whilst at it; among others, that the archbishop finding It even had its own cemetery containing 7,000 burials, with poignant memorials to nurses who had died at suspiciously young ages. Unusually, it lasted two days, suggesting that it was hard fought. see, in the 4th year of the Conqueror's reign, anno both sides. 10s. Had the truth come out, the traitorous king might well have suffered the same fate as his father. Coincidentally, the Hundred Years War was going badly, and a series of poll-taxes designed to raise funds exacerbated popular hostility. Sir George Harper, anno 33 king Henry VIII. Eleven of the twelve carriages came off the tracks, and four overturned when they reached points. In 1898, he organised the first international transmission, and the first to a ship at sea. What made matters worse was that the Metropolitan Board of Works had just pumped 75 million gallons of raw sewage into the river at that point. 349 men died; just one stoker survived. William was no fool, however. One that took place at Staplehurst on June 9th, 1865 took on a particular significance because of one noteworthy passenger on board: Charles Dickens. That historic event prompted the London-based American Birt Acres to create his own movies during the summer and autumn. He averaged 606 mph, a new world record. Its leader, Henry Hart, wrote passionate texts concerning free will, albeit not very articulately. of Shoreham, by whom he had Days later, his Messerschmitt Bf109 crash-landed at Loves Farm near Marden. Two columns of flames seconds apart leapt 300 feet into the air, marking the spot where the 395-foot ship had lain moments before. His mistake lay in attempting to brazen it out. No risks were taken, and all River Class engines were withdrawn until they had been rebuilt to a new design. part of this parish. In an effort to stop German U-boats using Zeebrugge harbour in Belgium, the Royal Navy attempted to scuttle three blockships in its entrance. The sun and moon were pulling gravitationally in the same direction, and the consequent spring tide was exacerbated by a storm on the North Sea. This sect was centred on Pluckley and Smarden, where the cloth trade probably brought the community into contact with radical Protestant ideas from the Low Countries. All either confessed to having had the devil appear to them in the form of a cat or, would you believe, a hedgehog. The name was not altogether propitious the last Victory had gone down with all hands but it seemed appropriate in 1759, when the world fell at Britains feet. keeper of the records in the Tower, in 1754, t. Gillingham bus disaster: British Movietone, 1951. Elizabeth I went further, making hanging the penalty only for a second offence, provided that murder was not involved. After this palace, with its parks and appurtenances, The accident happened because a stretch of rail had been removed during engineering works on a 10-feet high viaduct. It flattened both the recreation centre and the adjacent accommodation block. Their trial consisted in being dunked in the river. Its founder was Eadbald, King of Kent, and son of King Aethelberht I and Queen Bertha. [4] The battle was a victory for Edmund,[2] who lost enough men that he returned to Wessex to raise another army. The loss appears trivial alongside the Senghenydd disaster of 1913, when 439 coalminers died in an explosion, but no less harrowing for those affected. of Otford, son of John It was another matter on the Goodwin Sands, which became a seamens graveyard. His counsel requested leniency because the law really applied to steam engines. On May 29th, 1652, the great Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp was commanding 40 ships escorting a convoy. thirty pounds. The bombers returned later that month, and in October a fighter-bomber attack killed 30 more. the victory, yet it was not without great slaughter on Although not as strong as the 1382 earthquake, the one that occurred at 6pm on April 6th, 1580 had equally dramatic if rather different effects. Hertfordshire. As early as 1815, Margate had the stone harbour-arm that doubles as a pier. the children of Mr. Richard Round, deceased, and of that annual produce. It was late owing to a pea-souper, and at 6.20 pm was waiting at a red light near St Johns, only five miles out. Although the outcome of the battle is not recorded, the re-establishment of Kent as an independent kingdom implies that the battle was won by Kent. Hence the chalk hills rise on each Alice Arden of Faversham decided with her low-born lover Thomas Mosby to murder her husband, former mayor Thomas Arden. In addition to car bombs targeting commercial enterprises like shops and bars, it had a paramilitary component, specifically targeting the British Army and Police. The Dutch attack on the Royal Navy in the Medway in June 1667 was so expertly executed that it counts as Britains own Pearl Harbor. Lake, esq. So, when the Government ordered a new first-rater in 1758, it was a big deal. been from time to time granted by the crown to divers The motives of the French are unclear, though it could have been a pre-emptive strike in support of the baguette. The impact caused one packed carriage to be crushed by those behind it. At dawn on January 15th, Sir John Dynham under Warwicks command mounted an attack while the Lancastrian officers were still asleep. He even had an excess of guns added at launch to emphasise the point. in which situation they still continue. It started when the crew of HMS Sandwich seized control of their ship, and 27 others followed suit. Anyone wondering why Tenterden is a Cinque Port nine miles inland need look no further than the flood of 1287. which he pursued them as far as Aylesford, in their In retrospect, it looks a symbolic funeral pyre. One year later, Napoleon envisaged a martial use: marching his army of invasion across the Channel. The five, however, endured a single visit to the stake. 18) to Humphrey The first in Kent was the Kentish Post. house; notwithstanding which, his immediate successor, (fn. He faced a doughty opponent: Hubert de Burgh from Norfolk, a veteran defender of sieges. It was his job to read out the charge, demand the Kings plea, and later announce the death sentence. at Otford, wherein actions not above forty shillings He allowed the heavily laden French fleet to pass Sandwich before setting sail, looping behind them to attack from the windward. Damage was estimated at over 10,000. last-mentioned battle with the Danes was fought. That there belonged to it a three weeks court held The other battle was fought in 1016, when king Otford, battle of, c. 776. The high stewardship of the honour of Otford has Before long, it turned to a riot: a metaphorical bloody nose for Puritanism from the rebellious Men of Kent. Offa, king of Mercia, having already joined to his dominion most part of Wessex and Northumberland; There was much wisdom after the event, with pundits especially blaming insufficient testing. Their ready admission to such nonsense suggests a good deal of coercion, but it was enough to see them arraigned. From this period of time Otford continued part of When he urged revellers to get to work, he got a surly reaction that turned to pushing and shoving. at which time it appears that there was a park here, In these situations, a mysterious fire normally comes into play, but this case was different. Their trial consisted in being dunked in the river. An encounter in the struggle for the crown between Edmund Ironside and Cnut after the death of thelred.The place is given in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Peonnan near Gillingham and has consequently been identified as in Kent or at Penselwood on the Dorset-Somerset border. Otford's four churches are the Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in the village centre, the Otford Methodist Church, the Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, and the Otford Evangelical Church. A severe gale blew up that tore both from their moorings and onto the Goodwin Sands. After a very Kentish show of defiance, they gave up. Among them was being blamed for the death of the corrupt Duke of Suffolk, who had been washed up on the Kent coast. They from their fields can see the countenance Of your fierce war, may ken the glittering lance And hear you shouting forth your brave intent. one hundred pounds per annum, the house and glebe Around 10.30 in the evening, a steamer ran into her. On May 21st, 1382, it was the epicentre of an earthquake that caused structural damage as far away as London. In 1830, the entrepreneurial Islingtonian Jeremiah Rosher had the idea of creating a leisure resort for Londoners at a former chalk-pit he owned, where Northfleet now lies. Not everything could be made good with money, however. In 1808, a cadet called John Grant was found guilty of arson. acres of land, of which about seventy are woodland. The National Union of Mineworkers presented the most serious threat, striking in March 1984 over coalmine closures. Britain, France, and Russia together would surely make light work of the Hun, and it would be over by Christmas. Apart from four pointless name changes, ultimately to Oakwood Hospital, it served its purpose efficiently until 1957, when there was a fatal fire. Le Bourget had a thunderstorm and suggested Cormeilles, but he could not make contact by radio. It took place on Penenden Heath, north of Maidstone, and amounted to the trial of Williams rapacious half-brother Odo, who as Earl of Kent had been indicted by Archbishop Lanfranc. Its publisher was James Abree, who eventually distributed it in all major Kent towns east of the Medway. On Friday, September 22nd, 1989, a 15-pound time-bomb went off at 8.22am in the Royal Marines depot in Deal. There was no desire for regime change; but the nation spiralled downwards as the impasse continued. The Father of the Royal Navy Robert Blake, who was policing the convoy with 25 English ships, fired three warning shots, one of which caused damage to Tromps flagship. The first olive branch he offered was to the Church, which was hoping to recover some of its lost lands. The gang lost around 15 men that night, including several who were later hanged at Gallows Field, Sandwich. for Rochester, and with quarterings, in the middle a mullet for difference. Although safety was inevitably iffy, what happened in 1926 shocked the nascent industry. of her nephews and nieces, which they were accordingly, next year, to Robert Parker, esq. This site proved too cramped, so the Museum moved to its present home, the former Bethlem Hospital in Southwark. Edmund then forced another Danish army to abandon its siege of London. The Indemnity & Oblivion Act pardoned most conspirators, but for 104 Regicides there was to be no amnesty. The English Civil War was the outcome of unstoppable force meets immovable object. The operation was proceeding well until it was discovered that 100 tons of explosives lay underneath a bulkhead. without issue, in 1761, devised this estate, among She strangely agreed to marry Jim Mollison eight hours after meeting him, but they did set aeronautic records together before getting divorced. 20), By virtue of the commission of enquiry into the value Had the truth come out, the traitorous king might well have suffered the same fate as his father. It was however the beginning of the end for him. One of the most spectacular pile-ups in British history took place on September 5th, 2013 on the A249 bridge from the Isle of Sheppey. It glanced off a roof and struck the workshop, killing 46 of the camps 244 men; the eventual death toll was 52. It was claimed in a 2014 book, however, that he had actually been taken by taxi to Headcorn Aerodrome, whence he had been flown to Le Touquet on his way to southern Africa. Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It was inevitable that, with its geographical position, Kent would be in the firing line when German bombing raids started. He was the Duke of Gloucester, uncle and protector of the boy King Henry VI. Towards Sevenoke the soil becomes The chapel of Otford, annexed to the parsonage of The local disturbance was so strong that entire buildings fell down, including churches. In 1067, months after William the Conqueror was crowned King of England, Englands foremost religious building burned to the ground. The rebels were met halfway by Audley, who took over command. Thanks for that Craggs, often it seems that on old battlefields no skeletons have survived. Good Duke Humphrey himself was forced to divorce Eleanor, and in 1447 died while under arrest for treason. An orderly noticed that a fire had been started by a clothes iron that had been left on, and at 6.40 am alerted the Fire Brigade. Another three were saved the same way minutes later, but a third attempt proved fruitless: the other eight had drowned. He married a string of women at least nine to extract money from them, whatever it took. The damage to woods like those at Toys Hill and Knole Park took years to remedy. In total, nearly 4,000 of them were produced. Charles, meanwhile, ploughed his own furrow. of the nobility and gentry of this county. Penenden Heath in Kent (pronounced 'Pennendn') is . William of Perth in Scotland was a well-to-do baker known for his kindness. Wyatts 4,000-strong force was nevertheless repulsed at Southwark by London loyalists, and instead crossed the Thames at Kingston. They realised they needed to suspend the thread with silk to avoid contact with the ground, and so discovered the principle of insulation. The centre of the invasion force would therefore descend upon Romney, Hythe, and Dymchurch, although it is doubtful that Hitler was a steam enthusiast. After Margaret Thatcher returned to power in 1983 with a landslide, the hard left reverted to its 1970s strategy of causing economic disruption by industrial action. He woke at sunrise to find his younger son Freeman at his bedside. As so often, the cause was drivers not cutting their speed in thick fog, some travelling as fast as 70 mph with their fog lamps switched off. If all was pre-ordained by God, where did that leave free will? which it remained at the coming of Lanfranc to that The inquest found that the bridge had been dangerously designed and maintained, but returned a verdict of accidental death. They cost Germany a huge amount in manpower, materials and fuel that would have better been put into the Third Reichs defence of its Eastern Front. same year, with Barbara his wife, Sir Robert Sidney 1070; who, when he divided the manors and possessions belonging to his church, (fn. It was targeted at the School of Music, and was timed to catch the musicians in their recreational changing room. The case emphasised the importance of making the new Automatic Warning System generally available. The county paid him Danegeld of 3,000 pounds of silver to go away; yet, two years later, he was back. His piety led him to undertake a pilgrimage to Canterbury, taking his ward with him. 19). In 1609, a Dutch jurist, Grotius, had championed the principle of open seas allowing unfettered Dutch access to the English Channel. In return he agreed, unbelievably, to convert to Catholicism, and join the French in waging war on Britains allies, the Dutch. The boat that made the most round-trips seven was Medway Queen, which can now be seen displayed at Gillingham Pier. Having undergone a number of schisms, the Congress now represents a relatively centrist alternative to the BJPs vigorous nationalism. She was seen parachuting into the heavy sea off Herne Bay. At the Apart from cutting off the hands and feet of some who had agreed to leave the castle early, the King was persuaded to treat his prisoners with uncustomary clemency. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3. A turning-point occurred on March 31st, 1916, when ten German airships were forced back from London by conditions. One, the lugger Victory, went down with all hands; the others finally gave up. Unsurprisingly, he ran out of fuel, and attempted a crash landing near Stowting. At 10.55pm on March 6th, 1897, 14 men were sinking the Simpson shaft when water burst through the walls with explosive force, and the shaft rapidly filled. Four hours before high tide, the normal high-tide mark had already been reached. Cities all over England were targeted, so it was inevitable that Canterbury would be among them. On the opposite or southern Lying in wait was a squad of armed excisemen ready to make arrests and confiscate loot. It is an appropriation, now belonging to the dean When the Catholic Princess Mary usurped the throne from Lady Jane Grey in 1553, England was divided in a way not unlike Britain today. The King at the time when Kents premier school was founded was not the usual Edward, George or Henry; it was Aethelberht. Charing Heath flying bomb: Old Bunyard, 2020. On its third run, Maxim and his two crew went so fast that the plane broke its restraints. of Colletwell, and to have been for many years the There was great enthusiasm for going to war in August 1914. villeins, with 11 borderers, having 4 carucates. There is disagreement whether Assandun may be Ashdon near Saffron Walden in north Essex, England, or, as long supposed and better evidenced, Ashingdon near Rochford in south-east Essex. Among the survivors was Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who at the time were top of the charts with Massachusetts. [4] According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Eadric took 40 ships from the king and defected to Cnut. by . the palace. The Northfleet was a frigate, actually built in Northfleet, that on January 13th, 1873 set sail from Gravesend for Hobart in Tasmania with 34 crew, 342 emigrants, and four others on board. They had been found guilty of burning down a haystack, for which they obviously deserved to be strung up. He himself was born in Dublin, and went to Eton and Oxford. The aftermath was a scrapyard a mile long that took nine hours to clear. On October 21st, 1639, a sea-battle took place in Kentish waters between two alien powers. There was competition, too, after Seaspeed set up a rival business. She sank in shallow waters, her masts remaining forever visible. the crown, where it continues at this time. By then, with the propeller broken and the ship taking on water, the order had been given to abandon ship; but most of the lifeboats were lost in the gale. with whom it remained till the restoration of king Ironically, the Kentish mines, which only started operating in 1912, had never been profitable, yet local union leaders refused to capitulate unless sacked workers were reinstated. The Aero Club soon moved to Eastchurch, so Sheppey remained Britains civil aviation capital. On the narrow bridge, one of the horses spooked, causing a wheel to crash through the balustrade. On August 24th, de Burgh led the English fleet, using a battle-plan worthy of Nelson. among other premises, in exchange to that king. and three farms, called the Place, Great Lodge, and Some even thought him a madman. His army landed in, Although young Prince Louiss exploits in England had earned him the sobriquet le Lion, the war was not over. Its epicentre was not off the North Foreland but on the coast of France, near Calais. While he was at Oxford attending a meeting of these Contrariants, the blue touchpaper was lit. On returning to Germany via South America, Spain, and Italy, he was awarded the Iron Cross. Three years later, a specialist hoverport opened in Pegwell Bay. The government side was routed, and Stafford was killed in the battle. The effects in Canterbury were considerable, including the partial collapse of St Augustines Abbey and the Cathedral. granted the little park of Otford, then lately disparked, to Sir Henry Sidney, as will be further mentioned below, and the latter in her 34th year granted 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. Nevertheless, months before the blaze, British footballers had refused to kowtow to fascism as a condition of competing at the Berlin Olympics. The subsequent sedimentation changed the coastline dramatically, not least by filling in the bight beside which Tenterden sat. Although it won its signatories the Nobel Peace Prize, the pact was fiercely resented in the Arab world, and before long cost the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat his life. Sansom was found guilty of dangerous driving, but treated leniently on the jurys recommendation. He spent decades leaking secrets to the Soviets, even during WW2 when the USSR was Britains ally. A V-2 bomb with its 2,200-pound warhead landed on the Woolworths store in New Cross Road. The West was becoming increasingly embroiled because of the devastating OPEC oil embargo and escalating terrorism. anno 1313, (fn. Even so, in July 1909, a handful of contenders were determined to try their luck. [2] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describes Edmund as raising an army from "the entire English nation". On May 2nd, he completed three flights there, the longest being 1,500 feet. It was first given serious consideration in 1802, when French engineer Albert Mathieu proposed a tunnel lit with oil lamps, ferrying travellers by horse-drawn carriage. At 10.45 on the evening of Sunday, June 2nd, 1844, a policeman called Henry Wickham noticed flames in Mrs Sandfords shrimp-boiling shop in West Street, Gravesend. In its consequences, it was like Waterloo and Trafalgar combined. Bosville, esq. Moments later, a second wave lifted him, the sole survivor, onto a lifeboat. To France be words of invitation sent! It was however more complex than it at first appeared. [4], While Edmund was in Wessex raising a new army Cnut renewed the siege of London, but was again unsuccessful. December 1703 saw the most destructive storm in English history. mentioned before, remained in the crown till king Edward VI. and one villein, with 18 borderers, having 45 carucates; Though crushed, Kents rebellion paved the way for the Wars of the Roses five years later. During the first two years of WW1, however, they were a weapon of terror. Theres an elephant waiting near Calais, it said, and youre to get it to the Tower of London for my menagerie. Meanwhile, the people of Kent grew accustomed to the daily sight of dogfights overhead, as Hurricanes and Spitfires, pursued by Messerschmitt fighters, took on Heinkel, Dornier, and Junkers bombers. was widened in 1767, many skeletons were found in No sooner than the Hundred Years War with France ended in 1453, the aristocracy got the Wars of the Roses started. the above family it passed at length by sale to George The rest of the town police force was immediately summoned, but the flames took hold, and rapidly spread to neighbouring buildings. rebuilt great part of this Cnut would gain the whole of England after Edmund's death on 30 November 1016. Had they drowned, they would have been held innocent, but the devil helped them stay afloat. The idea was suggested after the 1746 Battle of Culloden, when the British Army, seeking to suppress Jacobite rebels in the Scottish Highlands, required detailed maps. year of king James I. bearing then the title of lord [3], Cnut, possibly now claiming the title king of Denmark, appeared at Sandwich in September 1015 and ravaged Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset. Maidstone too came in for rather pointless punishment. It did lead to changes in the law, and probably did his business no harm. The debacle nevertheless remains a landmark in the revolutionary mythos. It was too late. conveyed to that king a messuage, called BROUGHTON'S, and other premises in Otford, in exchange for World war resulted, costing Britain its world-power status. The Grosser Kurfrst turned to starboard and then straightened her course, whereupon the Knig Wilhelm alongside initiated the same manoeuvre. of it. On May 27th, 1915, at 11.14 am, she exploded with ferocious force. not being thought by one of his successors, archbishop 14), This estate afterwards came into the name of Palmer, ancestors to those of Bekesborne, who bore for there are 8 servants, and 6 mills of 72 shillings, and One consequence was the accelerated introduction of continuous rather than jointed track. Tossed around by wind and tide, he ended up breast-stroking 40 miles in a zigzag course before he reached Calais; strong currents held him up for five hours. Despite days of disruption, the wreckage was removed, the bridge rebuilt, and the lines re-laid within six weeks. One went posthumously to Old Dovorian rugby international Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Harrison, who was lost while leading an attack on the mole. Like Hengist before him, he had arrived as a mercenary, but now had an appetite for conquest. The inquiry pinpointed five contributory factors. A war followed, with landmark battles probably at Aylesford (455) and Crayford (457). On November 26th, the destroyer HMS Bulwark was at Kethole Reach, five miles off Sheerness. Donald Maclean was part of the Cambridge University tradition of serving ones country by working for a hostile foreign power. The SS Deutschland with her crew of 90 was carrying 123 German emigrants to New York via Southampton. After divorcing Jacqueline, Humphrey settled with Eleanor at, Despite being born in Sussex, Jack Cade was known as the Captain of Kent for good reason. Its leader, Henry Hart, wrote passionate texts concerning free will, albeit not very articulately. Fortunately, the scientific revolution would soon be delineating the difference between truth and self-serving superstition. The encounter was all perfectly civilised. Only five years after the first ever powered flight, the Daily Mail offered a 500 prize to the first pilot to cross the English Channel.
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