16). Battle of the Medway: John Fawkes, 2020 from BritishBattles.com. The Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter led a daring mission up the Medway, first capturing the unsuspecting defences at Sheerness and then jumping the Gillingham Chain that was supposed to bar entry to Chatham Dockyard. On the beach, he had their hands, noses and ears cut off. rebuilt great part of this Officially still in commission, she is now displayed at Portsmouth. IN THE YEAR 791, Offa, king of Mercia, whose gifts In return he agreed, unbelievably, to convert to Catholicism, and join the French in waging war on Britains allies, the Dutch. The Navy put on a brave face, awarding eight Victoria Crosses. In 1015 Edmund married Sigeferth's widow against the king's wishes, and took possession of the estates of Sigeferth and Morcar in the east midlands. Two torpedoes were fired, but only blew a hole in her. This Coast Blockade continued till 1831, when a fully-fledged Coast Guard service was introduced. Sandwich, which had been Englands biggest trading port outside London, never got over it. The Northern Belle was a trading vessel operating out of New Orleans. 3) soon after which one Werhard, a powerful priest, and kinsman to archbishop Wlfred, found He engaged a businessman named George Jones to realise it. One went posthumously to Old Dovorian rugby international Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Harrison, who was lost while leading an attack on the mole. Kent was the scene of another unwanted record on June 18th, 2000. One of the men determined to set the record straight was Charles Rolls, the dare-devil half of the Rolls-Royce partnership. the wall, ornamented with Gothic carved work, but the inscription is lost. The battle was fought in 1016 as a result of Danish invasion of England. Efforts to blow up the remainder failed, and in 1998 it was dismantled. of It may just have been symbolic of broader resistance by Kent people, but its basic truth is witnessed by subsequent events. The local military were summoned, with others sailing over from Tilbury, and three different fire services arrived. 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 two hundred pounds. 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.. The enquiry revealed that the cause was a broken rail. In 1873 he read of JB Johnsons failed attempt to swim the English Channel, and decided to try for himself. 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. He seemed the model of respectability in John Majors government, until he was accused by Granadas World in Action of involvement in an arms deal. About 120 vessels had taken shelter in the Downs, normally a safe haven. whilst at it; among others, that the archbishop finding 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. Its epicentre was not off the North Foreland but on the coast of France, near Calais. 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. Days later, his Messerschmitt Bf109 crash-landed at Loves Farm near Marden. It remained there for four years, but was then taken to South Kensington. The man with the noose was William Calcraft. are 5 servants, and 2 mills of 24 shillings, and 28 acres It even had its own cemetery containing 7,000 burials, with poignant memorials to nurses who had died at suspiciously young ages. Other ships flashed a warning, but were ignored because Captain Wilkie was asleep. which makes it far from being pleasant, and gives it a 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. same year, with Barbara his wife, Sir Robert Sidney He faced a doughty opponent: Hubert de Burgh from Norfolk, a veteran defender of sieges. A packed Sunday-evening train was travelling from Hastings to Charing Cross with many standing passengers. The new appointee in 1910 was Charles Hardinge, 1, It is fitting that, 17 years after one corner of Kent saw the, During WW1, Neville Usborne (b 1883) had the unique distinction of being both a Royal Navy lieutenant and a wing-commander, having taken command of the. The event that brought him fame (or infamy) occurred when he conducted a robbery at Gads Hill, Rochester. 2 in the singles charts. Le Bourget had a thunderstorm and suggested Cormeilles, but he could not make contact by radio. keeper of the records in the Tower, in 1754, t. of Otford, to Sir Anthony Denny, to hold in capite North Kent was the scene of a C16 national sensation that was not so much a murder mystery as a murder farce. Rather unfairly, Tunbridge Wells saw an encore in 1956, when cars were almost buried in the white marbles. eight sons and eight daughters, to his grandson, Mr. end of the chancel a mural monument for George Petty and Anne exchanged by archbishop Cranmer with Henry VIII. large as life, standing and leaning on an urn, over him is the head Much of the airship was salvaged before it broke up at sea. Because of foul weather, by the 22nd she had still only reached Dungeness, where she was at anchor. Deal Castle shook so violently that it seemed in danger of collapse. King Charles I obdurately refused to recognise Parliamentary resistance to his aims, and Parliament obdurately refused to raise taxes if he wouldnt. Many cars were damaged, thousands of windows broken, and the town centre covered in what looked like snowdrifts. If you can hear me now, it will be the first time speech has ever been communicated to an aeroplane in flight. With the Napoleonic Wars over, the Royal Navy had unused resource. 17) all which were granted in the 1st and Newspapers started showing up around Europe in the C17. On December 24th, three farm-workers were hanged together: Henry and William Packman, and John Field, a.k.a. Hence the chalk hills rise on each The inquest found that the bridge had been dangerously designed and maintained, but returned a verdict of accidental death. made of an hospital, or house of leprous persons here. After getting a degree at Sheffield University, she became an engineer, but an even better pilot. It was while teaching at Charterhouse School that he discovered he could make a charge migrate along a stick. 22). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3. The Marine Palace, an extensive entertainment complex on the site of the current Rendezvous restaurant, was obliterated, barring only its brick-built components: its concert hall, swimming-baths, switchback railway, and shops simply disappeared. On May 2nd, he completed three flights there, the longest being 1,500 feet. After a respite from raids that lasted for about the years 900-980, the Vikings began raiding England again. Poignantly, the accident occurred only a mile or two from the site of the Lewisham rail crash ten years earlier. Seaman Thomas Atkins was swept from the sinking Mary onto the deck of the Stirling Castle, which itself was about to capsize. Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. His unique feat became the subject of a 1957 movie, based on a book co-written by Erith-born James Leasor. At 4.41 am on July 25th, he set off from Sangatte, maintaining a steady 45 mph. 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. OTFROD is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and being a He charged her with making it happen by witchcraft. The Adelaide was last seen late on the Saturday evening from a lightship 15 miles north of Margate. Among other monuments and memorials in this church, in the and built a good genteel house on the scite of it, in Built by Kentish Master Shipwright Peter Pett at Woolwich, the Sovereign of the Seas was more than just the biggest warship in the world; she was a political statement. 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. 2d of king Philip and queen Mary, (fn. A story went round afterwards concerning anatomy students at the University of Leiden. His now dead associates never divulged the truth, and his fate remains unknown. They set off at 9 am on January 7th, 1785 in the expectation of arriving safely in Calais 150 minutes later. She, a lady-in-waiting to his wife Jacqueline dHainault, was his mistress. passed an ordinance to vest them in trustees, in order Within weeks, during the seminal showdown at Assandun, Eadric and his men again defected, handing Cnut a decisive victory. That began to change in 1916, as counter-weapons emerged. As police suspicion grew, she sent herself parcels in the hope of incriminating Maynard. The next day, they slipped away to Southampton en route to Russia, where they spent the rest of their lives. After the Kingdom of Kent had enjoyed three centuries of affluence and relative stability, the peace was disturbed in the usual manner: by a megalomaniac bent on empowering and enriching himself. She was seen parachuting into the heavy sea off Herne Bay. residence of the Petty's; several of whom lie buried in On September 25th, 1975, an alert sapper called David Campbell noticed something suspicious beneath a car parked opposite the Hare & Hounds, a pub facing Maidstone Prison that was frequented by soldiers from the adjacent Royal Engineers barracks. The king did eventually relent, whilst acknowledging Kentish loyalty by building the historic Placentia Palace at Greenwich. (Cropped). Anyone wondering why Tenterden is a Cinque Port nine miles inland need look no further than the flood of 1287. (fn. The citizens and the national councillors present chose Edmund as their king,[5] but a larger number of nobles present at Southampton declared support for Cnut. Around the age of 40, she took a shine to her doctor, whose wife she secretly poisoned, though not fatally, with a chocolate cream. 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. 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. inclosed within it, parcel of the honour of Otford, for Though some became infected, they regarded it as an occupational hazard. of Otford, the archbishop's house commonly called the Dr. William It was in fact one of the bloodiest civilian incidents of the War. These unfortunates would be a lasting reminder to Anglo-Saxon nobles of his contempt for them. On June 27th, he was met at Deptford by a vastly superior force, having also suffered many desertions on the way. Coincidentally, the Hundred Years War was going badly, and a series of poll-taxes designed to raise funds exacerbated popular hostility. the king's licence purchased lands and meadows here, If all was pre-ordained by God, where did that leave free will? There was no desire for regime change; but the nation spiralled downwards as the impasse continued. Wreck of SS Richard Montgomery: Thames Richard Montgomery KC 7722 (Modified) (cropped) by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, licensed under CC BY 3.0. part of this parish. When he became heir presumptive to the throne, however, things turned nasty. Six were killed. On the opposite or southern Regarded as a gentleman among his peers, he eschewed violence and never stole from the poor. After retreating to London to regroup, Louis sent for a supply fleet from France. the Right Hon. Its value went beyond providing a wealth of leisure activities. So, when the Government ordered a new first-rater in 1758, it was a big deal. All were taken to the depot, where a multi-national gang armed with AK-47s was waiting. Otford, by Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Ireton, by Bridget, An inquest suggested that Rudd was subject to depression, and not of sound mind. Its first TV appearance was similarly blighted. By 1922, the country was settling down again after WW1. in the 44th year of that reign, had a grant in see of By the middle of the C9, the threat from the East presented by red-bearded men in longboats was serious, and incessant. No one had been hurt, and the process of clearing up commenced. By January, the royal Lancastrian fleet under the command of Maidstone-born Earl Rivers was at anchor off Sandwich. A big issue facing Christianity from the start was predestination. Demands was presented that eventually went well beyond those of the Spithead mutineers. in his last year, had thus come into the king's possessions, he kept the whole value of it, in the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, was . Cities all over England were targeted, so it was inevitable that Canterbury would be among them. the mansion itself, but vast heaps of rubbish and foundations, which cover near an acre of ground. the palace. On the THE MANOR OF SERJEANTS OTFORD, with the the term of thirty years, which lease was renewed Numerous ships were wrecked, mostly with all hands: HMS Restoration (387 lost), HMS Northumberland (220), HMS Stirling Castle (206), and HMS Mary (268) among many others. Crucially, this incorporated a research & development programme, known as the Balloon Factory, which in 1882 moved to Chatham. Foundation of Kings School: Old Bunyard, 2020. In its consequences, it was like Waterloo and Trafalgar combined. Accordingly, in 1650, the honour of Otford was The Captain of HMS Haslemere leapt in to save her, but himself froze to death. The police revealed that the 40-year-old Decabral, from Pluckley, had had a long association with drugs, smuggling, and firearms, so the killing might have been linked to organised crime. of meadow, wood for the pannage of 30 hogs. afterwards the succeeding archbishop, Walter Reynolds, had the king's licence to purchase lands in that In the later 8th cent., Kent was struggling to retain its independence against the growing power of Mercia. of her nephews and nieces, which they were accordingly, next year, to Robert Parker, esq. He stopped to discover the grim reality. The French successfully undermined the, Whatever King Edward IIs other vices, the one that gave rise to the greatest antagonism was his indulgence of the gangster-like Despenser family. 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. After blustering about the Sword of Truth, he started a libel action. The next morning, men from Broadstairs and Margate dragged another lifeboat two miles through the snow to Foreness Point, where the ship was now on the rocks. It has been calculated that each terror weapon cost Britain just two lives, nothing like the carnage Hitler anticipated. 1755; he married Martha, daughter of Edmund retakes Wessex It was published as a weekly in Canterbury in 1717, but soon started appearing on both Wednesday and Saturday. The driver, Perry Wacker from Rotterdam, got 14 years for manslaughter, and nine Chinese gangsters were jailed in Holland. The battle took place at Otford, in the modern English county of Kent. 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. In its crudest version, the invaders were chased out of Kent by a mob bearing staves. [2] Edmund and Cnut made peace at Alney in Gloucestershire with Cnut taking control of the area north of the Thames and the promise of a payment to his army, while Edmund held Wessex. to have been stiled the HONOR OF OTFORD, having a It seems formerly to have been known by the name That same week, the Wrights turned up to meet the Short brothers, the English balloon-makers; the latter agreed to build a factory at Leysdown, and won an order for six aircraft. There was competition, too, after Seaspeed set up a rival business. In truth, it was the start of a worse one. 115 of Cootes men were killed in frantic fighting, and 1,134 taken prisoner. [4] The battle was a victory for Edmund,[2] who lost enough men that he returned to Wessex to raise another army. Six men received long sentences, including one in Morocco. A rare combination of tidal and meteorological conditions on January 31st, 1953 had dramatic consequences. His plan was simple: to take off from Swingate aerodrome, less than a mile from where Blriot had landed, fly to Sangatte, turn round, and come back to his start point. Bostock, of East Grinsted, in Sussex. Jump to navigation Jump to search. which he now resides. Having served its purpose at the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, the Crystal Palace was rebuilt at the top of Sydenham Hill. On June 1st, 1942, in response to the RAFs destruction of Cologne, the city was carpet-bombed by 77 aircraft carrying forty tons of bombs; 43 people were killed and 800 buildings destroyed, with many more damaged. It dangled nose-down before the stressed rear fixture also broke. There is wood for the pannage of His counsel requested leniency because the law really applied to steam engines. rent, issuing out of certain tenements, called Le Rye, 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. in these battles; bones are continually discovered in The nobles found against Odo and confiscated part of his possessions. Owing to lack of space, the Balloon Factory moved in 1890 to Aldershot, Hampshire; then, from 1904, it relocated to nearby Farnborough, which afforded space to build the first British airship, Nulli Secundus, launched in 1907. chalk mixed with flint stones, and is in general very The peculiar circumstances revolve around John Nichols Tom, alias Sir William Courtney. Its offices were wrecked by the Luftwaffe in 1942, but production that week was completed at the Kent Messengers Maidstone office. 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.. Edmunds sent parcels of chocolates to notable people, including the doctors unfortunate wife. 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. curing barrenness in women, which caused great resort of people to his image and shrine in this church; When a detachment of soldiers approached the rebels in a clearing, Tom shot their lieutenant. Seasiders prepared by heaping sandbags against doors, but had to leave windows open so they would not be smashed by the 18-foot surge. She was launched in 1765, featured prominently in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, and won fame as Nelsons flagship at Trafalgar. whose sister Mary, about 1790; sold it to August, for pedlary ware, &c. Antient history makes mention of two famous World war resulted, costing Britain its world-power status. the manor of Otford Stuyens, alias Sergeants Otford, On May 21, El & Humph were the C15 supercouple. Canterbury, and consequently in that deanry. Otford, lately disparked, and his lands, meadows, &c. The case remains unsolved. It is astonishing to think that the worlds largest democracy traces its origins to a civil servant born in St Mary Cray. It was therefore re-designed by Sir Christopher Wren as todays distinctive four blocks, preserving a riverine view through their middle. Britain was still reeling from the psychological catastrophe of WW1. It was finally dismantled in 1966 for another 1 million plus. She was known for beauty and wits, he for sophistication and hedonism. 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 . He hit the headlines in 1974 after his childrens nanny Sandra Rivett was found battered to death in the basement of the family home in Belgravia, and his estranged wife reported that he had also attacked her. Its publisher was James Abree, who eventually distributed it in all major Kent towns east of the Medway. [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. between the village and the river Darent, have immemorially been called by, it should seem that he is That there belonged to it a three weeks court held Concerning. In the valley much of it is meadow 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. 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. This Cornishman was a maltster who had spent four years in Barming Heath Asylum. others, to his kinsman, Sir Richard Betenson, bart By 466, the invaders were forced back to the place where theyd first entered Britain, and possibly forced to flee. The battle was fought as part of a campaign by Cnut to conquer England. (fn. Originally published by W Bristow, Canterbury, 1797. Unfortunately for them, soldiers of the London Irish Rifles were billeted nearby in The Sportsman pub at Seasalter. sandy, and on the eastern and western hills it is entirely The first away was Hubert Latham, who got within six miles of the English coast when he was obliged to ditch in the sea. Maidstone too came in for rather pointless punishment. Bosville, esq. the lord Willoughby de Brooke. He himself was born in Dublin, and went to Eton and Oxford. Sheppey crossing incident: Old Bunyard, 2021. The Callis Court gang was a notorious band of smugglers. The lifeboat Friend To All Nations capsized with the loss of nine lives. The . this church, after which it for some time remained uninhabited and dropping into ruin. The change was occasioned by the death of King Aethelberht II in 762. Her friends Joan Cariden, Jane Hott, and Elizabeth Harris were named as accomplices. Nevertheless, such diligence was maintained that a full national set of maps took decades to emerge. 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 So dramatic were these events that they inspired an anonymous 1592 play, now thought to have been written mostly by William Shakespeare himself. Five Kent men went to petition the Tory-dominated Commons to pass a bill of supply so that the King could build Britains defences against the French. Rochester missed out on founding the worlds oldest extant school, but was compensated with Britains longest-running hospital. Three years later, a specialist hoverport opened in Pegwell Bay. 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. The gang lost around 15 men that night, including several who were later hanged at Gallows Field, Sandwich. At dawn on January 15th, Sir John Dynham under Warwicks command mounted an attack while the Lancastrian officers were still asleep. Dover incident: Old Bunyard, 2020. After the RAFs destructive and demoralising raid on Lbeck in March 1942, Hitler decided on a change of tactics. As there was no register, the exact tally of fatalities is unknown, but it exceeded 600, making it Britains worst ever inland water disaster. The attractions included an Italian garden, cavern, tunnels, hermit cave, Greek temples, lake, and even a bear pit. It was reported that she ran out of fuel, but half a century later a British gunner claimed she had been shot down after twice giving the wrong password. Five years later, Templers Balloon Factory became the Royal Aircraft Factory. The event is marked by a memorial at Lenham church, where a commemorative service is still held annually. After which the There were three explosions so tremendous that they were heard in France, and windows were shattered in Southend. By the name of Park-fields, which 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. Although the building cost was an eye-watering 2 million in todays money, it was expected to solve once and for all Woolwichs chronic town-centre parking problem. There is no doubt about either the barbarity of his premeditated crime or his guilt. Needless to say, Queen Mary took a very prejudicial point of view. One very costly attack however was that which struck Deptford on Saturday, November 25th at 12.26 pm. It was also in Kent waters, but the explosion was even bigger. 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. to the British churches and monasteries in general were the possessions of the see of Canterbury, till archbishop The Kentish airfields Biggin Hill, Detling, Eastchurch, Gravesend, Hawkinge, Lympne, Manston, West Malling took a fearful pounding, but somehow remained operational. Resistance remained fierce, however, both from the sea and Willikin of the Wealds heroic guerrilla warfare. Location within Kent. Unusually, it lasted two days, suggesting that it was hard fought. 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. Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Great Britain took over administration of the subcontinent from the East India Company and appointed a viceroy. Dyke. Although young Prince Louiss exploits in England had earned him the sobriquet le Lion, the war was not over. In March 1642, with hostilities looming, an initiative arose from Maidstone Assizes. After Usborne and Squadron Commander De Courcy Ireland had ascended to 4,000 feet, intending to launch the plane, the airship unaccountably flexed, causing the aircraft to become partially detached. On June 2nd, 1910, conditions were perfect, and he completed the flight in 95 minutes. When Svein died in 1014 he was succeeded by his son Harald as king of Denmark, but his army in England accepted Cnut as king. Of the dead, 59 were interred at St Jamess Cemetery in Dover. He took a sympathetic approach to Indian nationalist concerns, for which reason he was relatively popular. was widened in 1767, many skeletons were found in A Yorkshireman, he served in the Army before taking up a favourite occupation of ex-soldiers, highway robbery. He was the Duke of Gloucester, uncle and protector of the boy King Henry VI. [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. After all, Britain ruled the waves. The end product, a slapdash affair, was lambasted by critics after its launch screening on Boxing Day; but the EP reached No. Shortly before 6pm on December 4th, a band of musicians from the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps was making its way along Dock Road from the Melville Barracks. In 1609, a Dutch jurist, Grotius, had championed the principle of open seas allowing unfettered Dutch access to the English Channel. The invaders were routed, and Eustace was beheaded on deck. Louis departed the scene, returning in May 1217 to renew his assault with a huge siege engine. Detective Inspector Arthur Neil lured Smith into revealing himself, and by a clever process of investigation worked out how his victims, including a third at Herne Bay, had been killed. At Uplees, on what is now the Oare Marsh Nature Reserve, an explosives factory stood next door to the Explosive Loading Company. the chalk banks on each side of it. It affected him terribly. and Jane, of Otford, obt. In 1830, the entrepreneurial Islingtonian Jeremiah Rosher had the idea of creating a leisure resort for Londoners at a former chalk-pit he owned, where Northfleet now lies. King Ethelraed IIs hapless efforts to repel Cnuts invasion came to a halt in April 1016, when he died in London. The Puritans intolerance did not stop at restricting sports. 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