Teston Topics

• national rivers authority
• royal dockyard
• abolition of slavery
• william wilberforce
• cricket ball
• independent society
• charles middleton
• memorial tablet
• river traffic
• iron products
• signboard
• william pitt
• allington
• weald
• trade unions
• rev james
• maidstone
• medway
• vicar

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On one wall of the church, under a window, is a memorial tablet to a former vicar, the Rev James Ramsay, he was the Rector of Teston and Nettlestead from 1781 until he died in July 1789. He was a friend of Charles Middleton, William Pitt and William Wilberforce and he worked with them for the abolition of slavery.

The current factory. on Malling Road was built in 1927. The workers at the Reader factory formed their own trade union - The Teston Independent Society of Cricket Ball Makers , to represent their interests, it was the smallest trade unions in the country, and was only de-listed in March 2006.

It lies 10.4 km upstream of Allington where the river becomes tidal. The bridge is mediaeval, but was widened for river traffic in 1749. The lock was originally constructed in the 1740s, when 14 locks were built to make the river navigable from Maidstone to Tonbridge to allow export of iron products from the Weald, for example cannon to the Royal Dockyard at Chatham. The current lock dates from 1911 and will take craft up to 24.5m by 5.6m with a draft of 1.7m. The Medway navigation, Leaflet, March 1991, NRA-National Rivers Authority Signboard at Teston Lock, 2001, Maidstone Millennium River Park 2001 At Teston Bridge there is a picnic site on a 12 hectare meadow, with public day ticket fishing.

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