{"product_id":"a-history-of-murston-9781848689985","title":"A History of Murston","description":"A History of Murston is a photographic guide through a century of change, revealing the true character of a community that has grown from a small agricultural parish into a burgeoning industrial area. Between 1845 and 1880, the industrial village of Lower Murston was built by entrepreneur George Smeed in a gradual conversion of ancient farmland into brickfields. By 1875, George Hambrook Dean, a farmer who married Smeed's eldest daughter, set up the Smeed Dean Company in partnership with his father-in-law, producing cement as well as bricks by 1900. But times changed and, in 1930, the parish of Murston, established in Saxon times, was disbanded and the community became a part of Sittingbourne. The village of Lower Murston was demolished in the 1960s and the inhabitants were re-housed in a new Murston estate leading off Tonge Road. Nowadays, houses are still being built and the town is expanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amberley Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848689985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Bryan Clark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452247830709,"sku":"9781848689985","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2d4907a0-3fc6-459c-ba4a-ad2808130eae.jpg?v=1776826389","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-history-of-murston-9781848689985","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}