442 Preface. 



(9) Lists of Celebrities in all departments of life, and as com- 

 plete a list as possible of known portraits, engravings 

 and prints illustrating the district. 



We are only able to print the following : PAGE 



(1) A brief sketch of the Prehistoric Period by the late 



B. C. Polkinghorne, B.Sc., F.C.S 443 



(2) A survey of the Churches of the district by W. H. 



. Evans, A.R.C.A. ; H. Fleming ; W. M. Keesey ; 

 D. I. Smart, A.R.E. ; H. Wooller, A.R.C.A., etc.. . 448 



(3) A list of Woolwich Celebrities by W. T. Vincent, 



President of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society . . 462 



We have in hand, in addition, contributions which may be made 

 available for a future edition : 



(1) Material for a Topographical Index of West Kent, 



supplementing the Archaeological Survey of the 

 County of Kent, by George Payne, F.L.S., F.S.A., 

 together with some Topographical notes. 



(2) A series of extracts and notes on the Manors and 



Manor Houses of the district. 



(3) Material towards a Bibliography of the Archaeology of 



Woolwich and West Kent. 



(4) Notes on Dene Holes. 



We have had offers of co-operation from various sources, of which 

 we have been unable to avail ourselves, owing to the great difficul- 

 ties of extreme pressure in the first instance, before the Congress 

 actually met in Woolwich, and subsequent unavoidable delays. 

 Amongst these was a most kind offer from Leland L. Duncan, 

 F.S.A., in connection with the Ecclesiology of the district, and 

 an offer from another worker, to place at our disposal his 

 notes on the Stained Glass remaining in the churches and civil 

 buildings of Kent. 



We venture to hope that this fragment, imperfect as it is, may 

 prove a stimulus towards a full survey of the rich archaeological 

 records and remains of West Kent, and towards the linking up 

 for this purpose both of individual workers and of Archaeological 

 and kindred Societies ; and, further, that the Woolwich Antiquarian 

 Society and its honoured President may play an important part in 

 carrying forward this work, which was undertaken to welcome the 

 South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies on its first visit to 

 Woolwich by their invitation. 



