Snargate
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Snargate is a village near New Romney
in Kent
, England
.
Snargate's most surprising claim to fame in the late 19th century, is that it was home to an important artist. Harold Gilman
, sometimes called the English Van Gogh, was a British Impressionist and a member of the Camden Town Group
. He grew up at Snargate Rectory, where his father was Rector. Harold was born in 1876, and lived at the Rectory till his thirties, when he brought his bride Grace to live there, for the first two years of their marriage, 1902-04. His father continued to live there till his death in 1917. Harold Gilman only lived two years longer, dying in 1919 as one of the numerous victims of the so-called Spanish Influenza outbreak at the end of the First World War.
The painting "Interior" of about 1908 (Private Collection) is supposed to have been painted inside the Rectory.
Source: "The Painters of Camden Town", by F Farmar
(Christie's 1988), page 59.
Snargate has a well known pub, The Red Lion, which originates from the early 16th century and has been run by the current family since 1911 and, except for the odd lick of paint, has not been redecorated since 1890.This is a tiny pub with an antique marble bar top and raw wood floor. The draft beers, principally from independent Kentish brewers, are served directly from the cask. The walls are decorated with World War II era memorabilia. The pub, run by Doris Jemison, has won a number of awards including CAMRA's Ashford Folkestone and Romney Marsh Pub of the Year, the Kent CAMRA Pub of the Year, and the South East Regional Pub of the Year.
New Romney
New Romney is a small town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to be silted up. New Romney was once a sea port, with the harbour adjacent to the church, but is now more than a mile from the sea...
in Kent
Kent
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, England
England
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Snargate's most surprising claim to fame in the late 19th century, is that it was home to an important artist. Harold Gilman
Harold Gilman
The British artist Harold John Wilde Gilman was a painter of interiors, portraits and landscapes, and a founder-member of the Camden Town Group.-Early life and studies:...
, sometimes called the English Van Gogh, was a British Impressionist and a member of the Camden Town Group
Camden Town Group
The Camden Town Group was a group of English Post-Impressionist artists active 1911-1913. They gathered frequently at the studio of painter Walter Sickert in the Camden Town area of London.-History:...
. He grew up at Snargate Rectory, where his father was Rector. Harold was born in 1876, and lived at the Rectory till his thirties, when he brought his bride Grace to live there, for the first two years of their marriage, 1902-04. His father continued to live there till his death in 1917. Harold Gilman only lived two years longer, dying in 1919 as one of the numerous victims of the so-called Spanish Influenza outbreak at the end of the First World War.
The painting "Interior" of about 1908 (Private Collection) is supposed to have been painted inside the Rectory.
Source: "The Painters of Camden Town", by F Farmar
(Christie's 1988), page 59.
Snargate has a well known pub, The Red Lion, which originates from the early 16th century and has been run by the current family since 1911 and, except for the odd lick of paint, has not been redecorated since 1890.This is a tiny pub with an antique marble bar top and raw wood floor. The draft beers, principally from independent Kentish brewers, are served directly from the cask. The walls are decorated with World War II era memorabilia. The pub, run by Doris Jemison, has won a number of awards including CAMRA's Ashford Folkestone and Romney Marsh Pub of the Year, the Kent CAMRA Pub of the Year, and the South East Regional Pub of the Year.