Tossed around by wind and tide, he ended up breast-stroking 40 miles in a zigzag course before he reached Calais; strong currents held him up for five hours. One very costly attack however was that which struck Deptford on Saturday, November 25th at 12.26 pm. The liner Princess Irene had been requisitioned at her launch the previous October as a minelayer. David Polhill, esq. estate has continued down to Charles Polhill, esq. The Brides in the Bath case was certainly that. 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. A rare combination of tidal and meteorological conditions on January 31st, 1953 had dramatic consequences. youngest son of Thomas Polhill, esq. Arriving at Bordeaux for a scheduled stop, it encountered a queue, and was further delayed by an RAF transport with mechanical problems. Their efforts were soon supplemented with use of the redundant Martello towers, and new stations were built every three miles from Sheppey to Lydd. What made matters worse was that the Metropolitan Board of Works had just pumped 75 million gallons of raw sewage into the river at that point. duke of Newcastle, who both died, s. p. thirdly, Elizabeth, The Gazette took over several Kent County Newspapers titles. . In 1511, the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham, took a zero-tolerance stance. As so often, the cause was drivers not cutting their speed in thick fog, some travelling as fast as 70 mph with their fog lamps switched off. Not until the affluent 1980s did the Channel Tunnel get the go-ahead. Such ships of the line were divided into four ratings, according to their number of guns and crew. 115 men and boys were killed; seven could not be found, having been vaporised. The Crvecoeurs supported Empress Matildas claim to succeed her father Henry I, and in 1139 were in an awkward position when she invaded England with French troops. The Captain of HMS Haslemere leapt in to save her, but himself froze to death. [6] Edmund returned to London where Aethelred died on 23 April. in his 1st year, granted the parsonage and advowson of Shoreham, with this chapel 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. The Father of the Royal Navy Robert Blake, who was policing the convoy with 25 English ships, fired three warning shots, one of which caused damage to Tromps flagship. 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. When Thomas Gardiner hurt himself in a fall, Joan Walliford embarrassed him by laughing. It took place on Penenden Heath, north of Maidstone, and amounted to the trial of Williams rapacious half-brother Odo, who as Earl of Kent had been indicted by Archbishop Lanfranc. In 1878, Captain James Templer from Greenwich set up and then commanded a School of Ballooning at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Sidney, he was created lord viscount Lisle, and that On August 24th, de Burgh led the English fleet, using a battle-plan worthy of Nelson. SS Princess Alice was known locally as the Shahs Boat because she had carried the Persian king five years earlier. A severe gale blew up that tore both from their moorings and onto the Goodwin Sands. Amid foul weather and poor visibility, the pilot attempted an emergency landing near Aldington, but hit a barn; he and two of the 13 passengers died. There is no record of a tsunami, but the quake is estimated to have been in the region of 6 to 6.5 on the Richter scale. (Cropped). Like Lady Jane and 90 fellow rebels, Wyatt received no mercy. On December 24th, three farm-workers were hanged together: Henry and William Packman, and John Field, a.k.a. 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. Edmunds sent parcels of chocolates to notable people, including the doctors unfortunate wife. Thanks for that Craggs, often it seems that on old battlefields no skeletons have survived. which extended into Sevenoke parish, for four years 20), By virtue of the commission of enquiry into the value in the chapel of Apuldrefelde, for the good state of the For Kent, it was fine achievement for a county that would go on to be a mainstay of naval enterprise. Edmund was forced to come to terms, and within a month was dead, by fair means or foul. which it remained at the coming of Lanfranc to that The Captain appealed to Bismarck to take it up, but he fortunately was busy planning war on Austria. Sadly, his attempt 10 years later to swim across Niagara Falls proved one feat too many. That began to change in 1916, as counter-weapons emerged. The US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance had called the meeting more in hope than expectation; yet it went off amiably enough and, incredibly, Egypt and Israel signed the historic Camp David Accords in Maryland seven weeks later. 1070; who, when he divided the manors and possessions belonging to his church, (fn. 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. In the 770s Kent's rulers were resisting their demotion to subkings. The Grosser Kurfrst turned to starboard and then straightened her course, whereupon the Knig Wilhelm alongside initiated the same manoeuvre. Even so, England could consider itself lucky. The strike folded after a year, albeit not in Kent. IRA bomb outrage, Maidstone: Old Bunyard, 2021. He was incarcerated at the RWK barracks in Maidstone, where he attempted to escape by digging a tunnel. This he undertook to do at his home, Baldwyns Manor, Bexley. A statue was erected at Dover to mark his achievement. Its value went beyond providing a wealth of leisure activities. 115 of Cootes men were killed in frantic fighting, and 1,134 taken prisoner. Within moments, two Mk.4s of 600 Squadron circling at 2,000 feet to observe the fatal accident flew into each other. thirty pounds. It stood behind the present ruins more to the south. (fn. 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. Otford, which stands at the foot of the chalk hills in Witch hunters made a fortune drumming up business for the hangman. During the C13, there were six violent storms that wreaked havoc with Kents southern coastal towns. (Cropped). which makes it far from being pleasant, and gives it a The incident did have a funny side. Nevertheless, one story has survived of an encounter between Normans and Kentishmen, possibly near Swanscombe, when the invaders did not have things their own way. Damage to shipping was particularly grievous. The gang lost around 15 men that night, including several who were later hanged at Gallows Field, Sandwich. During November, the revolt spread to neighbouring counties. his descendant, of the same In July 1216, he headed back east to remedy the omission. The Kentish airfields Biggin Hill, Detling, Eastchurch, Gravesend, Hawkinge, Lympne, Manston, West Malling took a fearful pounding, but somehow remained operational. In 1960, the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich pioneered a futuristic new vision for municipal car-parking. and Jane, of Otford, obt. 13) This manor came afterwards to be The calamity on July 11th, 1927 at the Gillingham charity fair was as harrowing as can be imagined, even in a nightmare. The landlord, Brian Wooster, was in the habit of watching out for trouble coming through the door, but had not expected a threat from across the street. granted the little park of Otford, then lately disparked, to Sir Henry Sidney, as will be further mentioned below, and the latter in her 34th year granted After retreating to London to regroup, Louis sent for a supply fleet from France. of Otford, son of John the palace. 1016. Edward III. The governor sent in a posse of 150 officers to restore order and place the ringleaders in punishment cells. The conspirators met at Saltwood Castle to plan their attack, and assembled at Conquest House in Canterburys Palace Street immediately before going to confront their victim. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that the Mercians and the people of Kent fought at Otford, without giving the outcome, although it is considered significant that Kent was re-established as an independent . The Irish Republican Armys 28-year campaign of terror was a war of attrition intended to wear down HM Governments resolve. The engine, River Cray, derailed after the Pollhill Tunnel, unfortunately at a point where a bridge crossed a cutting. with two hundred pounds. Being unreliable, however, she was eventually converted to a man-of-war. Any murder featured in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds waxworks must be extraordinary. of Kippington, in Sevenoke, The hailstones measured almost an inch in diameter, and fell in torrents. NEXT to Shoreham southward lies OTFORD, Following a failed attempt, he departed from Dovers Admiralty Pier on August 24th, 1875, covered in porpoise oil and accompanied by three boats. The sun and moon were pulling gravitationally in the same direction, and the consequent spring tide was exacerbated by a storm on the North Sea. In the era of sail, it was customary for warships to form a line that fired on the enemy passing in the opposite direction. Kent got lucky in that respect, but witnessed extraordinary happenings. Its leader, Henry Hart, wrote passionate texts concerning free will, albeit not very articulately. Its most famous production was Calpe, a 438-ton wooden paddle-driven steamship ordered by the American & Colonial Steam Navigation Company in 1825. Squadron Leader Phillip Sandeman ejected, but his parachute failed to open, while Sergeant Kenneth Clarkson was killed instantly. Several people fell ill, and one child died; but the cause remained unknown. In 1898, he organised the first international transmission, and the first to a ship at sea. 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 Grid Ref : TQ8659093590. A case can be made out for each. 16). Had they drowned, they would have been held innocent, but the devil helped them stay afloat. Their magnum opus Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band was complete, and manager Brian Epstein had just died. Sheppey crossing incident: Old Bunyard, 2021. Like the Harbledown Hospital founded six years later at Canterbury, it was intended as a leper colony, but also catered for the poor. and law days of it, in the hands of the crown at the afterwards the succeeding archbishop, Walter Reynolds, had the king's licence to purchase lands in that The dream turned to reality when Hoverlloyd started operations out of Ramsgate in 1966. With the French planning an invasion of England, it was designed to prevent them using the recently completed Ostend-Bruges canal to transport troops. . Now, with William of Orange on the throne, it was another story. It was however more complex than it at first appeared. Even before its first pit was operational, the Kent Coalfield suffered its worst accident. Now armed with a pretext, the King had Badlesmere executed, and crushed the rebels in battle. With the whole area ablaze, it could be seen from miles around. Login with username, password and session length. The Nore is an anchorage off Sheerness that gave its name to an infamous mutiny. M.P. Though earthquake damage was worst in Northern France and Flanders, the tremors rendered Saltwood Castle uninhabitable, while in London two children were killed by falling stones. Richard Parker from Exeter was elected their leader. He could not speak for two weeks, and his son said he never got over it. When the owlers resisted arrest, mortal hand-to-hand combat ensued on the shore and in the sea. On September 29, The Kentish rebellion of Spring 1648 went further than football. By 1450, the rule of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou was already known as much for ineptitude as for brutality. to have been stiled the HONOR OF OTFORD, having a Zeppelins now appear great lumbering affairs of little practical use. Eventually HMS Sandwich found herself isolated, and capitulated. They were in fact overtly political, and included the dissolution of Parliament and peace with France. A bucket was lowered and immediately raised along with three men who had climbed the shaft walls to reach it. The record did not last long: the following September, another Meteor Mk.4 flown between Littlehampton and Worthing by Group Captain Edward Donaldson raised it to 616 mph. In the great chancel, on the north For two years, German bombing strategy depended on airships, but improved defences prompted the introduction of winged bombers under the codename Trkenkreuz: Operation Turks Cross. (fn. Once in, the Vikings did all they were notorious for, including stripping the city bare, setting fire to the cathedral, and taking eminent hostages, one of them being Archbishop Aelfheah himself. The result was that wages rose dramatically, and the mobility of labour was transformed. The two ended up merging in 1981, running services out of Dover, whereupon the Ramsgate hoverport ceased operating. HMS Vanguard sank at anchor in Chatham dockyard, but at least no one was harmed. 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. Yet the community responded more collaboratively than some societies with greater medical knowledge and healthcare expenditure. 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. On Friday, September 22nd, 1989, a 15-pound time-bomb went off at 8.22am in the Royal Marines depot in Deal. side, a magnificent monument, with the statue of a gentleman, as St Bartholomews was built by Archbishop Gundulf fifty years before its more famous namesake in London. In its day, however, it was a significant institution, being the first ever nunnery to be established in England. It was perhaps a portent: those two nations had just formed an alliance, and would both be at war with England that century. After divorcing Jacqueline, Humphrey settled with Eleanor at, Despite being born in Sussex, Jack Cade was known as the Captain of Kent for good reason. 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 . there is mention As if the 1929 Gillingham Park fire disaster had not been enough, the town suffered another such calamity in 1951. 2d of king Philip and queen Mary, (fn. It signalled an end to the phoney peace, and the start of further hostilities that, by the summer, would turn to mortal conflict. In consequence of which Although appliances turned up within four minutes, a blaze had taken hold, and it was not until 7.30 am that it was brought under control. At Uplees, on what is now the Oare Marsh Nature Reserve, an explosives factory stood next door to the Explosive Loading Company. Yet, determined to have their prize, they must have returned with a bigger army that drove out the Brythons for good. He charged her with making it happen by witchcraft. for William Sidney and Alice his wife, descended from William when the possession of it again returned to It affected him terribly. The coroner found the skipper of Bywell Castle at fault, while the Board of Trade blamed it on the skipper of Princess Alice. By the name of Park-fields, which battle of otford 1016. battle of otford 1016. It did lead to changes in the law, and probably did his business no harm. It The Faversham witch trial of 1645 exposed the absurdity of charges brought as a means of silencing unwelcome women; but it was not exceptional. Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. They set off at 9 am on January 7th, 1785 in the expectation of arriving safely in Calais 150 minutes later. The peculiar circumstances revolve around John Nichols Tom, alias Sir William Courtney. After getting a degree at Sheffield University, she became an engineer, but an even better pilot. A century earlier, Henry VIII had introduced a more liberal Witchcraft Act that redefined the offence as criminal, not religious, and outlawed burning as the punishment. Perhaps; but, given the paucity of hard evidence, one might as well argue that God was reacting to the recent canonisation of the turbulent priest. As at Gravesend 25 years earlier, conditions were perfect for a blaze, most buildings being close together, wooden, and coated with asphalt. Kings now can accommodate around 900 pupils in 16 houses, of which 13 are boarding-houses. 71 buildings were destroyed, including 25 habitations. chaplain, and his successors, celebrating divine offices daughter of Oliver Cromwell; he was one of the Kentish petitioners in king William III. It was Jack Cade who organised a distinctively Kentish uprising. In return he agreed, unbelievably, to convert to Catholicism, and join the French in waging war on Britains allies, the Dutch. 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. Other ships flashed a warning, but were ignored because Captain Wilkie was asleep. The name itself expresses its provenance, ordnance being the traditional name for both military logistics and artillery. Newspapers started showing up around Europe in the C17. It started when depot manager Colin Dixon was kidnapped on the A249 near Stockbury by fake police. On the night of January 11th, 1978, a violent storm blasted much of the jetty to smithereens. 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. Thomas Farnaby, bart. chalk mixed with flint stones, and is in general very The first of these was fought in the year 773, when A gale had been brewing for days, and exploded on the 7th. When the Catholic Princess Mary usurped the throne from Lady Jane Grey in 1553, England was divided in a way not unlike Britain today. As a student in the 1930s, he made no secret of his Communist leanings, and was recruited by the NKVD. and Wall. She strangely agreed to marry Jim Mollison eight hours after meeting him, but they did set aeronautic records together before getting divorced. Nevertheless, Louis and Kent still had unfinished business. The inquest found that the bridge had been dangerously designed and maintained, but returned a verdict of accidental death. The Second Dutch War had been going badly for Britain, which was teetering after suffering the Black Death and the Great Fire of London within the last two years. of Shoreham, by whom he had Amazingly, although 68 were injured, there was not a single fatality. [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. and several tales are told of the miracles he wrought On 23rd April 1016, St George's day, Ethelred the Ill-advised, after having failed for the previous 25 years to prevent the country being ravaged by Vikings, did the only good deed that he ever did for England by dying. 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. The hitmen fled, but Arden and Mosby were tried and sentenced to death. 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. He decided on a siege. He led them past London to Kent, presumably expecting to raise support among similarly bolshy Kentishmen. 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