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Kent is a county in England, south-east
of London. The county town is Maidstone. Kent has land borders with East
Sussex, Surrey and Greater London, and a defined boundary with Essex in
the middle of the Thames estuary. Kent also has a nominal border with
France halfway along the Channel Tunnel and its name came from the
Kingdom of Kent. The two cities in Kent are Canterbury,
the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rochester, the seat of the
Bishop of Rochester. However, since 1998 when local government was
reorganised, Rochester lost its official city status through an
administrative oversight; attempts are now being made to regain it. For
other towns, see the list below. Kent, because of its sobriquet
"the Garden of England", might be regarded as a picturesque
rural county, but farming is still an industry. Over the centuries many
other industries have been of importance; some still are. Woollen
cloth-making, iron-making; paper; cement; engineering: all have been
part of the industrial scene. Fishing and tourism occupy many people,
especially the coastal resorts. The East Kent coalfield was mined in the
20th century: and there is a nuclear power station at Dungeness.
Nevertheless, the district of Thanet has been regarded as one of the
most disadvantaged areas in the south-east of England. Ferry ports, the Channel Tunnel and two
motorways provide links with the European continent. There are airports
at Manston and Rochester and smaller airfields at Headcorn and Lydd. Famous residents of Kent have included
Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin. Sir Winston Churchill's home
Chartwell is also in Kent. Although the Victoria County History
for Kent is limited, an extensive survey of the county was undertaken
over a 50-year period by Edward Hasted between 1755-1805. William
Lambarde was an even earlier writer, in the 16th century. The area has been occupied since the
Lower Palaeolithic as finds from the quarries at Swanscombe attest.
During the Neolithic the Medway megaliths were built and there is a rich
sequence of Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman occupation indicated by finds
and features such as the Ringlemere gold cup and the Roman villas of the
Darent valley. The modern name Kent is derived from
the Brythonic word Cantus meaning a rim or border, being applied as a
name to the eastern part of the modern county, and meaning border land
or coastal district. Julius Caesar described it as Cantium, home of the
Cantiaci in 51 BC. The extreme west of the modern county
was occupied by other Iron Age tribes; the Regnenses and possibly
another ethnic group occupying The Weald. East Kent became one of the
kingdoms of the Jutes during the fifth century AD (see Kingdom of Kent)
and the area was later known as Cantia in about 730 and Cent in 835. The
early Mediaeval inhabitants of the county were known as the Cantwara or
Kent people, whose capital was Canterbury. Canterbury is the religious centre of
the Anglican faith, and see of St Augustine of Canterbury. Augustine is
traditionally credited with bring Christianity to the county and thus to
England in 597. Following the invasion of Britain by William of Normandy the people of Kent adopted the motto Invicta meaning undefeated and claiming (quite wrongly) that they had frightened the Normans away, presumably in an attempt to defame the people of Hastings in neighbouring Sussex. During the medieval period, Kent
produced several rebellions including the Peasants' Revolt led by Wat
Tyler and later, Jack Cade's rebellion of 1450. Thomas Wyatt led an army
into London from Kent in 1553, against Mary I. Canterbury became a great
pilgrimage site following the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. Canterbury's
religious role also gave rise to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, a key
development in the rise of the written English language and ostensibly
set in the countryside of Kent. By the 17th century, tensions between
Britain and the continental powers of the Netherlands and France led to
increasing military build-up in the county. Forts were built all along
the coast following a daring raid by the Dutch navy on the shipyards of
the Medway towns in 1667. During World War II the airfields in
Kent played a vital part in the Battle of Britain while civilian
settlements were often bombed. Bayham Abbey Lamberhurst [2] Bedgebury Pinetum Bewl Water Bough Beech Reservoir, Ide Hill Bluewater Shopping Centre Canterbury Cathedral Chartwell, Winston Churchill's home [1]
Chatham_Dockyard It has been suggested
Chatham originated the word chav. Chiddingstone Castle Cinque Ports Deal Castle [2] Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum,
Sittingbourne Dover Castle [2] Dungeness Power Station East Kent Railway, a heritage railway Emmett's Garden, Ide Hill [1] Faversham Hever Castle Hoo Peninsula Ightham Mote 14th century house [1] Isle of Grain Isle of Sheppey Isle of Thanet Kent & East Sussex Railway, a
heritage railway Kent Battle of Britain Museum Kent International Airport (formerly
known as London Manston Airport) with two aviation museums Knole, Sevenoaks [1] Leeds Castle North Downs Way, a long distance
footpath Penshurst Place Reculver Roman Fort & Reculver
Tower Richborough Castle & Roman Fort,
near Sandwich [2] Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway,
a heritage railway Romney Marsh Royal Engineers Museum of Military
Engineering, Gillingham St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury [2] Scotney Castle [1] Sissinghurst Castle Garden,
Sissinghurst [1] Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light
Railway, a heritage railway Smallhythe Place, Tenterden [1] Stour Valley Walk Squerryes Court & Garden, Westerham
Turner Gallery to open in Margate Upnor Castle [2] Walmer Castle & Gardens [2] The Wantsum Channel |
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