Dr. William Britain was still reeling from the psychological catastrophe of WW1. Wat Tyler took control of the revolt, capturing Canterbury and assembling an army at Blackheath before causing mayhem in London. His belief in the project was vindicated by the fact that, when it opened at the Crystal Palace in Penge in 1920, 94,179 visited on the first bank holiday after its opening, and 2.3 million in the first 18 months. Now the demesne of In 1256, the Bishop persuaded Pope Alexander IV to canonise William, and a shrine was built. Though 200 men battled frantically to put it out, the flames spread to the building, so all were ordered out. Cnut would gain the whole of England after Edmund's death on 30 November 1016. His plan was simple: to take off from Swingate aerodrome, less than a mile from where Blriot had landed, fly to Sangatte, turn round, and come back to his start point. and built a good genteel house on the scite of it, in The first Navigation Act in 1651 aimed to hamper Dutch shipping, and inevitably stoked tensions. The Mayor of Canterbury arrived at the marketplace on December 25th to find few traders observing the legal injunction to work normally. 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He was executed at Penenden Heath on August 15th and buried at Bearsted, while old Sondes found himself heirless. When the people of Brentwood in Essex refused to pay, there was open unrest, prompting a general insurgency across the South-East. Henceforth, English cities of high cultural value were to be targeted by the Luftwaffe, with the aim of breaking popular resolve. Towards Sevenoke the soil becomes It was published as a weekly in Canterbury in 1717, but soon started appearing on both Wednesday and Saturday. Edward III. Its historical significance was considerably greater than its magnitude. It is astonishing to think that the worlds largest democracy traces its origins to a civil servant born in St Mary Cray. A rare combination of tidal and meteorological conditions on January 31st, 1953 had dramatic consequences. They ejected their ballast, anchors, food and drink, and finally even their clothes. possessed in undivided thirds, by Mompesson, Hyde, 8) At length it was starvation that did for them. On the afternoon of Sunday, April 2nd, 1916, some bags caught fire in a shed storing 150 tons of ammonium nitrate and 15 tons of TNT. Nevertheless, months before the blaze, British footballers had refused to kowtow to fascism as a condition of competing at the Berlin Olympics. Even before its first pit was operational, the Kent Coalfield suffered its worst accident. Some diehards held out in Essex, but it was curtains for King Charles: he was beheaded in January. Although the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 is fashionably pitched as a Celtic nationalist revolt against the English monarch, it was in truth an armed protest against tax rises that was hijacked by a disgruntled minor aristocrat called James Tuchet, the 7th Baron Audley. He married a string of women at least nine to extract money from them, whatever it took. The Bizarrely, there had been no warning of the storms sudden genesis, and most were asleep when it raced past. Because Freeman had confessed, however, it was an open-and-shut case at Maidstone Assizes. October 4th, 1624 brought a storm described as a terrible gale, the like of which has never been seen which was really saying something among a nation of seafarers. That began to change in 1916, as counter-weapons emerged. Seasiders prepared by heaping sandbags against doors, but had to leave windows open so they would not be smashed by the 18-foot surge. Wreck of SS Richard Montgomery: Thames Richard Montgomery KC 7722 (Modified) (cropped) by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, licensed under CC BY 3.0. 150 workmen built the frame using 6,000 trees, mostly oak, at a cost equating to around 9 million. (fn. 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. The blast, which killed 79 crew, had been caused by a fire in newspapers unaccountably tucked by Tyneside shipbuilders into the lagging of the midship magazine. The strike folded after a year, albeit not in Kent. whole value of it, in the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, was . Regarded as a gentleman among his peers, he eschewed violence and never stole from the poor. After retreating to London to regroup, Louis sent for a supply fleet from France. A Yorkshire lass, Amy Johnson had it all: brains, looks, charm, skill, and guts. Three rebels were arrested and executed. Within moments, two Mk.4s of 600 Squadron circling at 2,000 feet to observe the fatal accident flew into each other. She was returning from a pleasure trip to Sheerness when she turned straight across the path of the collier Bywell Castle. The antagonists were Spain and Holland, and the warzone the Downs, the safe anchorage off Deal. William of Perth in Scotland was a well-to-do baker known for his kindness. Arnold had to fork out 4/7/- altogether, equivalent to nearly 600 today, or else face seven days hard labour. When he became heir presumptive to the throne, however, things turned nasty. Britannia, built in 1806, made just one voyage to China and India. Despite his best efforts, including lighting a fire in a mine that collapsed a corner of the keep, he could not break the defenders resistance. The first away was Hubert Latham, who got within six miles of the English coast when he was obliged to ditch in the sea. Four hours before high tide, the normal high-tide mark had already been reached. the victory, yet it was not without great slaughter on It prompted the German governments prolonged reluctance to invest in new warships. His force at Maidstone amounted to 10,000 volunteers; but he made the mistake of sending the majority to defend other towns. In truth, it was the start of a worse one. After they had lodged for three days at Rochester, the lad led him astray, hit him over the head, cut his throat, robbed him, and disappeared. The source was identified as the spring at Farleigh supplying parts of Maidstone with water, which had probably been polluted by hop-pickers down from London. Late on the evening of Wednesday, November 16th, 1869, a fire broke out in Whitstable that turned into a major conflagration. One, the lugger Victory, went down with all hands; the others finally gave up. in the chapel of Apuldrefelde, for the good state of the Elizabeth I went further, making hanging the penalty only for a second offence, provided that murder was not involved. Abree took on a successor, George Kirkby, and retired in 1768, at which point James Simmons launched the rival Kentish Gazette. The Duke of Wellingtons government fell, and the new Whig regime introduced the 1832 Reform Act as well as the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. The whole east coast of Britain was affected, with 326 deaths caused by flooding. The ship was soon in such straits that the crew cut off two masts. The operation was proceeding well until it was discovered that 100 tons of explosives lay underneath a bulkhead. the valley, not far from the eastern banks of the Darent, across which another road branches off from the It reportedly flew for 300 yards at nearly 5 feet. The record did not last long: the following September, another Meteor Mk.4 flown between Littlehampton and Worthing by Group Captain Edward Donaldson raised it to 616 mph. MGS will therefore celebrate its quincentenary within 30 years. The high stewardship of the honour of Otford has Conscious of its status as the nations senior county, Kent was never backwards in putting forward its opinion on national matters, never mind how unpopular they might be. The mother of them arrived in February 1287, striking with such violence that there was widespread flooding. village from Eynsford, stood till lately, an antient seat, Built by Kentish Master Shipwright Peter Pett at Woolwich, the Sovereign of the Seas was more than just the biggest warship in the world; she was a political statement. at Otford, wherein actions not above forty shillings Thomas Farnaby, bart. It even had its own cemetery containing 7,000 burials, with poignant memorials to nurses who had died at suspiciously young ages. The project came in 80% over budget, the tunnel was long underused, and it is most familiar now for problems associated with illegal immigration. The Battle of Brentford (1016) was fought in 1016 some time between 9 May (the approximate date Canute landed at Greenwich) and 18 October (the date of the later Battle of Ashingdon) between the English led by Edmund Ironside and the Danes led by Canute. there is mention and queen Elizabeth, afterwards made several grants of There is no record of a tsunami, but the quake is estimated to have been in the region of 6 to 6.5 on the Richter scale. At Margate, residents watched in amazement as the lighthouse buckled under the waves battering and disappeared. All on board were lost. That evening, he went to see the Lord Mayor and struck a wager with him. It was however more complex than it at first appeared. All were taken to the depot, where a multi-national gang armed with AK-47s was waiting. chief baron of the exchequer, who died in 1778, as did The landlord, Brian Wooster, was in the habit of watching out for trouble coming through the door, but had not expected a threat from across the street. The other battle was fought in 1016, between King Edmund, surnamed Ironsides, and Canute, the Danish King. What followed was something of a replay of 1381: a march on London, initial military successes and revolutionary justice, followed however by a lack of self-restraint that alienated the locals. For Britain, it was a classic victory over a world-class opponent for a nation that, a thousand years later, would possess the finest fleet in the world. Coincidentally, the Hundred Years War was going badly, and a series of poll-taxes designed to raise funds exacerbated popular hostility. for Rochester, and Amid foul weather and poor visibility, the pilot attempted an emergency landing near Aldington, but hit a barn; he and two of the 13 passengers died. and for Robert their eldest son, obt. Of the 59 signatories of the Kings death warrant, four others were Kent men: John Dixwell of Dover, Sir Michael Livesey of Eastchurch, James Temple from Rochester, and Sir Hardress Waller of Chartham. The SS Deutschland with her crew of 90 was carrying 123 German emigrants to New York via Southampton. Those accounts that exist were mostly written long after the event, are short on detail, and seldom tally. In March 1769, however, he was in for a surprise. It was also commemorated in a 1975 folk song, and a plaque was unveiled in 2013 bearing the names of the dead. anno 1313, (fn. The ship was literally blown to pieces. and chapter of Westminster, the present lessee being The effects in Canterbury were considerable, including the partial collapse of St Augustines Abbey and the Cathedral. Having served its purpose at the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, the Crystal Palace was rebuilt at the top of Sydenham Hill. At 4.41 am on July 25th, he set off from Sangatte, maintaining a steady 45 mph. 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. The American hybrid SS Savannah had already made the crossing in 1819, but that was largely under sail, whereas Curaaos engines were used for at least 11 days, and at least 22 on the return journey. There is no point in looking up Folkestone Abbey on Tripadvisor: it ceased to exist many centuries ago. parish officers, to be paid out of land vested in Mr. Polhill, and This was a so-called Liberty ship one built for Britain in the USA during WW2 that the Americans had cheekily named after one of their Revolutionary War heroes. The first battle was fought in 773, between Offa, King of Mercia, and Adric, King of Kent, when Offa gained the victory, yet not without slaughter on both sides. At last, Glatton capsized. In 1067, months after William the Conqueror was crowned King of England, Englands foremost religious building burned to the ground. The Church reacted in the normal manner of centralised authority, by declaring this challenger a devil and his followers idiots. Within a fortnight of the end of the phoney war in May 1940, a crisis had turned into a calamity. Six years after being sacked for his outspokenness in 1879, he single-handedly founded the Indian National Congress. [10], A monument to historical events in Brentford, including the 1016 battle, stands outside the County court in Brentford. 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. Shakespeare even mentions the earthquake in Romeo and Juliet. So total was the surprise that the Kings key ships were captured, along with their cannon, and Warwick was able to land his army at Sandwich. It glanced off a roof and struck the workshop, killing 46 of the camps 244 men; the eventual death toll was 52. Huguenot was another religious name coined as a term of derision. By then, 19 protesters had been hanged, 644 imprisoned, and 481 transported. So spectacular was it that a crowd of around 10,000 gathered to watch, even though Whitstables population was only about a fifth of that number. to have been stiled the HONOR OF OTFORD, having a 150 hogs. The brainchild of martial arts expert Lee Murray-Lamrani, it was even bigger, better organised and more slickly executed than the Great Train Robbery of 1963, but like its predecessor was undone by carelessness during the money-laundering stage. Officially still in commission, she is now displayed at Portsmouth. Damage was estimated at over 10,000. He himself was born in Dublin, and went to Eton and Oxford. Operation Sealion: IWM COL 238. Five Kent men went to petition the Tory-dominated Commons to pass a bill of supply so that the King could build Britains defences against the French. When the Queen persisted after predictably being refused entry, Margaret got her archers to fire on the royal party. being a most commodious and favorite retirement for The first manned trial was planned for February 21st, 1916. It was not long before reality intruded. Despite its record, production of the Meteor continued until 1955. Her life ended tragically. He took a sympathetic approach to Indian nationalist concerns, for which reason he was relatively popular. by knights service, who presently exchanged the same for William Sidney and Alice his wife, descended from William Simon Islip, sufficient for his accommodation, he with Mr. James Martyr, who pulled the whole of it down, others, to his kinsman, Sir Richard Betenson, bart [5], After relieving London Edmund pursued the Danes and the battle of Brentford was fought two days later. Not until 1948 was he suspected, when codebreakers got access to his likely identity; yet still he hung on. Squadron Leader Phillip Sandeman ejected, but his parachute failed to open, while Sergeant Kenneth Clarkson was killed instantly. There was a further trail of destruction at the jetty and sea wall, and numerous properties were inundated. Here that great prelate archbishop Robert Winchelsea entertained king Edward I. in his 29th year, The cyclone that raced through southern England in the early hours of October 16th, 1987 is often mistakenly called a hurricane because of its hurricane-force gusts. That same year, a storm further east caused the death of 50,000 in Holland. The local military were summoned, with others sailing over from Tilbury, and three different fire services arrived. IRA bomb outrage, Maidstone: Old Bunyard, 2021. Although the Ordnance Survey is now most commonly associated in the public imagination with hiking and the like, its original purpose was military. The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. Its publisher was James Abree, who eventually distributed it in all major Kent towns east of the, The military operation in Flanders devised by Captain Home Popham during the Revolutionary War with France was an eerie forerunner of the disastrous. land, and though the rivulets and springs throughout it King Charles I obdurately refused to recognise Parliamentary resistance to his aims, and Parliament obdurately refused to raise taxes if he wouldnt. There were 49 fatalities, and 78 were injured. But for Churchills premature label, it might even have been known as the Battle of Kent. It was a gallant effort: five months later, two others attempting a Calais-to-Dover crossing were killed when their balloon caught fire. 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. All either confessed to having had the devil appear to them in the form of a cat or, would you believe, a hedgehog. The Dutch withdrew with the loss of one ship, but the Commonwealth declared war two months later. On January 28th, 1896, he went hurtling through Paddock Wood at 8 miles an hour, well in excess of the 2 mph limit. Regrettably, the importance of his work was not fully appreciated before others muscled in. The first occasion was in the C12, when King Stephen seized the throne. Following a failed attempt, he departed from Dovers Admiralty Pier on August 24th, 1875, covered in porpoise oil and accompanied by three boats. The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) [1] was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. A case can be made out for each. IRA bomb outrage, Maidstone: Old Bunyard, 2021. He was incarcerated at the RWK barracks in Maidstone, where he attempted to escape by digging a tunnel. The French successfully undermined the Castle barbican, and then brought down one tower of the gatehouse; but their massed assault was bloodily repulsed. Thirty years earlier, Israel had triumphed in the Arab-Israeli War, and now occupied the Sinai Desert after reasserting its military dominance in 1967 and 1973. What followed set a precedent for all future thrillers involving balloon flights. As there was no register, the exact tally of fatalities is unknown, but it exceeded 600, making it Britains worst ever inland water disaster. Being a Sheerness resident is not that different from living on the side of Vesuvius. had thus come into the king's possessions, he kept the youngest son of Thomas Polhill, esq. All the crew bar one were rescued. Canterbury, and consequently in that deanry. The case emphasised the importance of making the new Automatic Warning System generally available. These unfortunates would be a lasting reminder to Anglo-Saxon nobles of his contempt for them. It was also remembered in the 1980s, when calculations were made to estimate its intensity; the Channel Tunnel was accordingly constructed to withstand such a battering, if it ever happens again. He boarded HMS Cossack and ordered Glatton to be scuttled. A violent hailstorm hit the area south-east of London, Tunbridge Wells being particularly badly hit. Greatness farms, containing about eight hundred and The store was blown apart, and the damage widespread: the neighbouring Co-op was also destroyed, along with many vehicles in the street. village towards Chevening. Not until the affluent 1980s did the Channel Tunnel get the go-ahead. At Otford, he won a sterling victory that saw the invaders fleeing to Sheppey. there are 8 servants, and 6 mills of 72 shillings, and extensive woods, and other lands for their pleasure and Had they drowned, they would have been held innocent, but the devil helped them stay afloat. Gerard Manley Hopkins recorded the wreck in a poem dedicated to five nuns who drowned. [4] According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Eadric took 40 ships from the king and defected to Cnut. The citizens and the national councillors present chose Edmund as their king,[5] but a larger number of nobles present at Southampton declared support for Cnut. The outcome hung in the balance before Geta won a triumph, despite the Britons three-to-one numerical superiority. The case remains unsolved. Rail travel was never the safest in the Victorian era, and accidents were commonplace. Investigation revealed that it was a people-smuggling exercise organised by a Chinese snakehead gang. It was another matter on the Goodwin Sands, which became a seamens graveyard. John (alias William) Nevison is barely remembered today, but was a scourge in his time and certainly did not lack ingenuity. daughter of lord St. John, obt 1625; arms, a pheon; memorials Moments later, a second wave lifted him, the sole survivor, onto a lifeboat. It seems formerly to have been known by the name it is the second in the Saxon name of a place, is generally left out in our modern pronunciation. Kent got lucky in that respect, but witnessed extraordinary happenings. It was published as a weekly in Canterbury in 1717, but soon started appearing on both Wednesday and Saturday. We can deduce that, in 449, Germanic warriors were invited in by a Brythonic overlord to assist in his war with the Scots. [1] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that the Mercians and the people of Kent fought at Otford, without giving the outcome, although it is considered significant that Kent was re-established as an independent kingdom after the battle. December 1703 saw the most destructive storm in English history. Nine men were flogged, 29 imprisoned, and 29 hanged, among them Parker. house; notwithstanding which, his immediate successor, (fn. of it. It was finally rendered outmoded by improved rail travel, which opened up attractions much further afield. A favoured destination was Elizabethan England, with its sympathetic Protestant work ethic. Wyatts 4,000-strong force was nevertheless repulsed at Southwark by London loyalists, and instead crossed the Thames at Kingston. The authorities laid on a grand finale, hoping for a big Christmas crowd. A war followed, with landmark battles probably at Aylesford (455) and Crayford (457). It could have been worse, however. north side of the altar is an antient altar tomb, with an arch in A search of nearby houses yielded a dead smuggler in a cottage, alongside a dying one. Great Securitas Robbery: Old Bunyard, 2021. worlds first shore-to-ship communication, Royal Naval Air Services Kingsnorth station, Thames Richard Montgomery KC 7722 (Modified) (cropped), St Johns Lewisham Rail Crash Geograph-2042851, Barming Asylum now Oakwood Hospital. A French warship exploded with the loss of 200 lives, while Admiral Hendriksz Dutch flagship foundered. 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. 4) reserved Otford to the In the valley much of it is meadow The train behaved strangely, rolling excessively when going fast around bends. Resistance remained fierce, however, both from the sea and Willikin of the Wealds heroic guerrilla warfare. and one villein, with 18 borderers, having 45 carucates; devised this estate, consisting of the ruins of the palace, Parliament reacted with the same outrage as the last time, denouncing their insolence and gaoling them. in the 29th year of his reign, as has been mentioned In 1119, Robert de Crvecoeur had erected a stone fortress there possibly a motte and bailey on land that had been gifted by William II to his cousin Hamo. A fair is held here on the 24th of After the Kingdom of Kent had enjoyed three centuries of affluence and relative stability, the peace was disturbed in the usual manner: by a megalomaniac bent on empowering and enriching himself. Truculent was cut apart by the impact and sank like a stone. Archbishop Deane, who came to the see in the 16th He could not speak for two weeks, and his son said he never got over it. It all went awry when the wind changed direction, so the vital smokescreen was not forthcoming. From the heirs of (fn. Oakwood Hospital is now the St Andrews residential estate. which makes it far from being pleasant, and gives it a The fire service was unable to make much difference because the tide was out and there was no other water source. He was the Duke of Gloucester, uncle and protector of the boy King Henry VI. The Navy put on a brave face, awarding eight Victoria Crosses. The result was that wages rose dramatically, and the mobility of labour was transformed. As the Ramsgate train had gone through two warning signals, the driver was charged with unlawful killing, but acquitted at a second trial. of Shoreham, by whom he had His 4,000 men put ashore at Sandwich on Sunday, August 28th, 1457. stained glass, being or on a sess gules, three fleurs de lis of the field, If the Royal Navy could suffer such disasters when the Germans werent even in sight, it looked like being a difficult war. About 120 vessels had taken shelter in the Downs, normally a safe haven. Its foundation date actually makes it the oldest continuously existing school in the world, the Kings School in Rochester (founded 604) being a relative stripling. The new appointee in 1910 was Charles Hardinge, 1, It is fitting that, 17 years after one corner of Kent saw the, During WW1, Neville Usborne (b 1883) had the unique distinction of being both a Royal Navy lieutenant and a wing-commander, having taken command of the. 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