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Kent Past
The History of Kent
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Cities, Towns, Villages & Hamlets
How much do you know about the history of where you live? When did your town or village first appear? Why was your home built where it is? This section sets out to answer those questions and more.
The traditional definition of a community is; a hamlet will have between three and twenty buildings, and no church, a village is larger with a parish church, a town has a market and a city a cathedral.
This section is regularly updated so please make frequent visits.
Place names are listed alphabetically; just click a letter to begin.
Acol
Acrise
Addington
Adisham
Aldington
Alkham
Allhallows
Allington
Appledore
Ash-
Ashurst
Aylesford
Aylesham
Boughton Malherbe
Boughton Monchelsea
Bredhurst
Brenchley
Brenzett
Bridge
Crockham Hill
Crundale
Cuxton
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Dover
Dungeness
Dunkirk
Dunton Green
Dymchurch
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East Barming
East Farleigh
East Langdon
Farningham
Faversham
Fawkham
Finglesham
Folkestone
Fordwich
Four Elms
Frindsbury
Frinsted
Frittenden
Frogholt
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Gillingham
Godmersham
Goodnestone-
Goudhurst
Grain
Graveney
Gravesend
Great Chart
Great Mongeham
Greatstone
Greenhithe
Markbeech
Marsh Green
Matfield
Meopham
Minster-
Molash
Monkton
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Oad Street
Oare
Offham
Old Romney
Orlestone
Platt
Plaxtol
Pluckley
Postling
Preston-
Rainham
Ramsgate
Reading Street
Reculver
Richborough
Ringlestone
River
Riverhead
Rochester
Rolvenden
Ruckinge
Rusthall
Shorne
Singlewell
Sissinghurst
Sittingbourne
Smarden
Stansted
Staple
Staplehurst
Stelling Minis
Temple Ewell
Tenterden
Teston
Teynham
Tudeley
Tunbridge Wells
Tunstall
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