Charing & District Local History Society   

Committee changes - May 2026

Keith Oram, our CDLHS Chair for the last 10 years, has decided it’s time to give someone else a go, whilst, we are pleased to say, remaining on the committee. Keith has been very hard working, and dedicated to making CDLHS a friendly, welcoming, inclusive society. He spread the word about CDLHS tirelessly.

Also standing down are Pete Burton and Kerstin Muller who have worked diligently behind the scenes, such as making and putting up CDLHS posters around the villages for the last 10 years. 

Our membership numbers and attendance figures reflect all their successes.

A big thank you to the three of them, and a big welcome to Kirsten Moon as the new Chair of CDLHS, and new  committee members Sigrid (Ziggy) Van Dijk and Neil Bone.

We can be contacted by email : cdlhssecretary@outlook.com‍ ‍NB this became the new address in February 2025

CDLHS: A Little Bit About Us

We aim to promote an active interest in local history

• Charing & District Local History Society, also known as CDLHS for short, is a group of around 100 members, who take an interest in local history.

• Headed up by a committee of elected members, we run a regular programme of lectures and outings, and also provide village tours.

• We usually have a few projects on the go. We are currently digitising our collection photographs and documents.

• Through its research, the Society has also published a number of books on Charing history, we have more information, and are happy to help, where we can, with enquiries.

Click here to listen to Kirsten Moon talk about the society in a Radio Kent interview on 3rd March 2026

Charing Archbishops Palace

Bookable Open Days

There is just one more open day available (SELF GUIDED) : Monday 31st August 2026
Entry is free, but tickets must be booked.
Details can be found by clicking here

Historic England have given a grant of £300,000 to help fund the effort to save the palace.
There is more information about this and the work involved on the Historic England website‍ ‍

Click here to see it.

For more information about the Archbishops Palace and it’s history click here.