The parish magazine of St Mary’s Church, Goudhurst often includes a section under the heading Village Echoes. These are written by members of the Society and over the years have covered a large range of historical aspects of Goudhurst and Kilndown.

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2008	Fete	Parish Hall	Swans on the Pond	Telephone
2009	Aircraft at Trillinghurst	Ambulance	Clocks	Paupers	Roads
	Royal Visits	Weather	Wells
2010	Bankruptcies	Birds	Builders	Fair	Goudhurst Gas Works
	Lidwells & the French Gardens	Methodist Church	Rifle Volunteers	Roadmen	Thrift Club
2011	Bricklayers	Glebe Field	Hop Shelters	Poachers	Post Office
2012	Agricultural Association	Alfred Fitzhugh	Fire Brigade	Goudhurst Rifle Club	Goudhurst Prosecuting Society
	Paine’s Folly	Puritans	Rope Making & Rope Walk
2013	1881- population	Bell Ringers strike	Catholic Church	Charitable Gifts	Cricket
	Goudhurst Benefit Society	Lost Pubs	Pinehurst School	Tollgates
2014	Butchers	Early Vicars	Fete 1921	Goudhurst in August 1914	Joseph Ridgway
	Local History Society 50th Anniversary	News from the past	Parish Register comments	Water Trough	William Cogger
2015	Dibley Cycle Shop	Goudhurst Men at Waterloo	Jaffa – Napoleon’s Horse	John Gordon Stirling	Lumps & Bumps in Bedgebury Forest
	Parachute Mines	Priors Heath	Restoration of St Mary’s Windows	Stoney Lane	Tattlebury Asylum
2016	Bands of Goudhurst	Combwell Priory	Crimean troops in Goudhurst 1856	Goudhurst Men and the Battle of the Somme	James Ager
	Listed Headstones	Mesopotamia and Goudhurst	New Road of 1768	River and Mills	Scope Mead
	Snippets from St Mary’s Churchyard
2017	Beresford Road	Bonfire Night	Canterbury Connections	Chandler Sisters	Crime
	Early Goudhurst Postmen	Election Fever	Frog’s Hole	Goudhurst Village Pond	Kilndown Cricket Club
	Notes from St Mary’s Baptism Registers	William Bagshaw Harrison
2018	Amos Mercer	Barnados Children	Drake Panel in Kilndown Church	Egg and Poultry Depot	Hilder – Policeman
	Kilndown Methodist Chapel	Lathes and Hundreds	Manors (1)	Manors (2)	Relief of Mafeking
	William Drake	Women’s Organisations
2019	Charcoal Burning	Daniel West and the 1811 Census	Fire at the Vicarage	Irish Lay Subsidy	Just a Minute
	Peace celebrations 1919	Rebuilding the Church Tower	Telegrams	Travel	Witchcraft
2020	1851 Census of Goudhurst	An Untimely Death in 1910	Good for Whatever Ails You	Goudhurst During the Battle of Britain – Planes
	In Sickness and in Health	Markets and Fairs	Pillory Corner	VE Day Celebrations in Goudhurst
2021	Christmas	Covid 19: the pandemic of 2020 in Goudhurst	Goudhurst & Kilndown Gymkhanas	Goudhurst Census
	Goudhurst Entertainment	Keeping the Village Educated and Sober	The Marthas of the Church
2022	Artefacts from the Archives: Coat of Arms		Church Door with Bullets	Curious Burials in Kilndown
	Jubilees	Oil in Goudhurst	Re-Purposed Buildings 1	Riseden postcards
	Rough Music	The Grapes	Water Supply
2023	Beer & Cheer	From Kilndown to Christmas Island	Murders and Deaths at Goudhurst	New Year Changes	Water Colour Painting
	Hops in Kilndown	Scotney Dig	Summer Memories	Ox Rib of Goudhurst	Water Colour Painting Update
	More Light on the Cenotaph	A Christmas Album

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