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Kent has been the gateway to Britain since prehistoric man first set foot on our soil. Its people have repelled invaders including Julius Caesar, the Vikings and William the Conqueror, while welcoming migrants from countries such as France, Austria and the Netherlands. In turn, men from Kent played a part in invading and conquering such faraway places as Canada and the USA, leaving their stamp on the world at large. This volume is a tribute to those who have shaped our society and the world around us: from the long barrow at Trottescliffe and the medieval abbey of St Augustine to the Channel Tunnel and Bluewater Shopping Centre, it is plain to see that the landscape around us is itself a monument to those who went before.
9th July, 2024 in Local & Family History
Kent truly is the gateway into England and the whole of the history of this “Sceptred Isle” has passed through the ancient kingdom of Kent. Its very name goes back into the mists of time. A Greek traveller who sailed the Channel twenty four centuries ago recorded in his records t…
16th October, 2023 in Local & Family History
Milk stout was first produced by the Mackeson brewery in Hythe, Kent in 1909 and was a runaway success. Part of its popularity was undoubtedly due to the way in which it was advertised. This was not just another beer to be drunk by men in their local pubs, but a beverage which co…
16th January, 2020 in Local & Family History, Society & Culture
Every county of the UK has its own peculiar customs, such as the annual Cheese Rolling festival in Gloucester, the Welly Wanging from the West Country or the absurd Gurning Trials of the North East. Kent, the so-called ‘Garden of England’, tucked away in the bottom south-east cor…
16th May, 2019 in Local & Family History, Society & Culture
Much has been written about the origin of pub names, and the way they reflect the changes in royal houses, from The White Hart of Richard II to The Bear and Ragged Staff of the Earl of Warwick. A keen local historian can also glean a wealth of information about the local area by…
21st August, 2017 in History, Local & Family History, Women in History
On Monday 20 April 1534, a twenty-eight-year-old Benedictine nun was taken from her cell in the Tower of London, stripped of her religious habit and bound hand and foot to a hurdle. She was dragged behind a horse for five miles through London’s filthy streets to Tyburn, where she…
