THE HISTORY of kent

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Great Chart
Chart, like Chartham, takes its name from the Saxon word 'cert'.

 Great Mongeham
Great Mongeham and Little Mongeham were first recorded in 761.

 Greatstone
Greatstone-on-sea is a recent name taken from a shoreline feature./

 Greenhithe
Greenhithe is taken from the Saxon word 'hythe'.

 Guston
Guston describes a Saxon word 'tun' as 'village or farmstead'.
Gillingham
Gillingham is a 'homestead of Gylla's family'.

 Godmersham
Godmersham seems to recall Godmær's village.

 Goodnestone (near Faversham)
It was called 'Godwineston' in 1242.

 Goudhurst
Goudhurst probably means 'Gutha's wooded hill'.

 Grain
Grain comes from the Saxon word 'greon'.

 Graveney
Graveney is made up from the Saxon words 'ea' meaning 'stream or river'.
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