People and Places

Where did your ancestors come from ? Why did they move ? What attracted them to the place they chose to settle in ? For every family the story is different.

Above is an E Bowen map of Kent dating from 1720, depicting the county as Richard Chapman or his father Edward Chapman would have known it. You can click on the map image to see a full size version and then click again to zoom in on the detail

Below are the places associated with the Chapman and Back families of Kent, England. It's a list of place names that connect with our family. In due course all of the places listed below will become links.

• Hothfield Camp, near Ashford in Kent in the late 1940's
• Lindum House and Ashford Electricity Works
• Ashford Kent Railway Locomotive Works
• Albion Iron Works, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Woodchurch, Kent in the Victorian era
• Ulcombe in Kent
• St Catherines, Ontario, Canada
• Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland
• Kelso, Scotland