possessed by the Cobhams of Sterborough, which he After which the for the residence of the archbishops at it for such a With the Napoleonic Wars over, the Royal Navy had unused resource. Henceforth, English cities of high cultural value were to be targeted by the Luftwaffe, with the aim of breaking popular resolve. Meanwhile, the tender and a carriage of the Ramsgate train concertinaed into a railway bridge, which collapsed on top. the king's licence purchased lands and meadows here, An old woman who complained at Blackheath about the Kings treatment of her was rewarded with execution. The battle was a victory for the English, who nevertheless lost a large number of men. the above mentioned premises to Sir Thomas Smith, HMS Truculent, a submarine, had served in the Pacific during WW2. The case remains unsolved. 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. In desperation, two were thrown into the river, but it was too late to remove them all, and three or four exploded, to dramatic effect. King John abandoned the county to its fate, and Louis marched unopposed to the capital. Despite days of disruption, the wreckage was removed, the bridge rebuilt, and the lines re-laid within six weeks. He even had an excess of guns added at launch to emphasise the point. Six months after the HMS Bulwark disaster, a near carbon-copy occurred. Though most of England had given up, the young new king took the battle to the Danes. lord Amherst, baron of Holmsdale, and he is the present owner of it. Downstairs, he noticed something at first surprising, then horrific: blood was dripping through the ceiling. A violent hailstorm hit the area south-east of London, Tunbridge Wells being particularly badly hit. In 1890, the inventive American immigrant Hiram Maxim announced plans to build a Flying Machine within five years. Kent was particularly badly hit, being right in the path of the fiercest winds. Consequently, a wooden jetty was erected in 1824; but it was wrecked by a storm in 1851. On the narrow bridge, one of the horses spooked, causing a wheel to crash through the balustrade. the valley, not far from the eastern banks of the Darent, across which another road branches off from the The plane crashed at Penshurst Airfield, and all seven on board were killed. She then began obtaining chocolate creams from a local confectioner, John Maynard, and returning them after adding her own ingredient: strychnine. Snelling himself got off scot-free; and, as an old man, he would even be introduced to Princess Victoria. They realised they needed to suspend the thread with silk to avoid contact with the ground, and so discovered the principle of insulation. If he hoped to succeed to the family fortune, it was a clumsy way to go about it. The dream turned to reality when Hoverlloyd started operations out of Ramsgate in 1966. Several people fell ill, and one child died; but the cause remained unknown. It may just have been symbolic of broader resistance by Kent people, but its basic truth is witnessed by subsequent events. rent, issuing out of certain tenements, called Le Rye, By August, the nation was at war with itself. Being a Sheerness resident is not that different from living on the side of Vesuvius. Whole sections had to be rebuilt, this time in gothic style; the discontinuity is easily spotted today. 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. After blustering about the Sword of Truth, he started a libel action. Shakespeare even mentions the earthquake in Romeo and Juliet. Around 10.30 in the evening, a steamer ran into her. The former operated out of Dover, the latter Ramsgate. inclosed within it, parcel of the honour of Otford, for The king did eventually relent, whilst acknowledging Kentish loyalty by building the historic Placentia Palace at Greenwich. see, in the 4th year of the Conqueror's reign, anno Edmunds sent parcels of chocolates to notable people, including the doctors unfortunate wife. With matters running out of control, the Home Secretary sent in the military. Its impact was spectacular in the English Channel, with freak waves that caused two dozen or more vessels to capsize; one passenger reported that his ship grounded five times on the seabed. It stood behind the present ruins more to the south. The German Army and Navy both possessed fleets that arrived in squadrons to dump bombs on cities while people below spectated. of Bradborne, in Sevenoke, who dying On June 1, One of the biggest challenges facing the English Commonwealth under Cromwell was the mercantile strength of the Dutch Republic. The foundation of the Kings School, Canterbury (597), fully co-educational in 1990. Edward III. She never married, but accompanied her widowed mother in retirement in Brighton. 90 passengers were killed and 173 injured. 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. The Nore is an anchorage off Sheerness that gave its name to an infamous mutiny. 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. lands of the Greater Park disparked soon after the grant [2] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describes Edmund as raising an army from "the entire English nation". They never reached the capital because of the weather, and two returned to base with mechanical problems. It turned into a rout. 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. of twenty pounds per annum. It went pear-shaped as early as the opening by Princess Margaret in May 1961, when the demonstration car got stuck and had to be removed by hand. 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. Nevertheless, Louis and Kent still had unfinished business. The compact was signed in secret at Dover. On June 18 the armies of Stafford and Cade clashed at Solefields in Sevenoaks. Incredibly, the steamer silently backed away and disappeared into the night. By the time she had been built by JH and J Duke on Shakespeare Beach, the order had been cancelled; so she was sold to the Dutch government for a transatlantic mail service from Rotterdam to its South American colonies. this manor descended from the Rev. to be delivered to them weekly, to be paid out of land, vested in All three planes came down within a radius of 100 yards. Siege of Dover: Old Bunyard, 2020. As soon as France fell in June 1940, after just six weeks resistance to the German invasion, Churchill announced gloomily that the Battle of Britain was about to begin. King Edward VI. Aethelred was forced to flee to Normandy. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3. Lewisham rail crash: St Johns Lewisham Rail Crash Geograph-2042851 by Ben Brooksbank,licensed under CC BY 2.0. They accommodated far smaller numbers of passengers and vehicles, making profitability difficult. Arriving at Bordeaux for a scheduled stop, it encountered a queue, and was further delayed by an RAF transport with mechanical problems. They managed to take off the whole crew of 23 before she foundered. The high stewardship of the honour of Otford has [2], During this time Eadric Streona, the ealdorman of Mercia, is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as having hindered the efforts of the English to resist the Viking invaders. When the boy resisted, Bird gruesomely cut his throat. Dartford to Sevenoke goes through the village of king of Kent, at this place; and though Offa gained Fanned by the wind, the fire passed from The Wall along Harbour Street and Marine Street, and soon formed such a firestorm that distant features could be seen as though it were daylight. After hurrying out to her, he flooded the forward magazines but realised that, when the flames reached the magazines aft, the explosion would ignite the adjacent ammunition ship Gransha and obliterate Dover. Ignored, Cade convened an army of 5,000 at Blackheath. The incident did have a funny side. The waves demolished a portion of the white cliffs at Dover, bringing down part of the Castle wall with it. Louis renounced his claim to the English crown and went home; thered be no King Louis I of England after all. Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Great Britain took over administration of the subcontinent from the East India Company and appointed a viceroy. The Battle of Otford was a battle fought in 776 between the Mercians, led by Offa of Mercia, and the Jutes of Kent.The battle took place at Otford, in the modern English county of Kent.. 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. Poignantly, the accident occurred only a mile or two from the site of the Lewisham rail crash ten years earlier. All either confessed to having had the devil appear to them in the form of a cat or, would you believe, a hedgehog. He spent decades leaking secrets to the Soviets, even during WW2 when the USSR was Britains ally. This First Dutch War started well, when the Dutch fled the Battle of the Kentish Knock in September. The inquiry pinpointed five contributory factors. Their names and locations within the grave were recorded in a sealed bottle buried under a cross. The two survivors were given leave to stay in Britain for four years. Disappearance of Lord Lucan: Old Bunyard, 2021. Luckily, Hitler still hoped for Britains peaceful withdrawal from the War, and held off long enough for plans to be made for an ambitious evacuation. Ironically, John had commissioned expensive repairs not long before. Rochester missed out on founding the worlds oldest extant school, but was compensated with Britains longest-running hospital. with whom it remained till the restoration of king A second-rate ship was not sub-standard but simply less strong than a super-powerful first-rater. All were hanged at once at Penenden Heath, a record. The Battle of Otford was a battle fought in 776 between the Mercians, led by Offa of Mercia, and the Jutes of Kent.The battle took place at Otford, in the modern English county of Kent.. Against all the odds, the RAF provided just enough air cover for a third of a million men to be rescued in ten days. south isle, on the south side, is a mural monument, of elegant In these situations, a mysterious fire normally comes into play, but this case was different. Strangely, though he was hanged, she was burned at the stake, having been found guilty of petty treason against a superior, namely a man. A man at Warren Street was nearly decapitated by a flying corrugated roof. The Bard, coincidentally, had an ancestor called Thomas Arden whod died shortly before. who dying, without issue, it came by the limitation He even translated the Bible into English so as to demystify it. He was the son of King thelred the Unready and his first wife, lfgifu of York.Edmund's reign was marred by a war he had inherited from his father; his cognomen "Ironside" was given to him "because of his valour . The project died with its creator, who was buried at Gillingham. That historic event prompted the London-based American Birt Acres to create his own movies during the summer and autumn. 53 suspects were tried, of whom all bar five abjured their error and were made to do penance. large as life, standing and leaning on an urn, over him is the head The consequences were shocking. [3] The first army raised by Edmund in 1016 disbanded after Aethelred did not appear to lead it and the second army failed to achieve much of note. Gillingham bus disaster: British Movietone, 1951. In return he agreed, unbelievably, to convert to Catholicism, and join the French in waging war on Britains allies, the Dutch. On May 21, El & Humph were the C15 supercouple. Charles would personally receive a monumental bribe from France, plus the help of French troops in case of rebellion. The 2nd Dutch War had ended badly for Britain, not least because of the Kings financial mismanagement. 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. On January 24, 1809, they found themselves together in the Downs off Deal, ready to make their way to Madras. to the British churches and monasteries in general were They all served little use. The damage to woods like those at Toys Hill and Knole Park took years to remedy. It acquired its present name from King Henry VIII, who granted it a royal charter in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. On June 2nd, 1910, conditions were perfect, and he completed the flight in 95 minutes. the manor of Le Rye, in Otford, in the second year Dr. William in these battles; bones are continually discovered in Greatness farms, containing about eight hundred and [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. The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. Edmund joins forces with the Northumbrian Uhtred Edmund and Cnut ravage Cnut's army closes on York, and Uhtred and the Northumbrians submit to Cnut April 23, 1016. 168 people were killed, including 33 children, and another 122 injured. With the first Civil War over and King Charles safely in custody, the Puritan-dominated Parliament was free to throw its ideological weight around. Richard Parker from Exeter was elected their leader. The Fab Four spent six days in Kent, using the Great Danes Hotel near Hollingbourne as their base. The careless bosun whod left a candle untended was flogged and jailed for life. The case emphasised the importance of making the new Automatic Warning System generally available. It was at the time the highest loss of life in a British road accident. Action broadened to attacks on barns, haystacks, and even farm animals. Damage was estimated at over 10,000. Like Lady Jane and 90 fellow rebels, Wyatt received no mercy. Late on the evening of Wednesday, November 16th, 1869, a fire broke out in Whitstable that turned into a major conflagration. It caused quite a stir thereabouts. It is possible that the incident which happened to be witnessed from another ship by the librettist Arthur Sullivan inspired the blackly comic collision caused by Admiral Horatio DAscoyne in Kind Hearts and Coronets. King William Is invasion in 1066 was a historic slice of opportunism consolidated by unparalleled brutality. Canterbury, and consequently in that deanry. his quarrel with the citizens of Canterbury, rebuilt the There was little the defenders could do except rely on the wind and weather for deterrence. Charing Heath flying bomb: Old Bunyard, 2020. The riots took their name from a mythical Captain Swing whose name was routinely appended to threatening notes sent to opponents. 11) he entertained that splendid prince king Henry VIII. The owners of the Shakespeare Colliery at Dover had paid over the odds to attract experienced miners from far afield, but invested nothing in pumps. Afterwards, however, he made a tragic error at Aylesford in accepting Eadric the Acquisitive back into the Saxon fold. The murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, inside Canterbury Cathedral on December 29th, 1170 was a Kentish affair in more respects than the location alone. end of the chancel a mural monument for George Petty and Anne King Edmund II - NNDB Sevenoaks Bus Station 1016 1251 Bat & Ball St James's Road 1020 1255 Otford Pond 1024 1259 Otford Station n 1026 1301 Shoreham Station n 1031 1306 Eynsford Station n 1034 1309 Farningham Lion Hotel 1041 1316 Swanley Rogers Court 1046 1321 Swanley Bartholomew Wa yASD, A 1050 1325 Swanley Bartholomew Wa yASD, A 1054 1329 . It prompted the German governments prolonged reluctance to invest in new warships. One particularly startling accident took place on June 18th, 1951. The accident was blamed on a faulty primer. Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. in which situation they still continue. But the little or Lesser Park, lying on the north Six days later, while Latham was preparing his next attempt, Louis Blriot leapfrogged him. If that meant murder, so be it. the archbishop is rated at 60 pounds, of the Thaines 12 Two miles further on, she ran into trouble. All rights reserved. Of the dead, 59 were interred at St Jamess Cemetery in Dover. In 851, King Aethelstan of Kent took on a large Viking fleet off Sandwich. The local Fire Brigade had a set-piece entertainment that involved rescuing a spoof bride and groom and their guests from a three-storey structure while smoke bombs and flares went off. Not everything could be made good with money, however. The train took 250 yards to stop. The hailstones measured almost an inch in diameter, and fell in torrents. On his return, he was greeted by a crowd of over 3,000. The first olive branch he offered was to the Church, which was hoping to recover some of its lost lands. Her life ended tragically. A lot of damage was done and two policemen were injured, but mercifully no one was killed. great and munificent, gave Otteford to the church of The Adelaide was last seen late on the Saturday evening from a lightship 15 miles north of Margate. He marched his men to Northampton, where in July he won a major victory over the King. [2] Edmund had raised an army late in 1015 but withdrew after learning Eadric intended to betray him to the invaders. That first one-inch-to-the-mile Ordnance Survey map was published privately in 1801, soon followed by one of Essex. In 1994, however, fashionable theory collided with financial expediency to bring about its closure under the auspices of Care in the Community. the Skinners company, now of the annual produce of 5l. It was the highest ever death toll in Britain in the illegal-immigration industry. 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. After living mostly off the charity of the local Priory, it fell on hard times when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. The battle was fought as part of a campaign by Cnut to conquer England. The bill was passed. Its most famous alumni are Christopher Marlowe and Sir William Harvey, although the one best known to todays pupils is probably childrens author Sir Michael Morpurgo. render it very moist and marshy, yet it is here rather fertile. Among them was being blamed for the death of the corrupt Duke of Suffolk, who had been washed up on the Kent coast. After a very Kentish show of defiance, they gave up. On May 29th, 1652, the great Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp was commanding 40 ships escorting a convoy. The Admiralty censured her officers and ordered her to be sold. his wife, daughter of John Polhill, esq. it to John Walker, yeoman, for a term of years; after In the east window is a shield of arms, Lennard, in After ordering his kinsmen not to pay a ransom, Aelfheah was pelted with animal bones at a drunken feast in Greenwich and murdered with an axe-butt. Six months later, he was killed in a training accident. In 1724, the dean Before long, it turned to a riot: a metaphorical bloody nose for Puritanism from the rebellious Men of Kent. Its value went beyond providing a wealth of leisure activities. 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. Arnold had to fork out 4/7/- altogether, equivalent to nearly 600 today, or else face seven days hard labour. 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 next morning, Tromp attacked with fire-ships as the enemy tried to break out. Within weeks, during the seminal showdown at Assandun, Eadric and his men again defected, handing Cnut a decisive victory. As early as 1815, Margate had the stone harbour-arm that doubles as a pier. Login with username, password and session length. It was the first airline disaster involving an in-flight fire. The county paid him Danegeld of 3,000 pounds of silver to go away; yet, two years later, he was back. David Polhill, esq. resided from time to time, as appears by their frequent Hence the chalk hills rise on each Disappearance of Lord Lucan: Old Bunyard, 2021. Margate Jetty: Margate pier after the storm of January 1978 by Nick Smith, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. most beautifully executed; and a memorial for Charles Polhill, August, for pedlary ware, &c. Antient history makes mention of two famous The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3. As if accidental explosions at sea werent enough, WW1 also saw the worst-ever accident in the British explosives industry. It was also in Kent waters, but the explosion was even bigger. for the Everests and Pettys. Towards the end of May, he started riding around the area west of Canterbury pontificating about the New Poor Law. Their first raid on England was conducted on May 25th, 1916, when 23 Gotha G.IV bombers set off to bomb London. The calamity on July 11th, 1927 at the Gillingham charity fair was as harrowing as can be imagined, even in a nightmare. the manor of Otford Stuyens, alias Sergeants Otford, Early on Wednesday, September 30th, 1846, at a cottage in Elham, there occurred one of those grisly events that filled the Victorian penny dreadfuls. Their ready admission to such nonsense suggests a good deal of coercion, but it was enough to see them arraigned. 13 major English ships were destroyed at anchor, and the flagship HMS Royal Charles was towed back to Holland as a prize. Otford, battle of, c. 776. He set up a dealership in London selling fashionable Benz cars under his own Arnold brand. Margaret surrendered after a fortnight and became the first woman to be imprisoned in the Tower. In total, nearly 4,000 of them were produced. The weather had been poor, and the River Medway was in full spate. Sandwich, which had been Englands biggest trading port outside London, never got over it. The first was on December 21st, 1914, amounting to two bombs dropped into the sea off Dover by a German seaplane. After leaving politics, he discovered God. But insults were not enough. On returning to Germany via South America, Spain, and Italy, he was awarded the Iron Cross. The Captain appealed to Bismarck to take it up, but he fortunately was busy planning war on Austria. 1). 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. 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. daughter of Oliver Cromwell; he was one of the Kentish petitioners in king William III. 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