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WHERE WILBERFORCE WALKED

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 09:48, 22 March 2007

A plaque in St Peter and St Paul Church, in memory of Harriet, niece to Lady Middleto, acknowleding her as 'prime mover' in the cause of emancipation
Barham Court, overlooking the Medway Valley at Teston, near Maidstone. Architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe (who was architect of the White House in Washington DC)
St Peter and Paul Church, Teston, where Sir James Ramsay and Nestor are commemorated
St Peter and St Paul Church, at Teston
Symbol of humanity. This bench at Keston marks the sport where William Wilberforce and MP William Pitt made their pact to abolish the slave trade
Teston Church plaques to Ramsey and Nestor and village sign for Feature marking the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
The plaque commemorating Nestor on the back wall in St Peter and St Paul Church, Teston
The tablet in St Peter and St Paul Church, Teston.
The Teston village sign features Rev James Ramsay and his servant Nestor
Wilberforce Tree, Keston

Our picture gallery includes Teston, near Maidstone and Keston, near Bromley.

John Newton loved Teston and wrote of it: "How beautiful the scene, how do all things proclaim thy presence, oh my Lord".

Newton was not the only one to be mesmerised by the Medway valley at Teston. Wilberforce himself wrote:

"I found him (Lord Barham) and his place (Barham Court) in high preservation. It has none of the grand features of your northern beauties but for the charms of softness and elegance I never beheld a superior to Barham Court".

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