About 120 vessels had taken shelter in the Downs, normally a safe haven. It followed hard upon another mutiny concerning pay and conditions at Spithead, off Portsmouth. The wreck remained a shipping hazard until it was tipped into a gully, and now lies beneath the car-ferry terminal. The two survivors were given leave to stay in Britain for four years. The Black Death of 1348 killed half the population of England. 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 . ago, sold it to Sir Jeffry Amherst, K.B. Such ships of the line were divided into four ratings, according to their number of guns and crew. in the chapel of Apuldrefelde, for the good state of the SIR THOMAS SMITH, gave by will, in 1625, to six poor persons who do not receive alms, and frequent divine service, bread A girl on land and a man on a ship half a mile away were killed by debris; another civilian died of shock. That ship would be HMS Victory, and she would be built at Chatham. The hailstones measured almost an inch in diameter, and fell in torrents. rated at 10 pounds. Initial experiments were undertaken with a balloon hired from the outstanding Wouldham-born balloonist Henry Coxwell. Not that the numerous Kentish spectators minded: they joyfully plundered grounded Spanish vessels. By the time the traffic came to a halt, 130 vehicles had become embroiled in the mayhem, even though vehicles coming in the opposite direction had been frantically flashing their lights as a warning. David Polhill, esq. Six months later, he was killed in a training accident. (Cropped, minor text edits). mentioned before, remained in the crown till king Edward VI. Margaret surrendered after a fortnight and became the first woman to be imprisoned in the Tower. in the 29th year of his reign, as has been mentioned Vowing to fly his Imperial Eagle over the Tower of London, Boney terrifyingly amassed an army of 100,000 at Boulogne. The battle was a victory for the English, who nevertheless lost a large number of men. Experiments at Lydd in 1886 evaluated the use of balloons for observing artillery fire, and land was hired at Lidsing for training camps. Wheler reported the ground-breaking results to the Royal Society, which awarded Gray its first Copley Medal. All but the foremost group of cadets had been mowed down. render it very moist and marshy, yet it is here rather fertile. Despite its record, production of the Meteor continued until 1955. The battle was fought as part of a campaign by Cnut to conquer England. When Christopher Cockerells SR.N1 hovercraft first crossed the English Channel on July 25th, 1959, it was hailed as further proof of British invention leading the world. A case can be made out for each. granted by the archbishop to king Henry VIII. We are so accustomed to the idea of smuggling as the pastime of romantic rogues that we overlook the savage reality. On Friday, September 22nd, 1989, a 15-pound time-bomb went off at 8.22am in the Royal Marines depot in Deal. Downstairs, he noticed something at first surprising, then horrific: blood was dripping through the ceiling. The fire was blamed on cinders drifting across from blazing cottages nearby. Otford, battle of, c. 776. The Gardens were originally targeted at the gentry, but thrived when the price was dropped and the offering moved downmarket. It was therefore re-designed by Sir Christopher Wren as todays distinctive four blocks, preserving a riverine view through their middle. Many entertainments were staged there, including dances, live performances, and firework displays. The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. The scite of it, with a considerable estate in this parish, is now in the possession Even as far away as Hollingbourne, the church and manor suffered serious damage. On January 11th, 1947, there occurred an extraordinary episode that left people wondering what had gone right. As for the FitzUrse family, they prudently changed their name to Barham, but continued to display their bear emblem, still visible around Kent. In 1912, it was also the birthplace of the Royal Naval Air Service, which in 1918 merged with the Royal Flying Corps to form the RAF. At 15, he saved his brother from drowning in the Severn, and after joining the Merchant Navy was celebrated for leaping into the Atlantic to try and save a man overboard. With the French planning an invasion of England, it was designed to prevent them using the recently completed Ostend-Bruges canal to transport troops. IN THE YEAR 791, Offa, king of Mercia, whose gifts Edmund would overtake Cnut at the battle of Assandun on 18 October 1016, which was a victory for Cnut. Maidstone, now Kents county town, had a school at the ecclesiastical College of All Saints as early as 1395. On the second, Hosidius Getas legion mounted a surprise attack. they continued down to Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, In the pre-dawn dark and a blizzard, Captain Eduard Brickenstein sailed 30 miles off course, and got stranded on the Kentish Knock sandbank. After failing to starve the defenders out, Louis agreed a truce in October. The aftermath was a scrapyard a mile long that took nine hours to clear. Four years later, work began on the first iron pier. Of these, 890 RAF Meteors crashed, claiming 450 lives. The chapel of Otford, annexed to the parsonage of It was finally dismantled in 1966 for another 1 million plus. Incredibly, the steamer silently backed away and disappeared into the night. As a plaque records in Bearsted churchyard, however, it was a miscarriage. Reformation theologians generally went along with Catholicism on this; but a major challenge was presented by the Freewillers. A severe gale blew up that tore both from their moorings and onto the Goodwin Sands. During November, the revolt spread to neighbouring counties. Scores of nurses were drafted in. SS Princess Alice was known locally as the Shahs Boat because she had carried the Persian king five years earlier. Interestingly, the bones of a young female discovered there in 1885 have now been dated to the C7. War proved another calamity. Around midnight, a Dutch truck that had arrived from Zeebrugge was taken aside for investigation by customs officials. Though some became infected, they regarded it as an occupational hazard. 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. He overreached himself, however, and was killed at Smithfield. There Arnold had to fork out 4/7/- altogether, equivalent to nearly 600 today, or else face seven days hard labour. 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. In 1549, however, the town was incorporated under Henry VIIIs short-lived son and successor Edward VI, permitting the establishment of a new grammar school at the Corpus Christi Hall in Earl Street. the The West was becoming increasingly embroiled because of the devastating OPEC oil embargo and escalating terrorism. The record does not say who won, but the fact that King Egbert issued his own charters afterwards suggests a temporary reverse for the master. Having served its purpose at the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, the Crystal Palace was rebuilt at the top of Sydenham Hill. More subtly, a deputation approached William offering either the branch of peace or the sword of war; he opted for the former, and agreed to their demands. Havock Square, outside Maidstone Museum, now marks the point where the Royalists made their bloody last stand, although a thousand hid in the chapel before surrendering. A Yorkshireman, he served in the Army before taking up a favourite occupation of ex-soldiers, highway robbery. Because of foul weather, by the 22nd she had still only reached Dungeness, where she was at anchor. The Warren Retail Park in the west of Ashford is so mundane that it is the last place one would expect to see a cold-blooded murder. the above mentioned premises to Sir Thomas Smith, By the middle of the C9, the threat from the East presented by red-bearded men in longboats was serious, and incessant. Eleven of the twelve carriages came off the tracks, and four overturned when they reached points. Also affected was New Romney, hit by an avalanche of gravel that physically moved the town a mile inland. The damage to woods like those at Toys Hill and Knole Park took years to remedy. As there was no register, the exact tally of fatalities is unknown, but it exceeded 600, making it Britains worst ever inland water disaster. As police suspicion grew, she sent herself parcels in the hope of incriminating Maynard. Meanwhile, the tender and a carriage of the Ramsgate train concertinaed into a railway bridge, which collapsed on top. The Battle of Ashingdon is also known as the Battle of Assundun, the Battle of . Ships were torn from their anchorages and tossed around like toys, crashing into each other with calamitous effect, and no hope of rescue. daughter of John Borret, esq. The train behaved strangely, rolling excessively when going fast around bends. In view of the nature of its occupants, it was built outside of the city wall in a part of Chatham under Rochesters jurisdiction. This now world-famous tale has inevitably provoked cynical speculation that it was cooked up by prelates seeking a lucrative competitor to Beckets shrine at Canterbury. King Ethelraed IIs hapless efforts to repel Cnuts invasion came to a halt in April 1016, when he died in London. After leaving politics, he discovered God. and for Robert their eldest son, obt. In truth, it was the start of a worse one. side towards the east and west. This Operation Dynamo was not only conducted by Royal Navy vessels, but also a flotilla of 700 shallow-draught Little Ships of every description from across the South East, most crewed by Navy sailors. 5) hold 1 suling and an On November 26th, the destroyer HMS Bulwark was at Kethole Reach, five miles off Sheerness. It turned into a rout. The Royal Hospital for Seamen, like the Eastbridge Hospital in Canterbury, was never actually a hospital, but had that name in the sense of an institution offering hospitality to the needy. Charing Heath flying bomb: Old Bunyard, 2020. which he now resides. Under these terms Cnut gained Mercia and payment for his army, while Edmund held Wessex. The high stewardship of the honour of Otford has [1] Aethelred was invited by the English to return and Cnut was driven out of his base at Gainsborough after an English attack found him unprepared. All were taken to the depot, where a multi-national gang armed with AK-47s was waiting. Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, was central to one of the great criminal mysteries of the C20. The bodies and body parts were collected and identified as well as possible, a mass grave was dug at Lenham, and, after dark, all were buried together by lantern light. Aethelred was forced to flee to Normandy. Though Maidstone Hospital shouldered some of the load, the burden of care and supervision of the mentally ill fell mostly on families and GPs, who continue to bear it today. As that happened in France, he planned an encore in England at this, the only viable civilian site. On the evening of October 20th, 1853, a party of 37 Irish and Romany hop-pickers were returning to their camp on the back of a horse-drawn waggon. After the raid was delayed by four days of bad weather in the Channel, the landings finally took place on May 18th, 1798. the possessions of the see of Canterbury, till archbishop A pair of barges alongside had likewise disappeared. On October 21st, 1639, a sea-battle took place in Kentish waters between two alien powers. It started a copycat pattern of Luddism that resulted in over 100 machines being destroyed in East Kent within eight weeks. In July 1216, he headed back east to remedy the omission. 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. within these parks of Otford. Archbishop Thomas Becket seems to have been In the era of sail, it was customary for warships to form a line that fired on the enemy passing in the opposite direction. The Nore is an anchorage off Sheerness that gave its name to an infamous mutiny. The invaders were routed, and Eustace was beheaded on deck. Archbishop Deane, who came to the see in the 16th Penenden Heath in Kent (pronounced 'Pennendn') is . Wyatt was left isolated when the plot was exposed, but assembled an army of 1,500 men of the best shire at Rochester. The losses from the storm were largely material. there is mention At Margate, residents watched in amazement as the lighthouse buckled under the waves battering and disappeared. IRA bomb outrage, Maidstone: Old Bunyard, 2021. 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. Within a fortnight of the end of the phoney war in May 1940, a crisis had turned into a calamity. Elizabeth I went further, making hanging the penalty only for a second offence, provided that murder was not involved. The obvious location was the site of the former Placentia Palace, close to Greenwich Park and beside the Thames not far from London. Rebels released radical preacher John Ball from Maidstone Gaol and marched on Rochester Castle, successfully freeing Belling. with his army, marched after Canute, the Danish king, In the valley much of it is meadow It turned out that there had been murder above bloody murder. and Saxons, for their lands, lives, and liberties. The city resisted his assault for three weeks, until the siege succeeded on account of the treachery of a certain Aelfmaer. The Polhills afterwards became owners of this There was significant damage in Folkestone four miles away. This was the Elham Valley, deep in the Garden of England. Soon afterwards there is evidence that the powerful King Offa of Mercia was having an unprecedented say in Kents internal affairs. their arms, Argent, a chevron sable, between three On August 24th, de Burgh led the English fleet, using a battle-plan worthy of Nelson. Investigations revealed that the offending steamer was the Murillo, a Spanish ship. This demanded an armed landing by 1,700 marines to neutralise German defences. sandy, and on the eastern and western hills it is entirely They accommodated far smaller numbers of passengers and vehicles, making profitability difficult. In the 770s Kent's rulers were resisting their demotion to subkings. The other third part of to their being surveyed, and sold to supply the necessities of the state. The event is marked by a memorial at Lenham church, where a commemorative service is still held annually. The Bard, coincidentally, had an ancestor called Thomas Arden whod died shortly before. Before being packed off to a detention camp, the Germans were taken to The Sportsman for a beer or two. to the British churches and monasteries in general were The RAF got the Gloster Meteor flying by July 1944, too late to have any great impact. 15) who, in his 33d year, demised The crowd was loving the show, convincing screams and all, when two boys plummeted from the top, plainly on fire. Now the demesne of Few young people are aware that, before British Airways was created in 1970, BOAC was Britains main long-haul carrier, and any incident involving the airline was big news. Vowing to fly his Imperial Eagle over the Tower of London, Boney terrifyingly amassed an army of 100,000 at Boulogne. The first Navigation Act in 1651 aimed to hamper Dutch shipping, and inevitably stoked tensions. When the boy resisted, Bird gruesomely cut his throat. On April 23rd, 1918, Dover was the start and end point of one of the few memorable missions of WW1 outside the Western Front. They were not flawless: for example, the name Pilgrims Way was enduringly applied to the wrong route. In March 1642, with hostilities looming, an initiative arose from Maidstone Assizes. Most probably the palace was demolished, and the staff into the dry ground, and that water immediately by . Had the truth come out, the traitorous king might well have suffered the same fate as his father. Although the outcome of the b Printed copies of the signed petition were distributed. The centre of the invasion force would therefore descend upon Romney, Hythe, and Dymchurch, although it is doubtful that Hitler was a steam enthusiast. Action broadened to attacks on barns, haystacks, and even farm animals. The four knights who were sent to deal with him were led by Reginald FitzUrse, who had estates at both Barham and Teston. Their trial consisted in being dunked in the river. of Colletwell, and to have been for many years the as of Bradborne, in Sevenoke, who dying Around 5,000 Britons were killed, and 850 Romans. Patrols from HMS Ganymede and HMS Ramillies regularly rowed ashore from the Downs to guard the coastline. The bloodstained boy, 19, reported that he had just murdered his 22-year-old brother George in bed, having premeditatedly beaten his head in with the blunt edge of a meat cleaver and finished him off with a dagger. Although the North-West of Europe is not normally associated with newsworthy seismic activity, an area of instability does exist to the east of Kent. Three rebels were arrested and executed. When a detachment of soldiers approached the rebels in a clearing, Tom shot their lieutenant. They set off at 9 am on January 7th, 1785 in the expectation of arriving safely in Calais 150 minutes later. The first battle on British soil recorded in history took place in Kent. He spent decades leaking secrets to the Soviets, even during WW2 when the USSR was Britains ally. In 1067, months after William the Conqueror was crowned King of England, Englands foremost religious building burned to the ground. 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. 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. [4], While Edmund was in Wessex raising a new army Cnut renewed the siege of London, but was again unsuccessful. After living mostly off the charity of the local Priory, it fell on hard times when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. Otford; A view along Otford high street, just along from the central pond: Otford. The flashpoint was the imprisonment of Robert Belling, an escaped serf from Gravesend. This was later concentrated down to a narrower front from Dover to Hastings. English archers used the wind to wreak havoc, whilst lime was released into French eyes. In its day, however, it was a significant institution, being the first ever nunnery to be established in England. Her friends Joan Cariden, Jane Hott, and Elizabeth Harris were named as accomplices. expence of 33,000l. Measuring around 6.25 in magnitude, it was the consequence of a violent shift in the Hockai Fault Zone near the current border of Belgium, Germany, and Holland. It was struck from behind by a steam train from Cannon Street to Ramsgate carrying 700 passengers at 30 mph. The project died with its creator, who was buried at Gillingham. A turning-point occurred on March 31st, 1916, when ten German airships were forced back from London by conditions. Not until the affluent 1980s did the Channel Tunnel get the go-ahead. Grid Ref : TQ8659093590. the church of Canterbury; part of the possessions of the mansion itself, but vast heaps of rubbish and foundations, which cover near an acre of ground. It is fitting that, 17 years after one corner of Kent saw the worlds first shore-to-ship communication, another hosted the first ground-to-air message. Consequently, a wooden jetty was erected in 1824; but it was wrecked by a storm in 1851. convenience, in their own possession. Nevertheless, months before the blaze, British footballers had refused to kowtow to fascism as a condition of competing at the Berlin Olympics. name, conveyed it by sale to king Henry VIII. 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 Viking presence in England continued and in 1013 Svein, accompanied by his younger son Cnut, was accepted as king. He showed eight clips, one of which was Rough Sea at Dover. in his last year, ONE OF THE FAMILY OF POLHILL gave by will, 20s. She never married, but accompanied her widowed mother in retirement in Brighton. the title of Terra Archiepi Cantuariensis, i. e. the land It was derailed, and 50 people were injured, 10 of them fatally. There are 100 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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