Hersden Community Archive

Hersden, Kent

By Pamela Leah

This archive used to publish its collection on the Commanet website. The Commanet website is no longer online, because Commanet went into liquidation in 2009. If anyone can provide further details about how to access this collection, please contact elaine@communityarchives.org.uk.

Rescue worker's certificate, 1944

Chislet (Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent)

Hersden Coop Stores and Butchers, circe 1950

Chislet (Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent)

This archive is part of Commanet: the community archive network .

Commanet is a registered charity that helps communities to set up and develop local archives using specially designed Commanet software.

Hersden is a village near Canterbury in Kent, South East England. Coal was discovered near Dover in 1890, and Hersden was one of the several villages built to house the workers who had relocated to the area from more traditional coal-mining districts.