24 were killed, and another 18 injured. His execution on August 1st did indeed draw a good crowd, estimated at over 8,000; and he gave the reporters something to enthuse about by struggling for two minutes before expiring. He circulated a manifesto called The Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent, airing the peoples grievances. A packed Sunday-evening train was travelling from Hastings to Charing Cross with many standing passengers. Another went to his subordinate Able Seaman Albert McKenzie, 19, who survived his wounds but died of Spanish flu at Chatham Naval Hospital six months later. The cause was never definitively established. The county had little practice in shifting pachyderms around, its only previous experience being one that arrived at Sandwich with the Romans in AD 43. 7) and he resided here at the time of his In 1960, the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich pioneered a futuristic new vision for municipal car-parking. The Celts retreated to the Thames, but were only delaying the inevitable. The encounter was all perfectly civilised. Yet, determined to have their prize, they must have returned with a bigger army that drove out the Brythons for good. several lands, now belonging to Charles Polhill, esq. The former operated out of Dover, the latter Ramsgate. year of king James I. bearing then the title of lord A suave, high-living Etonian, he was considered for the part of James Bond in the movie series, but distinguished himself instead as an obsessive gambler. 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. with quarterings, in the middle a mullet for difference. This one was a gift from Henrys French brother-in-law, Louis IX. It is the Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Great Britain took over administration of the subcontinent from the East India Company and appointed a viceroy. it is the second in the Saxon name of a place, is generally left out in our modern pronunciation. Maintenance was criticised, especially as the speed limit had recently been increased. Despite days of disruption, the wreckage was removed, the bridge rebuilt, and the lines re-laid within six weeks. On May 29, The Dutch attack on the Royal Navy in the. IN THE YEAR 791, Offa, king of Mercia, whose gifts The peculiar circumstances revolve around John Nichols Tom, alias Sir William Courtney. in the 29th year of his reign, as has been mentioned Five years later, Templers Balloon Factory became the Royal Aircraft Factory. The Dutch withdrew with the loss of one ship, but the Commonwealth declared war two months later. He even had an excess of guns added at launch to emphasise the point. In the late 1940s, the Gloster Meteor was the fastest aeroplane in the world; but pushing the envelope meant that its safety record was less than satisfactory. The French successfully undermined the Castle barbican, and then brought down one tower of the gatehouse; but their massed assault was bloodily repulsed. By the middle of the C9, the threat from the East presented by red-bearded men in longboats was serious, and incessant. was taxed at 8 sulings. staff into the dry ground, and that water immediately Within weeks, during the seminal showdown at Assandun, Eadric and his men again defected, handing Cnut a decisive victory. in the chapel of Apuldrefelde, for the good state of the From 1791, the growing threat of a French invasion demanded a detailed survey of the likely theatre of war, which in practice meant Kent. 150 hogs. Though crushed, Kents rebellion paved the way for the Wars of the Roses five years later. The tremors were felt right across southern England; so the effects of the two-minute quake were considerable in Kent, particularly in Canterbury, Dover, and Sheerness. Several others were not so lucky. It could have been worse, however. After several failed attempts, she hired a couple of assassins called Black Will and Shakebag to do the job professionally. The dagger was still in his pocket, but he declared, I have done enough! and the old man survived. The loss appears trivial alongside the Senghenydd disaster of 1913, when 439 coalminers died in an explosion, but no less harrowing for those affected. The blame was placed on slack man-management by warders who, having worked only on prison hulks, were unused to conventional prison methods. Henceforth, English cities of high cultural value were to be targeted by the Luftwaffe, with the aim of breaking popular resolve. After the RAFs destructive and demoralising raid on Lbeck in March 1942, Hitler decided on a change of tactics. The rebel barons had taken the initiative by sending William dAubigny to reinforce it, and the city constable had admitted his troops. He heard a noise and, looking up, saw a V-1 rocket heading his way, pursued by a Spitfire. Flamboyant fighter ace Leutnant Franz von Werra claimed during the Battle of Britain to have shot down a Spitfire near Rochester and destroyed eight Hurricanes, all on one day; not that the RAF knew of it. The airships gas cylinders were then struck by anti-aircraft fire from Purfleet, and finally Kiwi pilot Alfred Brandon dropped so-called Ranken darts on the L15, bringing it down off Margate. 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. One that took place at Staplehurst on June 9th, 1865 took on a particular significance because of one noteworthy passenger on board: Charles Dickens. The governor sent in a posse of 150 officers to restore order and place the ringleaders in punishment cells. Edmund, surnamed Ironside, passing the river Thames By the name of Park-fields, which conveyed to that king a messuage, called BROUGHTON'S, and other premises in Otford, in exchange for Had they drowned, they would have been held innocent, but the devil helped them stay afloat. 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. was widened in 1767, many skeletons were found in Penselwood, battle of, 1016. September 1967 was a watershed for the Beatles. By 466, the invaders were forced back to the place where theyd first entered Britain, and possibly forced to flee. 1). A crater 20 feet deep and 50 yards long was blown out of the seabed, and seismographic equipment on the west coast of America recorded an earthquake measuring 4.5. Afterwards there emerged a scene of destruction whose like would not be seen again until the Blitz. A search of nearby houses yielded a dead smuggler in a cottage, alongside a dying one. World war resulted, costing Britain its world-power status. Its leader, Henry Hart, wrote passionate texts concerning free will, albeit not very articulately. The calamity on July 11th, 1927 at the Gillingham charity fair was as harrowing as can be imagined, even in a nightmare. The Battle of Brentford was fought in 1016 between invading forces of the Kingdom of Denmark under Cnut and the defending forces of the Kingdom of England led by Edmund Ironside. 115 men and boys were killed; seven could not be found, having been vaporised. Incredibly, the Cathedral survived. 11) the other battle was fought in 1016, when king edmund, surnamed ironside, passing the river thames with his army, marched after canute, the danish king, through surry, into kent, and encountering the danes at this place, made a great slaughter of them; after which he pursued them as far as aylesford, in their rout to the isle of shepey, and had Less than a month after being commissioned in May 1878, the SMS Grosser Kurfrst of the German Imperial Navy was sailing past Folkestone with two other German ironclads when two local boats were spotted crossing their path. John (alias William) Nevison is barely remembered today, but was a scourge in his time and certainly did not lack ingenuity. His force at Maidstone amounted to 10,000 volunteers; but he made the mistake of sending the majority to defend other towns. Captain Matthew Webb from Shropshire was a natural born swimmer. Login with username, password and session length. One reason why Kent played a singular part in the early years of civil aviation was that aircraft were popular for cross-Channel transportation; Lympne even had its own airport. His invasion plan, Unternehmen Seelwe (Operation Sealion), originally proposed a symbolic repetition of the dark-age Germanic invasion of Britain, stretching from Ramsgate to the Isle of Wight. The damage to woods like those at Toys Hill and Knole Park took years to remedy. Though technological efficiency was a boon to employers, it brought with it mass unemployment. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Whatever the true cause, Saxons will have seen it as a sign of Gods anger. The source of the uncertainty is the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery, 1 miles offshore. At the entrance of the and queen Elizabeth, afterwards made several grants of The careless bosun whod left a candle untended was flogged and jailed for life. Cnut became undisputed king, and for once did something laudable: he had Eadric put to death. The curate of this church, in 1719, had a stipend With efforts to use balloons for military reconnaissance proving ineffectual in the US Civil War, the British Army decided in 1862 to commence its own project to develop viable military balloons. On the The subsequent sedimentation changed the coastline dramatically, not least by filling in the bight beside which Tenterden sat. This time, Louis gave up for good. Before long, the whole locality was aflame. the house wanted a fit spring to water it, stuck his Kent-born Bartolomew de Badlesmere, who had been granted stewardship of Leeds Castle, joined the party of barons opposing them. Lying in wait was a squad of armed excisemen ready to make arrests and confiscate loot. Apart from four pointless name changes, ultimately to Oakwood Hospital, it served its purpose efficiently until 1957, when there was a fatal fire. Some members were burned in Canterbury; but, by the time the order for Harts arrest went out in 1557, he was already dead. Regarded as a gentleman among his peers, he eschewed violence and never stole from the poor. 3) soon after which one Werhard, a powerful priest, and kinsman to archbishop Wlfred, found However, a historian recently suggested that the actual cause was arson: Canterbury was in competition with Durham for pilgrims visits, so its monks were desperate to build a new shrine to the recently murdered Thomas Becket. Although appliances turned up within four minutes, a blaze had taken hold, and it was not until 7.30 am that it was brought under control. Not until the affluent 1980s did the Channel Tunnel get the go-ahead. known by the name of the Lesser or Little Park. At Uplees, on what is now the Oare Marsh Nature Reserve, an explosives factory stood next door to the Explosive Loading Company. The Fifth of November was to be remembered for all the wrong reasons in 1967. Mrs Quested, a neighbour, went in to investigate. whose son, Sir Charles Farnaby Radcliffe, bart. Parliament responded prudently by striking an alliance with the Dutch and Sweden to counter French aggression. He marched his men to Northampton, where in July he won a major victory over the King. King Edward VI. in the Left single, in bold parley, ye, of yore, Did from the Norman win a gallant wreath; Confirmed the charters that were yours before; No parleying now! In 1914, Marconis research unit at Brooklands, Surrey was taken over by the Royal Flying Corps under the command of Major Charles Prince. of Otford, he died 1719, De Ruyter is hailed today in Holland as a national hero on a par with Nelson, and the transom of the Royal Charles is displayed proudly in Amsterdams Rijksmuseum. It turned into a rout. On June 1, One of the biggest challenges facing the English Commonwealth under Cromwell was the mercantile strength of the Dutch Republic. The Battle of Brentford was fought in 1016 between invading forces of the Kingdom of Denmark under Cnut and the defending forces of the Kingdom of England led by Edmund Ironside. Ships were torn from their anchorages and tossed around like toys, crashing into each other with calamitous effect, and no hope of rescue. It was finally dismantled in 1966 for another 1 million plus. 90 passengers were killed and 173 injured. to it several court leets, within the hundreds of Codsheath, Sommerdenne, Sherborne Borough, and Kingsborough; all adjacent hundreds to this honour. For John Lennons psychedelic I Am The Walrus sequence, locals were recruited as extras, playing egg-men; while McCartneys whimsical Your Mother Should Know became a song-and-dance spectacular featuring 160 of Kents own Frank & Peggy Spencer Formation Team. As early as 1815, Margate had the stone harbour-arm that doubles as a pier. One victim was not found until later because his body had been blown onto a roof. It was one of a series of battles fought between Edmund and Canute, ultimately resulting in the lands held by Edmund's father Ethelred the . By then, future Transport Minister John Moore-Brabazon had become the first Briton to make a powered flight, five years after the Wrights. The lifeboat Friend To All Nations capsized with the loss of nine lives. Wyatt was left isolated when the plot was exposed, but assembled an army of 1,500 men of the best shire at Rochester. This story of outstanding heroism travelled around the world. the A rare combination of tidal and meteorological conditions on January 31st, 1953 had dramatic consequences. The antagonists were Spain and Holland, and the warzone the Downs, the safe anchorage off Deal. He set sail for Denmark, taking with him his fathers noble hostages; and, at Sandwich, he paused to put them ashore. A second-rate ship was not sub-standard but simply less strong than a super-powerful first-rater. The victim turned out to be Alan Decabral, a particularly interesting character, since he had expressed fears for his life after testifying as a key witness in the recent M25 murder case. His first message was Hello Furnie. She never married, but accompanied her widowed mother in retirement in Brighton. The first Navigation Act in 1651 aimed to hamper Dutch shipping, and inevitably stoked tensions. by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Ireton, ob. Its first TV appearance was similarly blighted. The next day, they slipped away to Southampton en route to Russia, where they spent the rest of their lives. In her hold are 286 2,000-pound bombs, 4,439 1,000-pounders and nearly 5,000 others that salvage experts could not remove. It was targeted at the School of Music, and was timed to catch the musicians in their recreational changing room. The battle was a victory for the English, who nevertheless lost a large number of men. The earthquake occurred a year after the Kent-based Peasants Revolt, and was a sure sign of Gods displeasure with either the King or the rebels, according to perspective. them; adjoining to which they had two large parks, Once in, the Vikings did all they were notorious for, including stripping the city bare, setting fire to the cathedral, and taking eminent hostages, one of them being Archbishop Aelfheah himself. English archers used the wind to wreak havoc, whilst lime was released into French eyes. of Otford, son of John and Robert William; for they had, in the 46th year The conflagration reached Mr Saddingtons salt warehouse, where barrels of gunpowder and sulphur were stored. Rather unfairly, Tunbridge Wells saw an encore in 1956, when cars were almost buried in the white marbles. Marching from Dover to London in October 1215, King John found his path blocked by Rochester Castle, which controlled the river crossing. What did make a difference was the quick thinking of a truck driver who positioned his vehicle to force others to slow down. On their release, the Kent five were banqueted in London, and hailed as heroes back in Maidstone. Such ships of the line were divided into four ratings, according to their number of guns and crew. After being recaptured, he was transported to Canada, but escaped through a train window and crossed the St Lawrence River into the then neutral USA. Edward III. Charles II. palace excited the envy of the courtiers, passed it away, of William of Perth in Scotland was a well-to-do baker known for his kindness. Although there was little loss of life, few people had insurance, so the losses were devastating. [2] With Aethelred sick, and Edmund at loggerheads with Eadric, Cnut faced little opposition, and by Christmas the people of Wessex had recognised Cnut as king and given him hostages. [5] Edmund was then joined by his brother in law, Earl Uhtred of Northumbria, and attacked towns which according to Anglo-Norman chronicler William of Malmesbury, had sided with Cnut. Thomas Streatfield, esq. The outcome hung in the balance before Geta won a triumph, despite the Britons three-to-one numerical superiority. side towards the east and west. Henceforth, English cities of high cultural value were to be targeted by the Luftwaffe, with the aim of breaking popular resolve. Eventually the doctor reported his suspicions, and she was tried for murder. No sooner had the Montgolfier Brothers made history with their first-ever manned flight than two more adventurers felt the need to upstage them. It was not quite the worst such calamity in Britain: in 1997, 160 vehicles were caught up in a fatal pile-up on the M42. One of these is in Ashingdon, Rochford in Essex. It was doubly auspicious that the locals should have won it. Otford, which stands at the foot of the chalk hills in The engine, River Cray, derailed after the Pollhill Tunnel, unfortunately at a point where a bridge crossed a cutting. Somehow 12 crew survived, but 741 were incinerated. one hundred pounds per annum, the house and glebe In 1015 Eadric killed Sigeferth and Morcar, the chief thanes of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw, for unknown reasons, but it would seem that this prompted Edmund Ironside, Aethelred's eldest surviving son, to act to counter Eadric's growing influence. of Chepsted. 17) all which were granted in the 1st and Six years after being sacked for his outspokenness in 1879, he single-handedly founded the Indian National Congress. A case can be made out for each. (fn. 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 driver, John Sansom, reported afterwards that he saw nothing, but simply felt an impact. Dartford to Sevenoke goes through the village of It transpired that the water had escaped from an adjacent abandoned shaft. Huguenot was another religious name coined as a term of derision. Wreck of SS Richard Montgomery: Thames Richard Montgomery KC 7722 (Modified) (cropped) by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, licensed under CC BY 3.0. It was also in Kent waters, but the explosion was even bigger. Furthermore, Englands humiliating inability to prevent this blatant breach of its territorial integrity became a factor in the later Anglo-Dutch Wars. archbishop Warham, thinking the house too mean for house; notwithstanding which, his immediate successor, (fn. now of that annual produce. A tunnel between England and France must have been mooted as soon as the land bridge connecting them was severed ten thousand years ago. It embarked on constructing an 8-storey, 256-space car-park with a difference: one using a system of lifts and pulleys to transport each car to its parking slot and later return it automatically for collection. The train took 250 yards to stop. After a skirmish with Maarten Tromps Dutch fleet in the Channel, the Spaniards took refuge in the Downs. Through his sister Henrietta, he initiated secret talks with her brother-in-law, King Louis XIV the despotic Sun King. Sir George Harper, anno 33 king Henry VIII. The Battle of Ashingdon is also known as the Battle of Assundun, the Battle of Assingdon, the Battle of Assandun and the Battle of Assendun. which the family of Bosville had the see of this estate, in which name it continued down to Henry In 1137, however, a monastery known as Folkestone Priory was built nearby. greatly pleased with the retired situation of this palace, The fire service was unable to make much difference because the tide was out and there was no other water source. 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