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Cranmer, in the 29th year of king Henry VIII. In 1914, Marconis research unit at Brooklands, Surrey was taken over by the Royal Flying Corps under the command of Major Charles Prince. (fn. Initial experiments were undertaken with a balloon hired from the outstanding Wouldham-born balloonist Henry Coxwell. There is disagreement whether Assandun may be Ashdon near Saffron Walden in north Essex, England, or, as long supposed and better evidenced, Ashingdon near Rochford in south-east Essex. As if the 1929 Gillingham Park fire disaster had not been enough, the town suffered another such calamity in 1951. One of the biggest challenges facing the English Commonwealth under Cromwell was the mercantile strength of the Dutch Republic. They managed to take off the whole crew of 23 before she foundered. The motives of the French are unclear, though it could have been a pre-emptive strike in support of the baguette. The coroner found the skipper of Bywell Castle at fault, while the Board of Trade blamed it on the skipper of Princess Alice. As early as 1815, Margate had the stone harbour-arm that doubles as a pier. The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. Needless to say, Though witches are associated with the Middle Ages, settling scores with an allegation of witchcraft was still commonplace in the C17; and East Kent was a hotspot of indictments. She flew to stardom at 26 by becoming the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia, her first of several long-distance firsts. Wishing to experiment further, he involved his friend Reverend Granville Wheler while visiting Otterden Place in June 1729. Though Maidstone Hospital shouldered some of the load, the burden of care and supervision of the mentally ill fell mostly on families and GPs, who continue to bear it today. Their magnum opus Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band was complete, and manager Brian Epstein had just died. He marched his men to Northampton, where in July he won a major victory over the King. 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 . When Henry VII sought to raise funding for Englands defences against threatened invasions by both the Scots and the pretender Perkin Warbeck, a 15,000-strong peasant army was raised in Cornwall, and marched on London. Dickens actually tended the victims, some of whom died in his presence. In total, nearly 4,000 of them were produced. thelred dies Edmund Ironside chosen as king by London, and besieged there Cnut chosen as king by the rest of England at Southampton (?) Otford. The Battle of Brentford (1016) 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 Ashingdon) between the English led by Edmund Ironside and the Danes led by Canute. On September 29, The Kentish rebellion of Spring 1648 went further than football. 7) and he resided here at the time of his It is astonishing to think that the worlds largest democracy traces its origins to a civil servant born in St Mary Cray. and law days of it, in the hands of the crown at the It was his job to read out the charge, demand the Kings plea, and later announce the death sentence. According to legend, a madwoman found Williams body and unaccountably placed a garland on his and her own head, curing herself of her madness. 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. now of that annual produce. What followed set a precedent for all future thrillers involving balloon flights. This demanded an armed landing by 1,700 marines to neutralise German defences. from the pursuit there, through the treacherous advice 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. Printed copies of the signed petition were distributed. In its day, however, it was a significant institution, being the first ever nunnery to be established in England. Astonishingly, when he told MI6 that he had changed his views, he was believed and enrolled as a British spy. 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. of Cheapstead, son of Thomas Polhill, esq. At 10.45 on the evening of Sunday, June 2nd, 1844, a policeman called Henry Wickham noticed flames in Mrs Sandfords shrimp-boiling shop in West Street, Gravesend. Because targets were selected for having three stars in the Baedeker guide-book, the campaign was called the Baedeker Blitz. the possessions of the see of Canterbury, till archbishop Although safety was inevitably iffy, what happened in 1926 shocked the nascent industry. year of queen Elizabeth, in whose descendants this It has been calculated that each terror weapon cost Britain just two lives, nothing like the carnage Hitler anticipated. Two miles further on, she ran into trouble. At the entrance of the Thirty were drowned. Penselwood, battle of, 1016. This manor, lordship, and seignory of Otford coming thus into the king's possessions, appears thenceforth The consequences were shocking. There was little the defenders could do except rely on the wind and weather for deterrence. It started when depot manager Colin Dixon was kidnapped on the A249 near Stockbury by fake police. Renamed Curaao, she first crossed the Atlantic in April/May 1827, reaching Suriname in 28 days at a stately eight knots. who is the Those accounts that exist were mostly written long after the event, are short on detail, and seldom tally. Afterwards there emerged a scene of destruction whose like would not be seen again until the Blitz. One warship, the Antelope, had its anchor cables severed by a merchant ship, the Dolphin, and was blown onto the Goodwin Sands. Eventually HMS Sandwich found herself isolated, and capitulated. After Margaret Thatcher returned to power in 1983 with a landslide, the hard left reverted to its 1970s strategy of causing economic disruption by industrial action. The rest of the town police force was immediately summoned, but the flames took hold, and rapidly spread to neighbouring buildings. After blustering about the Sword of Truth, he started a libel action. 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. There was an exchange of fire. 227 marines were killed, and U-boats were still able to come and go afterwards. king whilst he lived, and for his foul afterwards. 9) but this afterwards The dream turned to reality when Hoverlloyd started operations out of Ramsgate in 1966. Quickly! Six months later, he was killed in a training accident. The Prince of Wales, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling all came to see it, and HG Wells based a sci-fi story on it; yet Maxim abruptly abandoned the project. Its most famous alumni are, There is no point in looking up Folkestone Abbey on Tripadvisor: it ceased to exist many centuries ago. Its epicentre was not off the North Foreland but on the coast of France, near Calais. A policeman on a bicycle managed to catch up with him after a half-hour low-speed pursuit. The beautiful 17-acre site amounted to a Victorian theme park, offering a top leisure experience even without the benefit of technology. 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 The rebels were met halfway by Audley, who took over command. After his death, his eldest US President Franklin struck medals, and sent donatives for the rescuers families. When Thomas Gardiner hurt himself in a fall, Joan Walliford embarrassed him by laughing. Few Woolwich residents can have lamented the demise of their council, which by then had been subsumed into the Royal Borough of Greenwich. One particularly startling accident took place on June 18th, 1951. Investigation revealed that it was a people-smuggling exercise organised by a Chinese snakehead gang. river from that of Shoreham, now claims the reputation of a manor, and is called OTFORD NEW PARK. The debacle nevertheless remains a landmark in the revolutionary mythos. side towards the east and west. Apart from pillaging and burning down the town, they murdered John Drury, the mayor a deed commemorated in the town mayors black robe today. No risks were taken, and all River Class engines were withdrawn until they had been rebuilt to a new design. By 1450, the rule of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou was already known as much for ineptitude as for brutality. Tromp returned fire, and a five-hour battle ensued. In September 1174, the building was again engulfed in flames, suffering major damage. OTFROD is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and being a [5] Edmund was then joined by his brother in law, Earl Uhtred of Northumbria, and attacked towns which according to Anglo-Norman chronicler William of Malmesbury, had sided with Cnut. Charing Heath flying bomb: Old Bunyard, 2020. It showed 17 seconds of waves crashing against the Admiralty Pier. An engine caught fire, and then the whole wing. 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. Dyke. Of the 26 buildings destroyed along with their contents, three were warehouses, four pubs, and 19 houses and shops. Among the survivors was Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who at the time were top of the charts with Massachusetts. 12) His next successor, archbishop Cranmer, observing that this stately The Battle of Ashingdon is also known as the Battle of Assundun, the Battle of . 2d of king Philip and queen Mary, (fn. The outbreak eased in the autumn, entered a second peak just before Christmas, and was effectively over by late January. before. 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 7th Baron Audley. with quarterings, in the middle a mullet for difference. Thousands lined the streets for the funeral procession, and 800 packed into Maidstones All Saints Church for the service. [2] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describes Edmund as raising an army from "the entire English nation". Hence the chalk hills rise on each 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 . Richard Parker from Exeter was elected their leader. As a finale, the structure would be spectacularly burned down. with his army, marched after Canute, the Danish king, the little park, and other premises here, late belonging to the see of Canterbury, at the yearly rent of For the avoidance of confusion, it was called Margate Jetty, but confusion resumed after it was impressively transformed in 1875 into a tourist destination popularly known as Margate Pier. Disappearance of Lord Lucan: Old Bunyard, 2021. 30th year of his reign; (fn. of the archbishop of Canterbury. 90 passengers were killed and 173 injured. But the former in that year Simon Islip, sufficient for his accommodation, he with Several rebels subsequently found guilty of murder were reprieved. owner of some part of the lands formerly inclosed He overreached himself, however, and was killed at Smithfield. He allowed the heavily laden French fleet to pass Sandwich before setting sail, looping behind them to attack from the windward. the Some even thought him a madman. Had they drowned, they would have been held innocent, but the devil helped them stay afloat. The source of the uncertainty is the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery, 1 miles offshore. Had the truth come out, the traitorous king might well have suffered the same fate as his father. It proved so damaging because trees were still in leaf and rooted in sodden ground after torrential rains; over 15 million were lost nationally, including six of the Seven Oaks. There is wood for the pannage of The Irish Republican Armys 28-year campaign of terror was a war of attrition intended to wear down HM Governments resolve. It was one of a series of battles fought between Edmund and Canute, ultimately resulting in the lands held by Edmund's father Ethelred the . It was finally dismantled in 1966 for another 1 million plus. The plane crashed at Penshurst Airfield, and all seven on board were killed. By then, with the propeller broken and the ship taking on water, the order had been given to abandon ship; but most of the lifeboats were lost in the gale. By then, 19 protesters had been hanged, 644 imprisoned, and 481 transported. at Otford, wherein actions not above forty shillings A big issue facing Christianity from the start was predestination. Broughton went on to serve in two Parliaments; but, after Oliver Cromwell died and the monarchy was restored, there came a reckoning. Passengers fears were realised on the straight between Dunton Green and Sevenoaks. Whatever the true cause, Saxons will have seen it as a sign of Gods anger. Many cars were damaged, thousands of windows broken, and the town centre covered in what looked like snowdrifts. in the 44th year of that reign, had a grant in see of In April 1803, Napoleon sold Louisiana to fund his imperial ambitions, and Britain declared war. Although safety was improved, the Shakespeare Colliery never proved at all economical, and closed in 1915. Now the demesne of sixty acres of land, in trust, to be sold for the benefit The five, however, endured a single visit to the stake. which was given him, he would, in all probability, in In the south chancel, a memorial This he undertook to do at his home, Baldwyns Manor, Bexley. A big issue facing Christianity from the start was predestination. He practised intensively at Lambeth Baths, in the Thames, and in the Channel itself. The encounter was all perfectly civilised. 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. The battle was lost, Audley was executed, and reparations were exacted. Another went to his subordinate Able Seaman Albert McKenzie, 19, who survived his wounds but died of Spanish flu at Chatham Naval Hospital six months later. Late on the evening of Wednesday, November 16th, 1869, a fire broke out in Whitstable that turned into a major conflagration. in the 33d and 34th years of king Edward III's reign, On the first, auxiliaries swam across the river to attack the British chariot horses while the main army crossed the river in the confusion. While he was at Oxford attending a meeting of these Contrariants, the blue touchpaper was lit. She was launched in 1765, featured prominently in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, and won fame as Nelsons flagship at Trafalgar. [1] 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 kingdom after the battle. HMS Vanguard sank at anchor in Chatham dockyard, but at least no one was harmed. Although 500 rebels were initially routed at Hartley Wood, many Royalist troops defected, as did militia sent from London. On June 24th, 1944, at six in the morning, Brigadier Cliff Gough was shaving in the stables at Newlands House in Charing Heath that served as a washhouse for the adjacent Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers camp. Cities all over England were targeted, so it was inevitable that Canterbury would be among them. Despite its record, production of the Meteor continued until 1955. second son of Customer Smith, in whose descendants which the family of Bosville had the see of this estate, in which name it continued down to Henry 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. Field, which most probably was the spot on which the Ships were torn from their anchorages and tossed around like toys, crashing into each other with calamitous effect, and no hope of rescue. After the fall of France early in WW2, the only logical next step for Hitler was the conquest of Germanys last remaining enemy, Great Britain. both sides. Greatness farms, containing about eight hundred and John Jeffries and Jean-Pierre Blanchard, an American and a Frenchman, came to Dover Castle to attempt a crossing of the English Channel by hydrogen balloon. [8] This army pursued Cnut into Kent where Eadric forsook Cnut, and from where Cnut crossed the Thames into Essex and began raiding Mercia. On December 4th, 1957, the 5.18 pm electric train service from Charing Cross to Hayes set off with 1,500 commuters. possessed in undivided thirds, by Mompesson, Hyde, Another was picked out by the spotlight, slumped over the roof. In the valley much of it is meadow If he hoped to succeed to the family fortune, it was a clumsy way to go about it. Population: 3,465 (2011 Census) OS grid reference: TQ525590 . Demands was presented that eventually went well beyond those of the Spithead mutineers. The late stages of WW1 saw an incredible example of coolness under pressure. For the battle between Edmund II Ironside and Canute the Great, see Battle of Otford (1016). A crate of butter landed 6 miles away in Rainham, wreckage hit people in Sittingbourne, and severed heads were found in Hartlip and on the Isle of Grain. Major-General Eyre Coote, commander of Dovers army garrison, was to lead a force of 1,300 to destroy the locks and sluices, obliging French vessels to take to the sea, where the Royal Navy could engage them. Hertfordshire. eight sons and eight daughters, to his grandson, Mr. Louis renounced his claim to the English crown and went home; thered be no King Louis I of England after all. whole value of it, in the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, was . The Danish king Svein attacked England in 994 and returned in 1003 after the St Brice's Day massacre in 1002, when Aethelred, king of England, had many Danes living outside the Danelaw killed. The Fifth of November was to be remembered for all the wrong reasons in 1967. His incendiary rhetoric drew a gang of supporters who followed him on foot. The Polhills afterwards became owners of this Although Sandwichs population was already swollen by Dutch Protestant immigrants, poor Huguenot refugees were awarded 50 shillings by the authorities. The military operation in Flanders devised by Captain Home Popham during the Revolutionary War with France was an eerie forerunner of the disastrous Zeebrugge Raid of 1918. . After his death in 1035 Emma tried to make her son, Harthacnut, king of England, and he would rule jointly with Harold Harefoot, Cnut's son by his first wife, until 1037 when Emma and Harthacnut were exiled from England. One of the most spectacular pile-ups in British history took place on September 5th, 2013 on the A249 bridge from the Isle of Sheppey. His piety led him to undertake a pilgrimage to Canterbury, taking his ward with him. It signalled an end to the phoney peace, and the start of further hostilities that, by the summer, would turn to mortal conflict. When the quake started, the skeletons hanging in their laboratory suddenly sprang to life, causing them to run for their lives. the term of thirty years, which lease was renewed This led only to a further escalation. The mother of them arrived in February 1287, striking with such violence that there was widespread flooding. 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. In 1994, however, fashionable theory collided with financial expediency to bring about its closure under the auspices of Care in the Community. Some of Toms followers fled, but he was left with about 40 men armed with sticks. From the heirs of 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. Not that the numerous Kentish spectators minded: they joyfully plundered grounded Spanish vessels. (fn. Seven years later, it opened as Rosherville Gardens. Huguenot was another religious name coined as a term of derision. with lead falling in, the uppermost story of each was It was a false alarm, as the Elbe refloated. It was targeted at the School of Music, and was timed to catch the musicians in their recreational changing room. On the A classic case concerns the battle at Ebbsfleet (Wippedesfleot), the Thanet village that shares its name with Gravesends railway station. His first message was Hello Furnie. manoeuvres that ended in the battle of Otford. 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. 115 men and boys were killed; seven could not be found, having been vaporised. 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