It transpired that another River Class engine had derailed and miraculously re-railed, though tests showed that it ran normally on a good line. In 1994, however, fashionable theory collided with financial expediency to bring about its closure under the auspices of Care in the Community. Her life ended tragically. The Faversham witch trial of 1645 exposed the absurdity of charges brought as a means of silencing unwelcome women; but it was not exceptional. Somehow or other, baby Mary had survived. was taxed at 8 sulings. He adopted an orphan he came across at a church, naming him Cockermay Doucri or Foundling David, and taught him his trade. When Thomas Gardiner hurt himself in a fall, Joan Walliford embarrassed him by laughing. North Kent was the scene of a C16 national sensation that was not so much a murder mystery as a murder farce. She was moored off Sheerness while being loaded with mines. This was a strategic disaster for Spain, which henceforth would struggle to defend its empire. Incredibly, the Cathedral survived. Here that great prelate archbishop Robert Winchelsea entertained king Edward I. in his 29th year, Arriving at Bordeaux for a scheduled stop, it encountered a queue, and was further delayed by an RAF transport with mechanical problems. burst forth, where the well called from thence St. Thomas's Well, now is, which afterwards plentifully supplied 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. 349 men died; just one stoker survived. of Maidstone, The police got their first lead when a woman tried banking notes marked Tonbridge. The emphasis was not to be simply on displaying exhibits, but dramatising stories of courage and hardship. Later that month, however, SS RF Matthews actually rammed the Lightship; this time, the message was for real. It glanced off a roof and struck the workshop, killing 46 of the camps 244 men; the eventual death toll was 52. A revolutionary called Basant Kumar Biswas lobbed a bomb into the howdah, killing a mahout behind and badly lacerating the viceroys back; the vicereine appeared unharmed. She was commissioned by King Charles I, who wished to reassert the English monarchs sovereignty over neighbouring seas as claimed by King Edgar in the C10. 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.. Marching from Dover to London in October 1215, King John found his path blocked by, The First Barons War (1215-17) was a civil war on English turf between Normans loyal to the atrocious King John and Normans prepared to do anything to dethrone him. Eventually HMS Sandwich found herself isolated, and capitulated. There was competition, too, after Seaspeed set up a rival business. The enquiry revealed that the cause was a broken rail. They cost Germany a huge amount in manpower, materials and fuel that would have better been put into the Third Reichs defence of its Eastern Front. He was only detected because a member of the public noticed a similarity in the cases of two women who had died in their bath. A pair of barges alongside had likewise disappeared. In total, nearly 4,000 of them were produced. It wasnt quite so simple. He charged her with making it happen by witchcraft. They from their fields can see the countenance Of your fierce war, may ken the glittering lance And hear you shouting forth your brave intent. of Bradborne, in Sevenoke, who dying 11) There is no point in looking up Folkestone Abbey on Tripadvisor: it ceased to exist many centuries ago. The crowd, who were enjoying a public holiday, cheered wildly; but it will no doubt have struck some that putting a minor through this ordeal was not necessarily the mark of a civilised society. 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. In order to evade prosecution, he crossed the Thames by ferry and remarkably raced by horse to York. It was therefore re-designed by Sir Christopher Wren as todays distinctive four blocks, preserving a riverine view through their middle. The ramifications were serious for the ruling caste, which reacted by seeking to limit personal freedoms. It turned out that there had been murder above bloody murder. lonely and gloomy appearance, and in all probability The accident was blamed on a faulty primer. By 1922, the country was settling down again after WW1. death of king Charles I. in 1648. The next morning, Tromp attacked with fire-ships as the enemy tried to break out. They had been found guilty of burning down a haystack, for which they obviously deserved to be strung up. Sandwich, which had been Englands biggest trading port outside London, never got over it. It was published as a weekly in Canterbury in 1717, but soon started appearing on both Wednesday and Saturday. Five years later, Templers Balloon Factory became the Royal Aircraft Factory. Conditions were poor, and the 52 youngsters aged 9 to 13 were not lit as they marched in rows of three along the dark street. After retreating to London to regroup, Louis sent for a supply fleet from France. He was in fact travelling with his mistress Ellen Ternan and her mother. On October 5, One of the most spectacular pile-ups in British history took place on September 5. 15) who, in his 33d year, demised daughter of John Borret, esq. The Northern Belle was a trading vessel operating out of New Orleans. According to the historian Cassius Dio, who provided the only account of the battle, the pursuing Romans arrived to find them massed on the western bank, and a battle ensued. Charles would personally receive a monumental bribe from France, plus the help of French troops in case of rebellion. The following day, they ran the thread from the houses tower to the garden, and finally across 800 feet of paddock. St Barts was expanded and modernised in the C19; but the NHS had no need for it, and it closed in 2016 amid plans for redevelopment as housing. When nobody seriously attempted the feat in 1908, the prize was raised to 1,000 a mere stunt in many peoples eyes, given that the feat was obviously unachievable. Mr. James Martyr, who pulled the whole of it down, As a student in the 1930s, he made no secret of his Communist leanings, and was recruited by the NKVD. There might never be a problem, but if there is, it wont be trivial. Edward III. A detachment of about 100 soldiers was despatched from Canterbury to deal with the uprising. On Friday, September 22, Disgraced Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken was the MP for South Thanet (formerly Thanet East) for 23 years, albeit not a, Kent was the scene of another unwanted record on June 18, 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. That evening, he went to see the Lord Mayor and struck a wager with him. Following the Roman invasion under Aulus Plautius, the native Britons under Caratacus and Togodumnus were beaten in two skirmishes in East Kent, and retreated to the Medway somewhere between Aylesford and Rochester. The west wind blew him well off course, but he eventually spotted a signal flag being waved east of Dover Castle, and landed to a heros welcome. He charged her with making it happen by witchcraft. With a 16-man guard for protection, Daniel Defoe came to Parliament and, in the name of 200,000 loyal subjects, reminded MPs of their democratic duty. After King Henry VI was captured in 1455, a sort of peace descended; but his French wife Margaret of Anjou continued to agitate for civil war. Lesser, or Little Park, and the woods and lands belonging to this estate in his own hands, and soon afterwards purchased of a descendant of Sir Edward Bo He faced a doughty opponent: Hubert de Burgh from Norfolk, a veteran defender of sieges. He became a national hero, and his 21-hour 40-minute swim was commemorated with a statue at Dover. who is the Unfortunately, it was unable to withstand the depredations of Danish Vikings, and what remained of it eventually fell into the sea. consists of two isles and one chancel, having a pointed Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. Two weeks after the Lumires staged their first commercial screening late in December 1895, he organised his own demonstration in London. On the night of January 11th, 1978, a violent storm blasted much of the jetty to smithereens. 6). of them to Sir Thomas Smith. From this period of time Otford continued part of 13) This manor came afterwards to be Walter Arnold of East Peckham was something of a pioneer of the British automotive industry. there is mention the Skinners company, now of the annual produce of 5l. War proved another calamity. 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 returning to Germany via South America, Spain, and Italy, he was awarded the Iron Cross. daughter of Oliver Cromwell; he was one of the Kentish petitioners in king William III. It was the first airline disaster involving an in-flight fire. It battered the town for hours, as monstrous waves up to road level flooded the streets. Arnold had to fork out 4/7/- altogether, equivalent to nearly 600 today, or else face seven days hard labour. On May 29, The Dutch attack on the Royal Navy in the. possessed in undivided thirds, by Mompesson, Hyde, chief baron of the exchequer, who died in 1778, as did Until Stephen Gray of Canterbury came along, electricity was thought to be static. at which time it appears that there was a park here, The defendant was later granted clemency and transported; but the incident helps explain why the Indian National Congress, founded in 1885 by Kent-born Allan Hume, was initially unpopular, and Russell Street survives. Resistance remained fierce, however, both from the sea and Willikin of the Wealds heroic guerrilla warfare. By 1450, the rule of Henry VI and, 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 7. Known to the Anglo-Saxons as Ottansford, meaning "ford of Otta", Otford was home to a Roman villa which was abandoned during the 4th century AD, and it was the site of the 776 Battle of Otford between King Offa of Mercia and the army of Kent, as well as a 1016 battle betweeen Edmund Ironside and the . curing barrenness in women, which caused great resort of people to his image and shrine in this church; 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. Like Lady Jane and 90 fellow rebels, Wyatt received no mercy. He led them past London to Kent, presumably expecting to raise support among similarly bolshy Kentishmen. the palace. As if accidental explosions at sea werent enough, WW1 also saw the worst-ever accident in the British explosives industry. Smith was found guilty of murder, and hanged by John Ellis inside Maidstone Prison on August 13th, 1915. He engaged a businessman named George Jones to realise it. (fn. This was a smart move, because Badlesmeres wife Margaret was known to detest her. The ship rebuilt in 1660 and renamed Royal Sovereign fought in major battles both against and alongside the Dutch, but was destroyed by fire at Chatham in 1696. years by a branch of the family of Petley, and another His unique feat became the subject of a 1957 movie, based on a book co-written by Erith-born James Leasor. The temperature rose as high as 91F, which was then exceptional for that time of year. The city resisted his assault for three weeks, until the siege succeeded on account of the treachery of a certain Aelfmaer. Theres a story that it made mincemeat of a Kentish bull that took umbrage at its presence, though that may just be a rural myth. devised this estate, consisting of the ruins of the palace, When he urged revellers to get to work, he got a surly reaction that turned to pushing and shoving. Unfortunately for them, soldiers of the London Irish Rifles were billeted nearby in The Sportsman pub at Seasalter. and supreme sovereignty, the other between the Danes Edmund was forced to come to terms, and within a month was dead, by fair means or foul. It brought the first schism in Protestantism, exacerbated by the fact that it was able to run its own separate services. (Cropped). Whatever King Edward IIs other vices, the one that gave rise to the greatest antagonism was his indulgence of the gangster-like Despenser family. After fleeing to a friends house in Uckfield, East Sussex, he was never seen again. The Weald having long been a hive of Lollard dissent, with Tenterden, Benenden, and Cranbrook at its centre, he presided over a purge, starting in April 1511. Many men survived the impact, but soon died in the freezing cold; 64 were lost, and only 15 rescued. Undeniably Ebbsfleet heralded the dawn of the 400-year Kingdom of Kent. The torment of knowing until the end of his days must have been punishment enough. Donald Maclean was part of the Cambridge University tradition of serving ones country by working for a hostile foreign power. Luckily, his son Edmund Ironside was made of sterner stuff. They all served little use. 173 passengers and crew were rescued, though the ship was plundered by vultures sailing from Ramsgate, who even stole from the dead. After decades of low wages and high taxes, the spread of threshing machines was the last straw for farmworkers. A girl on land and a man on a ship half a mile away were killed by debris; another civilian died of shock. 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. So comprehensive was the destruction that the remains had to be demolished. At the A Yorkshireman, he served in the Army before taking up a favourite occupation of ex-soldiers, highway robbery. he entertained that splendid prince king Henry VIII. A battle on May 31st, 1838 in Bossenden Wood near Boughton-under-Blean is generally recognised as the last on British soil. 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. ago, sold it to Sir Jeffry Amherst, K.B. SS Princess Alice was known locally as the Shahs Boat because she had carried the Persian king five years earlier. The RMS Adelaide was an Irish paddle-steamer that chiefly operated between Cork and London. 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. It was not until 1904 that a standard emergency code was introduced, namely CDQ, but this was soon superseded by the snappier SOS. Dover and Canterbury fell without a fight. 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. Apart from four pointless name changes, ultimately to Oakwood Hospital, it served its purpose efficiently until 1957, when there was a fatal fire. Although there was little loss of life, few people had insurance, so the losses were devastating. 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. George Smith from Bethnal Green was a career criminal who had committed all manner of crimes and been imprisoned three times. This wind really was an ill one. 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It turned into a rout. If all was pre-ordained by God, where did that leave free will? It showed 17 seconds of waves crashing against the Admiralty Pier. The present ruins were part of the outer court, the two remaining towers of which were not many years ago two stories higher, but the roof of the largest which was covered possessed by the Cobhams of Sterborough, which he Her death sentence was commuted to life in Broadmoor. 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! There is one word to say to anyone who demands that the wreck of SS Richard Montgomery off Sheppey be disarmed: Kielce! Originally called Edgar Wakeman, SS Kielce was a Polish cargo ship that in 1946 collided with the French vessel Lombardy off Folkestone, and sank on her side in 35 feet of water. By then, 19 protesters had been hanged, 644 imprisoned, and 481 transported. The first battle on British soil recorded in history took place in Kent. 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. They never reached the capital because of the weather, and two returned to base with mechanical problems. and several tales are told of the miracles he wrought Snelling himself got off scot-free; and, as an old man, he would even be introduced to Princess Victoria. The first occasion was in the C12, when King Stephen seized the throne. After considerable experimentation, he constructed a vast aircraft with a wingspan of 104 feet, powered by two steam engines. SIR THOMAS SMITH, gave by will, in 1625, to six poor persons who do not receive alms, and frequent divine service, bread The barons whod forced the Kings hand at Runnymede were still unhappy, and next invited Louis, son of King Philippe II of France, to join them in deposing the King of England. On the night of November 30th, a small fire was detected. On January 5th, 1941, she got badly lost in wintry weather while flying for the ATA from Blackpool to Oxford. The Battle of Brentford 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 Assandun) between the English led by Edmund Ironside and the Danes led by Cnut. In April 1803, Napoleon sold Louisiana to fund his imperial ambitions, and Britain declared war. Eleven of the twelve carriages came off the tracks, and four overturned when they reached points. It was derailed, and 50 people were injured, 10 of them fatally. The impact caused one packed carriage to be crushed by those behind it. There was speculation about devilish possession, and fraternal rivalry over a girl named Anne Delaune. 20), By virtue of the commission of enquiry into the value The engine struck it and turned sideways, causing the following carriages to pile into it. The German Army and Navy both possessed fleets that arrived in squadrons to dump bombs on cities while people below spectated. which he now resides. Nevertheless, Louis and Kent still had unfinished business. The flashpoint was the imprisonment of Robert Belling, an escaped serf from Gravesend. The train behaved strangely, rolling excessively when going fast around bends. Its value went beyond providing a wealth of leisure activities. A classic case concerns the battle at Ebbsfleet (Wippedesfleot), the Thanet village that shares its name with Gravesends railway station. Maidstone too came in for rather pointless punishment. An attempt to break it up caused the whole lot to go off. Although they had a following wind, the basket was so heavily laden that they several times nearly ditched in the sea. Interestingly, the bones of a young female discovered there in 1885 have now been dated to the C7. This Coast Blockade continued till 1831, when a fully-fledged Coast Guard service was introduced. Ships were torn from their anchorages and tossed around like toys, crashing into each other with calamitous effect, and no hope of rescue. Diggle calmly transferred to HMS Myngs, and at 8.15pm sent another torpedo through the hole. conveyed to that king a messuage, called BROUGHTON'S, and other premises in Otford, in exchange for The Aero Club soon moved to Eastchurch, so Sheppey remained Britains civil aviation capital. Squadron Leader Phillip Sandeman ejected, but his parachute failed to open, while Sergeant Kenneth Clarkson was killed instantly. One victim was not found until later because his body had been blown onto a roof. 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. This great showman used a short rope to ensure a slow death by strangulation, giving him the pretext to pull theatrically on the guilty parties legs, or even climb onto their shoulders, to break their necks. The whole east coast of Britain was affected, with 326 deaths caused by flooding. Margate is no stranger to extreme weather, but the tempest that struck it on November 29th, 1897 did more than rattle windows. By the following spring, over 300 British planes were equipped with wireless apparatus. 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. 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