Shooting: Duncan Harrington
The gory details of a double murder and a suicide in Skeete in 1940 are recounted, when a retired policeman shot a local farmer as he sat in his van, then returned home to kill his elderly arthritic wife and then turned the gun on himself.
Whatever Happened to St. Ethelburga? – the afterlives of the saints of Lyminge: Robert Baldwin
The whereabouts of the relics of two local female Saints previously buried in the Parish Church of Lyminge until the 11th Century is explored: St Eadburg, originally buried at Minster-in-Thanet, and Queen Aethelburgh, the founder of the dual monastery in Lyminge in the 7th Century. It would seem that the Norman Archbishop of Canterbury, Lanfranc, removed the saints’ relics to Canterbury in the 1080s.
Lyminge Football – An Early History: Duncan Harrington
A photograph on the wall of The Coach and Horses prompted investigation into the Lyminge Football Team. The photograph is undated but believed to be from the season 1907-08. Alan Boughton provided further photos and information as his father and uncles played in the team in the 1920s. A team photo for 1920/21 was taken at the back of the slaughterhouse, while another for 1928/29 was taken at the back of The Coach and Horses. Major A.R. Kelham OBE, DCM played for that team and was late of the Buffs and Egyptian Army. The final photo was taken in Sibton Park early in 1930.
Palm Tree House, Lyminge: FH&RG
The history of this house in Woodland Road was researched by the Family History and Research Group, who uncovered a wealth of detail, including the Tithe Map of 1840 showing that William Sawkins resided at Palm Tree Farm. Other residents in the the following years are listed and the 1891 census reveals that the property was still a farm. It was first described as a house in 1901 and remains so to the current day.


Demonstration of storage in residential district
Lecale, Northern Ireland
This demonstration will illustrate the benefits and opportunities of providing electrical storage through the media of compressed air and stored heat to areas of relatively weak existing electrical infrastructure. The location is in Lecale, a semi-rural area in the south-east of Northern Ireland.
The unit will help to demonstrate the ability to store and re-generate electricity with standardised technology components and will validate models for operating the unit within a residential setting both to maximise the penetration of local sources of renewable energy and to minimise transmission and distribution network reinforcement requirements. It is also intended that the unit will demonstrate applications for compressed air storage within relevant markets including system support services, capacity provision and load-on-demand services.
The demonstration unit will take electricity from the grid to drive a compressor for storing compressed air in air storage cylinders. The heat released in this process will be recovered and stored in molten salt tanks. When electricity is required for export, the compressed air is directed through an expander with heat injection from the heat store to drive a generator. There will be a site control room to monitor and control the processes and to facilitate close monitoring of the operation of the system.
The area occupied by the demonstration unit will be reasonably compact, totalling about 20m by 20m excluding space for access and parking.
Responsable partner: B9 Energy Storage Ltd.b
"Driving innovation in distributed compressed air energy storage with integrated heat recuperation“
David Surplus, B9 Energy Storage Ltd.
March 3, 2017
Air Storage installation and testing
February 17, 2017
Control Room construction
February 3, 2017
NIE Substation Works
January 20, 2017
December 9, 2016
David Surplus, one of the directors of B9 Energy, discusses compressed air storage systems at site visit in May 2016 to Guardbridge Energy Centre, St Andrews University, which is central to the university’s strategic drive to become the UK’s first energy carbon neutral university.
SeaGen, the world’s first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system, is one of the local technologies whose output supplies the 33kV substation that the energy storage demonstration unit will be serving.
The compressed air unit comprises: air, hot water and molten salt storage tanks; compressors and expanders for converting the electricity into the storage media and reversing the process to generate electricity; heat exchangers and control facilities.
When generation capacity on the local network is greater than is required for local demand, the unit commences to compress air, storing the compressed air in tanks and the resulting heat in molten salt. When the electricity is needed, the compressed air is expanded and the stored heat is injected to maintain the overall efficiency of the process.
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America, Asia and the automobile sector
By the turn of the millennium globalisation had transformed the world into a village. Products from all corners of the globe are now an integral part of our day-to-day lives – a positive result of strong international economic relationships. The Berndorf Group is playing a part in this, in terms of both geography and product portfolios, and has entered many new markets since 2005. Three watchwords sum up Berndorf’s growth strategy: America, Asia and the automotive industry.
Many of the Berndorf Group’s companies have strong operations in North and South America as well as in Asia. Aichelin Holding has built on its solid presence in Beijing with expansion in India, where it serves the Asian market with high-quality industrial plant and heat treatment systems. Tempered wire specialist Joh. Pengg AG has established competitive locations in India and the US by setting up joint ventures. Mould-making and injection-moulding specialist HASCO also sells its products into all major global markets. Based in Westphalia, Germany, it joined the Berndorf Group in 2007 – the same year in which the property bubble in the US burst, triggering the global financial crisis. A year later a generational change in the management of Berndorf AG took place. Norbert Zimmermann took on the role of Supervisory Board Chairman and stepped down from the Management Board. Peter Pichler remained on the Management Board, and welcomed new members Dietmar Müller and Franz Viehböck to form the team which has led the company ever since.
Berndorf Band ventured into the US and Japanese markets as early as the 1970s and 80s. Locations in Korea and China followed. The company’s products and services, especially its highly-polished stainless steel belts, allow us to benefit from globalisation in our everyday, digitalised lives: touch screens and LCD displays for our smartphones and tablets roll off production lines equipped with Berndorf Band belts. Its wide-ranging product portfolio also comprises steel belts for the laminate industry, as well those used in the automotive industry – such as for Formula One testing, which calls for belts that meet particularly demanding specifications.
The Berndorf Group’s poster child when it comes to the automotive industry is, however, Stoba Präzisionstechnik, which is based in southern Germany. Berndorf acquired a stake in the diesel-motor components supplier in 2011, enabling the Group to establish a strong foothold in one of Europe’s most significant industrial sectors. In 2017 Stoba opened a new production facility in the US, and it now employs more than 900 people worldwide at its six locations in Germany, the UK, China, the Czech Republic and the US. Formerly a successful regional firm, Stoba is now firmly established as a global player.
Science and technology in this time
2007/2008: The US and European economies are rocked by the worst financial crisis since 1945
2010: Apple launches the iPad, the first commercially successful tablet computer
2011: The German government announces it will phase out the use of nuclear power
2013: The global economy slowly recovers from the severe financial crisis that took hold in 2008.
The term Internet of Things enters the popular lexicon to describe the ubiquity of networked devices in people’s professional and private lives.
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This is a copy of part of the notes used by Dr Arthur Mourant for his talk to the congregation of Eden for the centenary celebrations of Eden in 1933.
‘In 1787 John Wesley visited Jersey and on Tuesday, 21st August he came to this part of the island. In his journal he states,
“We took a walk to one of our friends in the country. Near his house stood what they call The College. It is a Free School, designed to train up children for University; exceedingly finely situated, in a quiet recess, surrounded by tall woods. Not far from it stands, on the top of a high hill (I suppose a Roman Mount) an old chapel, believed to be the first Christian Church to be built in the island. From hence we had a view over the whole island, the pleasantest I ever saw; as far superior to the Isle of Wight as that is to the Isle of Man. The little hills, almost covered with large trees, are inexpressibly beautiful. It seems they are to be equaled in the Isle of Guernsey”. (excerpt from John Westley’s journal, with apologies to our Manx and Isle of Wight friends)
It is practically certain that the College was St Mannelier and the hill surmounted by a chapel, La Hougue Bie. We must remember that the Tower (long since gone) was not added till about 1790 so that Wesley saw the mound much as it is now ( i.e. in 1933 the trees had not fully grown yet).
The editor of the Journal seems inclined to identify the mound as La Hougue Boëte, but this is impossible both from the description and from the times given in Wesley’s private diary, as follows:
11-45 a.m. walk; I at brother W’s dinner, conversed, prayer; 2-30 walk; 4, prayed”
Since the note “prayed” evidently referred to his lodgings in St Helier, he could not possibly have walked to St John and back.
I have gone into these details because, if my view is right, and I see no other possibility, Wesley walked along the road which runs past this chapel (sic Eden) at about 20 minutes to 3 on the day in question. This is almost the only way and by far the most likely one for him to have taken.
The identity of “Brother W” with whom Wesley had a meal is another puzzle. I am strongly inclined to the view that it should be “Brother V V” for the Vivian family owned both the houses near St Mannelier and were early pillars of the cause of Eden.
In a later note dated 1974 made by Miss Lesley Mourant, Dr Mourant’s sister:
It has since been established that “Friend W” was almost certainly Friend VV (ViVian), as descendants of the Vivian family confirm that John Wesley was indeed entertained by Mr. Philip Vivian at his home, “Mon Plaisir” near St Mannelier. Wesley spent the night there and the next morning preached in the yard.
Then his friends accompanied him to Gorey, where he preached. On the way the passed the field where Eden was later to be built.
(Leslie Mourant 1974)
Karen White’s Note
Dr Arthur Mourant was an eminent research doctor who worked in London and contributed to developing our knowledge of blood groups and most especially the rhesus gene. Locally he was highly respected for his archaeological work for the Société Jersiaise and it was he who identified the opening to the passage grave at La Hougue Bie. He oversaw the excavation in 1921. I therefore believe we should be able to have every confidence in his research into the History of Eden.
The reference to “4 prayers” in John Wesley’s journal would actually tie in very well with passing Eden (say) at 2-40 p.m. climbing La Hougue Bie, admiring the view, walking back to Mon Plaisir, taking a refreshment and adjourning to his room for prayer. It would then be quite reasonable to have walked that way again when travelling to Gorey the next day.


Kalavasos is a truly picture postcard village located 40 kilometres south-west of Larnaca, which still today maintains a traditional existence. A convenient location that provides easy access into Larnaca, Limassol and Nicosia. It is one of the oldest villages in Cyprus and in the period 1938 – 1950 was one of the largest mining communities in Cyprus. Kalavasos is also home to an archaeological site dating back to 7000BC that attributes to the uniqueness of the village.
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You are a member of the Board of Health of your town. You have been called by an acquaintance in town and told that they have noticed the underground gasoline tanks being dug up at the local service station. The service station owner told them the tanks are being replaced because of a "small" leak discovered in one of the tanks.Your acquaintance's residence is located less than half a mile downhill from the service station. Since they rely on a drinking-water well on their property for water, they are wondering weather there is a health risk they should be aware of. After a discussion, the Board of Health decides to contact the town engineer and ask her to investigate the situation. The town engineer employs mathematical models of ground water migration, travel time, and contaminant concentration to reach the following conclusions:
The figure below gives the general layout of the land, with X marking the location of the service station and W3 marking the location of your acquaintance's well. W1 and W2 are drinking-water wells on neighboring properties. The ground water migration path, marked by a bold arc on the figure shows that the path will indeed pass through your acquaintance well.
Can you figure out why?
The table below the figure gives the ground water travel-time
calculations done with Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program. The conclusion
is that it will take 2.42 years for the contaminated ground water to reach
well W3. This seems like good news as it leaves enough time to attempt
Since you have taken a mathematical modeling in the environment course in college you are aware of the main issues involved in the modeling procedure. For example, you know that most likely the travel-time calculations were carried out using available conductivity and porosity values for the aquifer in the region. You advise your acquaintance to insist on new calculations being conducted with more accurate local-specific conductivity and porosity values. A small change in these parameters may mean the contaminated ground water will reach their well sooner. For good measure, you also advise them to contact a lawyer.
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