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Market towns in Kent
Towns in Kent
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Unparished areas in Kent

A2 road (England)

The A2 is a major road in south-east England, connecting London with the English Channel port of Dover in Kent.

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Academy (English school)

An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control.

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Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies.

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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self-regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom.

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Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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Alluvium

Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the Apostle (Andréas; Andreas; אַנדּרֵאוָס; ʾAnd'raʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus.

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Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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Archant

Archant Limited is a newspaper and magazine publishing company with headquarters in Norwich, England.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB;, AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Arriva Southern Counties

Arriva Southern Counties Limited, trading as Arriva Southern Counties, is a bus operator in Kent, Essex, Hemel Hempstead, and Watford in England.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Aveling and Porter

Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer.

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Æthelberht of Kent

Æthelberht (also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert; Æðelberht; 550 – 24 February 616) was King of Kent from about 589 until his death.

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Bank holiday

A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland.

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BBC Radio Kent

BBC Radio Kent is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Kent.

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BBC South East

BBC South East is the BBC English region serving Kent, East Sussex (including the City of Brighton and Hove), parts of West Sussex and Surrey.

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Beating the bounds

Beating the bounds or perambulating the bounds is an ancient custom still observed in parts of England, Wales, and the New England region of the United States, which involves swatting local landmarks with branches to maintain a shared mental map of parish boundaries, usually every seven years.

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Bede

Bede (Bēda; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Bluebell Hill transmitting station

The Bluebell Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located at Blue Bell Hill between Maidstone and Rochester in the English county of Kent.

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Bomber

A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.

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Borstal, Rochester

Borstal is a place in the Medway unitary authority of Kent in South East England. Rochester, Kent and Borstal, Rochester are Medway.

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Bourne (stream)

A bourne is an intermittent stream, flowing from a spring.

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Brogdale

Brogdale is a hamlet in Kent, England, immediately south of the M2 motorway, south of Faversham.

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Canon (title)

Canon (translit) is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule.

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Cantiaci

The Cantiaci or Cantii were an Iron Age Celtic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain.

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Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.

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Chalk

Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock.

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Chapel

A chapel (from cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small.

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Chapel of ease

A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to distance away.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.

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Charter trustee

In England and Wales, charter trustees are set up to maintain the continuity of a town charter or city charter after a district with the status of a borough or city has been abolished, until such time as a civil parish council or in larger settlements, a town council is established.

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Chatham

Chatham may refer to.

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Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent.

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Chatham Main Line

The Chatham Main Line is a railway line in England that links London Victoria and Dover Priory / Ramsgate, travelling via Medway (of which the town of Chatham is part, hence the name).

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Chatham Town Hall

Chatham Town Hall is a municipal building in Dock Road in Chatham, Kent, England.

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Chatham, Kent

Chatham is a town located within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and Chatham, Kent are former civil parishes in Kent, Medway, towns in Kent and Unparished areas in Kent.

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Chattenden

Chattenden is a village within the civil parish of Hoo, which is within the unitary authority of Medway, Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and Chattenden are Medway.

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Chester (placename element)

The English place-name Chester, and the suffixes -chester, -caster and -cester (old -ceaster), are commonly indications that the place is the site of a Roman castrum, meaning a military camp or fort (cf. Welsh caer), but it can also apply to the site of a pre-historic fort.

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Chimney sweep

A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys.

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Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648.

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City gate

A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall.

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City of Rochester-upon-Medway

Rochester-upon-Medway was a local government district in north Kent, England from 1974 to 1998. Rochester, Kent and City of Rochester-upon-Medway are Medway.

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City status in the United Kingdom

City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally accepted definition of cities.

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Cliffe

Cliffe may refer to.

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Cliffe, Kent

Cliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, in the borough of Medway in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and Cliffe, Kent are former civil parishes in Kent and Medway.

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Coastal defence and fortification

Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Coastal defence (or defense) and coastal fortification are measures taken to provide protection against military attack at or near a coastline (or other shoreline), for example, fortifications and coastal artillery.

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Cobham Park

Cobham Park is a former mansion and country estate in Cobham, Surrey, England.

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Continental Europe

Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.

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Cooling

Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change.

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Corn Exchange, Rochester

The Corn Exchange is a commercial complex in the High Street, Rochester, Kent, England.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Cuxton

Cuxton is a village in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. Rochester, Kent and Cuxton are Medway.

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Dairy

A dairy is a place where milk is stored and where butter, cheese and other dairy products are made, or a place where those products are sold.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Denis Redman

Major General Denis Arthur Kay Redman, CB, OBE (8 April 191018 July 2009) was a senior British Army officer.

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Diocese of Rochester

The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in the English county of Kent and the Province of Canterbury.

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Districts of England

The districts of England (officially, local authority districts, abbreviated LADs) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. Rochester, Kent and Dover are market towns in Kent and towns in Kent.

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Earl of Rochester

Earl of Rochester was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of England.

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Eastern Daily Press

The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK.

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Eastgate House, Rochester

Eastgate House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan townhouse in Rochester, Kent, England.

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Ebbsfleet International railway station

Ebbsfleet International railway station is in Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, east of London, England, near Dartford and the Bluewater Shopping Centre to the west and Gravesend to the east.

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Edmund of Hadenham

Edmund of Hadenham (fl. 1307), was a monk of Rochester and an English chronicler.

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Elliott Brothers (computer company)

Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd was an early computer company of the 1950s and 1960s in the United Kingdom.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Reformation

The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.

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Faversham

Faversham is a market town in Kent, England, from Sittingbourne, from London and from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. Rochester, Kent and Faversham are market towns in Kent and towns in Kent.

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First Barons' War

The First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a civil war in the Kingdom of England in which a group of rebellious major landowners (commonly referred to as barons) led by Robert Fitzwalter waged war against King John of England.

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Fixed-wing aircraft

A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift.

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Floruit

Floruit (abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active.

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Fort Amherst

Fort Amherst, in Medway, South East England, was constructed in 1756 at the southern end of the Brompton lines of defence to protect the southeastern approaches to Chatham Dockyard and the River Medway against a French invasion.

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Fort Borstal

Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour.

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Fort Bridgewoods

The site of Fort Bridgewoods is on the outskirts of Rochester, Medway in the United Kingdom, next to the Rochester-Maidstone road (B2097).

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Fort Clarence

Fort Clarence is a now defunct fortification that is located in Rochester, Kent, England.

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Fort Darnet

Fort Darnet, is a nineteenth-century military installation on the River Medway in Kent, England, that formed part of the defences of Chatham Naval Dockyard.

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Fort Gillingham

Fort Gillingham, also known as Gillingham Fort, was constructed in 1669 on the south bank of the River Medway in Kent, England.

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Fort Luton

Fort Luton was built between 1876 and 1892 south of Chatham, Medway, South East England.

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Fort Pitt, Kent

Fort Pitt is a Napoleonic era fort on the high ground of the boundary between Chatham and Rochester, Kent.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Freedom of the City

The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.

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French Hospital (La Providence)

The French Hospital was founded in 1718 in Finsbury on behalf of poor French Protestants and their descendants residing in Great Britain.

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Gads Hill Place

Gads Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gad's Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens, the most successful British author of the Victorian era.

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General Electric Company

The General Electric Company (GEC) was a major British industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering.

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Geologist

A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and history of Earth.

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Gillingham, Kent

Gillingham is a town in the unitary authority area of Medway, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and Gillingham, Kent are former civil parishes in Kent, Medway, towns in Kent and Unparished areas in Kent.

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Gold (British radio network)

Gold is a network of oldies radio stations in the United Kingdom, which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold network in August 2007.

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Goldfinger (novel)

Goldfinger is the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series.

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Gravesend

Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Rochester, Kent and Gravesend are former civil parishes in Kent, market towns in Kent, towns in Kent and Unparished areas in Kent.

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel.

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Greater London

Greater London is the administrative area of London, which is coterminous with the London region.

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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory.

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Gundulf of Rochester

Gundulf (or Gundulph) (c. 1024 – 1108) was a Norman monk who went to England following the Norman Conquest.

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Halling

Halling may refer to.

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Halling, Kent

Halling is a village on the North Downs in the northern part of Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and Halling, Kent are Medway.

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Heart South

Heart South is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.

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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who was twice prime minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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High Speed 1

High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.

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Higham, Kent

Higham is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England.

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Historic roads and trails

Historic roads (historic trails in USA and Canada) are paths or routes that have historical importance due to their use over a period of time.

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History of Rochester, Kent

Rochester is a town and former city in Kent, England.

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HM Prison Rochester

HM Prison Rochester (formerly known as Borstal Convict Prison and Borstal Institution) is a male Young Offenders Institution, founded in 1874, and located in the Borstal area of Rochester in Kent, England.

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Holcombe Hockey Club

Holcombe Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rochester, Kent, England.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms

His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms is a bodyguard to the British Monarch.

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Hoo Fort

Hoo Fort is a nineteenth-century military installation on the River Medway in Kent, England, that formed part of the defences of Chatham Naval Dockyard.

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Hoo Peninsula

The Hoo Peninsula is a peninsula in Kent, England, separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. Rochester, Kent and Hoo Peninsula are Medway.

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House of Stuart

The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain.

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Housing estate

A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development.

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Human settlement

In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place.

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Intra

Intra may refer to.

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Ironclad (film)

Ironclad is a 2011 British action historical drama film directed by Jonathan English.

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ITV Meridian

ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England.

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Jack in the Green

Jack in the Green, also known as Jack o' the Green, is an English folk custom associated with the celebration of May Day.

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James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on the titular character, a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John Fisher

John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal, and theologian.

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John Stevens Henslow

John Stevens Henslow (6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861) was an English Anglican priest, botanist and geologist.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Joseph Williamson (English politician)

Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS (25 July 1633 – 3 October 1701) was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1699.

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Jury

A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.

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Jutes

The Jutes were one of the Germanic tribes who settled in Great Britain after the departure of the Romans.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Keep

A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

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Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook (born Kelly Ann Parsons, 23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, and media personality.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Kent Cricket League

The Kent Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Kent, England.

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Kent Institute of Art & Design

The Kent Institute of Art & Design (KIAD, often) was an art school based across three campuses in the county of Kent, in the United Kingdom.

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King's School, Rochester

The King's School, Rochester, is an private co-educational all through day and boarding school in Rochester, Kent.

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KM Media Group is a multimedia company in the county of Kent, England which originated as the publisher of the Kent Messenger.

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KMFM Medway

KMFM Medway is an Independent Local Radio serving the Medway Towns and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. Rochester, Kent and KMFM Medway are Medway.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Lauren Edwards

Lauren Rae Edwards is an Australian-born British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood since 2024.

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Letters patent

Letters patent (plural form for singular and plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title or status to a person or corporation.

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List of agricultural machinery

Agricultural equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming.

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List of oldest schools

This is a list of extant schools, excluding universities and higher education establishments, that have been in continuous operation since founded.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London Basin

The London Basin is an elongated, roughly triangular sedimentary basin approximately long which underlies London and a large area of south east England, south eastern East Anglia and the adjacent North Sea.

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London Clay

The London Clay Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (early Eocene Epoch, c. 54-50 million years ago) age which crops out in the southeast of England.

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Lord Chancellor's Department

The Lord Chancellor's Department was a United Kingdom government department answerable to the Lord Chancellor with jurisdiction over England and Wales.

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Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom

The Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom (of England beginning in the 14th century, later of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800) is the ceremonial head of the Royal Navy.

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Low-pressure area

In meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations.

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Lowest bridging point

The lowest bridging point (or lowest crossing point) is the location on a river which is crossed by a bridge at its closest point to the sea.

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M2 motorway (Great Britain)

The M2 is a long motorway in Kent, England, and was built to bypass a section of the A2 road in Kent, which goes through the Medway Towns, Sittingbourne, and Faversham.

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Maidstone

Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Rochester, Kent and Maidstone are former civil parishes in Kent, market towns in Kent, towns in Kent and Unparished areas in Kent.

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Maidstone & District Motor Services

Maidstone & District Motor Services Arriva Kent & Surrey Limited formerly Arriva Kent & Sussex Limited formerly Maidstone & District Motor Services Limited was a bus company based in Maidstone, Kent.

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Major general (United Kingdom)

Major general (Maj Gen) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.

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Marconi Company

The Marconi Company was a British telecommunications and engineering company that did business under that name from 1963 to 1987.

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Mary I of England

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.

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May Day

May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's Spring equinox and June solstice.

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Mayor of Medway

The office of Mayor of Medway is the ceremonial figurehead of Medway Council in Kent, England.

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Medway

Medway is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent, South East England.

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Medway Council

Medway Council is the local authority of Medway, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.

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Medway RFC

Medway Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Rochester, Kent.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Men's England Hockey League

The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.

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Met Office

The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.

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Michiel de Ruyter

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676) was a Dutch admiral.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Miss Havisham

Miss Havisham is a character in Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations.

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Model (person)

A model is a person with a role either to display commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as an artist's model or to pose for photography.

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Morris dance

Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance.

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Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.

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Municipal Corporations Act 1835

The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 76), sometimes known as the Municipal Reform Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in the incorporated boroughs of England and Wales.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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Nicholas Ridley (martyr)

Nicholas Ridley (– 16 October 1555) was an English Bishop of London (the only bishop called "Bishop of London and Westminster").

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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North Downs

The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent.

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North Kent Line

The North Kent Line is a railway line which branches off the South East Main Line at St Johns junction west of Lewisham station in Greater London and runs to Rochester Bridge Junction near Strood, Medway where it links to the Chatham Main Line.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Parish (Church of England)

The parish with its parish church(es) is the basic territorial unit of the Church of England.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Peter Buck (mayor)

Sir Peter Buck (died 1625) was an English mayor and naval official.

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Peter Watkins

Peter Watkins (born 29 October 1935) is an English film and television director.

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Post-industrial economy

A post-industrial economy is a period of growth within an industrialized economy or nation in which the relative importance of manufacturing reduces and that of services, information, and research grows.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Public library

A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes.

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Radio broadcasting

Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.

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Radio Sunlight

Radio Sunlight was a community radio station serving the Medway towns in Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and radio Sunlight are Medway.

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Raid on the Medway

The Raid on the Medway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in June 1667, was a successful attack conducted by the Dutch navy on English warships laid up in the fleet anchorages off Chatham Dockyard and Gillingham in the county of Kent. Rochester, Kent and Raid on the Medway are Medway.

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Rainham, Kent

Rainham is a town in the unitary authority area of Medway, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and Rainham, Kent are former civil parishes in Kent and Medway.

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Reformation

The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

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Restoration House

Restoration House in Rochester, Kent in England, is a fine example of an Elizabethan mansion.

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Ridge

A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides.

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River Medway

The River Medway is a river in South East England. Rochester, Kent and river Medway are Medway.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Rochester Airport

Rochester Airport may refer to.

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Rochester Airport (Kent)

Rochester Airport also known as Rochester Airfield, is a small airstrip located south of Rochester in South East England, with the River Medway from the end of runway 34, from Chatham and its Historic Dockyard and the Medway area.

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Rochester and Strood (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochester and Strood is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lauren Edwards from the Labour Party.

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Rochester Bridge

Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England.

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Rochester Castle

Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England.

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Rochester Cathedral

Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. Rochester, Kent and Rochester Cathedral are Medway.

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Rochester Grammar School

Rochester Grammar School (known as Rochester Grammar School for Girls until 2006) often abbreviated to RGS is a grammar school for the education of girls between the ages of 11 and 18.

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Rochester Guildhall

The Rochester Guildhall is an historic building located in the High Street in Rochester, Kent, England.

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Rochester railway station

Rochester railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Rochester, Kent.

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Rochester United F.C.

Rochester United Football Club is a football club based in Strood, Kent, England.

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Roman conquest of Britain

The Roman conquest of Britain was the Roman Empire's conquest of most of the island of Britain, which was inhabited by the Celtic Britons.

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Romano-British culture

The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia.

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Romford Bombers

The Romford Bombers formerly the Rochester Bombers were a speedway team which operated from 1969 until their closure in 1971.

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Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom

The Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom was a committee formed in 1859 to enquire into the ability of the United Kingdom to defend itself against an attempted invasion by a foreign power, and to advise the British Government on the remedial action required.

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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) is the maintenance arm of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Navy Dockyard

Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted.

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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.

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Runway

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft".

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Russell Thorndike

Arthur Russell Thorndike (6 February 1885 – 7 November 1972) was a British actor and novelist, best known for the Doctor Syn of Romney Marsh novels.

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Saxons

The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons, were the Germanic people of "Old" Saxony (Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany.

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Sea salt

Sea salt is salt that is produced by the evaporation of seawater.

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Seaplane

A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.

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Second Anglo-Dutch War

The Second Anglo-Dutch War, or Second Dutch War, began on 4 March 1665, and concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Breda on 31 July 1667.

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Secondary modern school

A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System.

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Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a United Kingdom Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR).

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Short Brothers

Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Short Empire

The Short Empire was a medium-range four-engined monoplane flying boat, designed and developed by Short Brothers during the 1930s to meet the requirements of the growing commercial airline sector, with a particular emphasis upon its usefulness upon the core routes that served the United Kingdom.

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Short Scion

The Short S.16 Scion and Scion II were 1930s British two-engine, cantilever monoplanes built by Short Brothers and (under licence) by Pobjoy Airmotors and Aircraft Ltd. in Rochester, Kent between 1933 and 1937.

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Short Singapore

The Short Singapore was a British multi-engined biplane flying boat built after the First World War.

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Short Stirling

The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War.

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Short Sunderland

The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Short Type 184

The Short Admiralty Type 184, often called the Short 225 after the power rating of the engine first fitted, was a British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying folding-wing seaplane designed by Horace Short of Short Brothers.

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Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (SJWMS) is an all boys' grammar school with academy status in Rochester, Kent, and a co-ed sixthform, also referred to as Rochester Math or The Math School.

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Sketches by Boz

Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and 1836.

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Smooth Radio (2014)

Smooth Radio is a network of local radio stations broadcasting on FM and DAB in the United Kingdom.

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Southeastern (train operating company)

SE Trains Limited, trading as Southeastern, is a British train operating company owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport, that took over operating the South Eastern franchise in South East England from privately owned London & South Eastern Railway (which also traded as Southeastern) on 17 October 2021.

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St Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester

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St Nicholas Church, Rochester

St Nicholas Church is a former parish church in Rochester, Kent, England, next to Rochester Cathedral.

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St Pancras railway station

St Pancras railway station, officially known since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a major central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.

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Steamroller

A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for leveling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine.

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Stephen Langton

Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 until his death in 1228.

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Strood

Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England. Rochester, Kent and Strood are former civil parishes in Kent, Medway and towns in Kent.

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Strood Rural District

Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England.

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Summer

Summer is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn.

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Sybil Thorndike

Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson, (24 October 18829 June 1976) was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969.

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Textus Roffensis

The (Latin for "The Tome of Rochester"), fully titled the Textus de Ecclesia Roffensi per Ernulphum episcopum ("The Tome of the Church of Rochester up to Bishop Ernulf") and sometimes also known as the Annals of Rochester, is a mediaeval manuscript that consists of two separate works written between 1122 and 1124.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by the English author Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870.

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The Pickwick Papers

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was the first novel by English author Charles Dickens.

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The Thomas Aveling School

The Thomas Aveling School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Rochester, Kent, England.

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The War Game

The War Game is a 1966 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath.

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Tonbridge

Tonbridge (historic spelling Tunbridge) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. Rochester, Kent and Tonbridge are former civil parishes in Kent, market towns in Kent, towns in Kent and Unparished areas in Kent.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_Kent

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