INDEX

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Abbott, Sir Charles
Abney, Sir William
Abutilon Kentish Belle
Acol
Acrise Place
Adams, Jill
Adams, William

Admiral Benbow, The
Admiral Hosier’s Ghost
Admiralty Shutter Telegraphs, The
‘Adventure in the Hopfields’
Aethelberht I, King of Kent

Aethelstan, King of England
Agar, Eileen
Agostini, Giacomo
Agutter, Jenny

Airship-plane, The failed experiment
Air Union Blériot 155 crashes
Aitken, Jonathan, The perjury trial of

Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Al-Din Qajar, Naser, Shah of Persia

Ale sop
Alexander I, Tsar of Russia
Alexander II, King of Scotland

Alexander, Daniel
Alexander, Patrick
Alexander, William
Alexandra of Denmark, The coming of
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain
Alfred, Prince, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Alfred the Great, King of the English

Alfred the Great, Last Campaign of
Allectus coin, The

All Fours
Allington Castle
Allison, Malcolm

Aman, Dudley, 1st Baron Marley
Ambler, Eric
Amherst, Field Marshal Jeffery, 1st Baron Amherst

Amherst, William Pitt, 1st Earl Amherst
Amhurst, Nicholas, see D’Anvers, Caleb
Amminus, The flight of
Ancients, The
Andersen, Hans-Christian

Andrews, Harry
Andrews, Julie

The Andrex Puppies
‘Angels One Five’
Angley Park
Anglo-French Survey, The
Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom

Anne, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland
Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England
Anne of Cleves, Queen of England

Anne of Denmark, Queen of England
Anti-aircraft defences, Britain’s first
Applegarth, Augustus
Archbishop of Canterbury, The
Archbishop’s Palace, Charing
Archbishop’s Palace, Maidstone
Archer, Jeffrey
Arden of Faversham, The murder of

Ardizzone, Edward
Armistead, Elizabeth
Armstrong, Dr Henry
Arnold, Andrea
Arnold-Benz
Arnold, Sir Edwin
Arnold, Matthew
Arsenal Football Club, The
Asher-Smith, Dina

Ashes, The
Ashford retail park murder, The
Ashford tank, The

Ashurst Park
Asquith, Herbert Henry
Astley, Jacob, 1st Baron Astley of Reading
Astor, Nancy, Viscountess Astor
Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor

‘A Supplication for the Beggars’
Auerbach, Frank
Augusta, Princess
Austen, Jane
Austen, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Francis

Austin, Alfred
Auto Stacker debacle, The
Aveling, Thomas
Aveling & Porter
Aylesford Paper Mill
Aylesford-Swarling culture

Ayling-Ellis, Rose
Aylmer, Matthew, 1st Baron Aylmer
Backley, Steve

Badminton
Bacon, Sir Nicholas
Baden Powell, Robert, Lieutenant-General, 1st Baron Baden Powell
Baedeker Blitz, The

Bagnold, Enid
Bagnold, Ralph
Baird, John Logie
Baker, Ginger
Baker, Sir Herbert
Baker, Sir John
Baker, SIr Richard
Baker, Tom

Bale, John
Balfour, Arthur
Ball, John
Bampton, Debbie
Band of Brothers, The

Bank holidays
Banks, Sir Edward
Banks, Sir John
Banks, Sir Joseph

Bannister, Charles
Banquet of the Four Kings, The
Bar billiards
Barham, Reverend Richard
Barham Court, Teston

Barkworth, Peter
Barrington, Rutland
Bartley, John

Barton, Elizabeth
Barton, Warren
Bartram, Sam
Bat and trap

Bates, HE
Bathing machines

Battenberg Cake
Battle of Britain, The
Battle of Britain Memorial

Bayes, Thomas
Bayham Hall
Bayham Old Abbey

Bayley, Laura
Bazball Test, The
Beachborough Manor
Beale, Bobby

Beale, Dame Doris
Beaney House of Art & Knowledge

Beardmore, William, 1st Baron Invernairn
Beast of Tunbridge Wells, The
Beatles, The

Beauchamp, Thomas, 11th Earl of Warwick
Beauty of Kent
Beauty Show
Beaverbrook, Lord
Beck, Jeff

Becket, Thomas, The assassination of
Beckett, Isaac
Beckett, Samuel
Bedgebury National Pinetum

Bedlam
Bedle, William

Beeching’s Axe
Beel, George

Behn, Aphra

Bell, George, Bishop of Chichester
Bell, John (cricketer)

Bell, John ‘Any Bird’, The execution of
Bell Inn revenue inspectors, The

Belmarsh
Belmarsh Trackways, The
Belmont House
Belvidere
Benenden School
Benn, William
Bennett, John
Bennett, Joseph
Benson, Sir Francis

Bentham, Brigadier-General Sir Samuel
Bentley, Richard
Beresford, William, General, 1st Viscount Beresford
Berkeley, Ballard

Berry, Chuck
Best, George
Bethersden marble

Betjeman, Sir John
Betsey Trotwood
Betteshanger Park
Bevan, Aneurin

Bewl Water
Biddenden Maids, The
Biddenden Vineyards

Bifrons
Bigbury Camp
Big Cat Sanctuary, The
Biggin Hill
Biggin Hill Meteor crashes, The

‘Bikini Baby’
Bird’s-eye views
Blackbeard, The death of
Black-eyed Susan
Blackfriars

Blackheath Army, The
Blackheath Football Club
Blackheath Hockey Club

Blackwall Tunnel
Blackwood, Algernon
Blake, Sir Peter
Blake, Sir Quentin
Blake, William
Blaxland, Gregory
Bleak House
Blethyn, Brenda

Bligh, Vice-Admiral William
Bloom, Orlando

Bloomfield, Lieutenant-General Benjamin, 1st Baron Bloomfield
Blue Bell Hill ghost, The
Bluebeard the Hermit

Bluewater
Blunden, Edmund
Blyth, Harry
Blythe, Colin
Blyton, Enid
Bolan, Marc

Boleyn, Anne, Queen of England

Boleyn, Mary
Boleyn, Thomas, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
Bomb Alley
Bonham Carter, Helena

Bonham-Carter, Sir Maurice
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
‘Boom, Oo, Yatta-ta-ta’
Borstal

Borton, Air Vice-Marshal Amyas
Borton, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur
Bossenden Wood, The Battle of
Botany Bay

Botany Bay, Sha La La
Botany Bay, The Battle of
Boucher, Joan, The burning of

Boughton Monchelsea Place
Boughton Place

Boult, Sir Adrian
Bouncing Bomb, The
Bouquet, AC
Bourne, Lieutenant-Colonel
Frank
Bourne Place

Bowes, Sir Martin
Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth, Queen of England
Bowie, David

Box, Betty E
Boxley Abbey miracle, The

Boxley Manor
Boy George

Boyle, Richard, 1st Earl of Cork
Boys, The Very Reverend John
Boys, Sir John
Boys, William
Bradbourne House
Bradley, James
Bradley the Seal
Bradman, Sir Donald

Braithwaite, Dame Lilian
Brand, Jo
Brando, Marlon

Brandon, Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk
Brands Hatch
Brangelina
Branson, Sir Richard

Bray, Lieutenant Gabriel
Bream, Julian
Brenchley, Julius
Brickearth

Bride, Harold
Brides in the Bath Murders, The

Bridge Chapel, The
Bridge Place
Bridges, Robert

Bridget of York
Brises, The
Britain, The Battle of
British aircraft industry, birth of
British military aviation, birth of
Brogdale Farm

Bromley Palace
Brook, Kelly
Brooke, Elisabeth, Marchioness of Northampton
Brooke, George, 9th Baron Cobham
Brooke, Henry, 11th Baron Cobham

Brooke, Jocelyn
Brooke, Rupert
Broome Park

Brough, Arthur
Brown, Capability
Brown, Ford Madox

Brown, Sir John
Brown, June

Browne, Sir Anthony
Browne, Sir Edward
Browning, Robert
Bruce, Steve

Bruce, Mrs Victor
Bruford, Bill
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
Bruno, Frank

Brydges, Samuel Egerton
Buchan, Charlie
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

Buckingham’s Revolt
Buckmore Park Kart Circuit
Buffalo Bill
Buffs, The

Bull, Geoffrey T
Bulmer, Ken
Bunyard, Edward
Bunyard, George

Bunyard’s Fruit-room
Burbage, James

Burchett, Josiah
Burke, Frances, Countess of Clanricarde
Burke, James
Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Burney, Reverend Charles
Burney, Fanny
Burnup, Cuthbert ‘Pinky’
Burton, Decimus
Burton, James
Burton, Richard  & Taylor, Dame Elizabeth
Bush, Kate

Bushell, Anthony
Butler, Samuel
Butler, Steve

Byng, Admiral of the Fleet George, 1st Viscount Torrington
Byng’s ‘Tour into Kent’
Byron, Lord

Caesar, Julius
Caine, Sir Michael

Calcraft, William
Callaghan, James, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff

Callender’s Cableworks Band, The
Callimachi, Princess Anne-Marie of Roumania

Calvert, Bob
Camden, William
Camden Place
Campbell, Field Marshall Colin, 1st Baron Clyde
Campbell, Francis Maule
Campbell, Sir Malcolm

Campeggio, Lorenzo, Cardinal Protector of England
Canaletto

Canterbury, TSS
Canterbury Association, The
Canterbury Castle

Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral, The Great Fire of
Canterbury City Walls
Canterbury College, Oxford

Canterbury Cross, The
Canterbury Martyrs, executions of

Canterbury Pace
Canterbury, The Sack of
Canterbury Scene, The
Canterbury’s Roman Museum
Canterbury Tale, A
Canterbury Tales, The
Canterbury tart

Canterbury Theatre of Varieties, The
Canterbury Treasure, The
Cantii, The
Capel Manor
Caratacus

Carew, Thomas
Carleton, Mary
Caroline of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Queen of the UK & Hanover
‘Carrington VC’
Carroll, Lewis

Carter, Elizabeth
Cartwright, Edmund
Casaubon, Isaac
Casaubon, Méric
Case, Thomas
Castle Toll
Catherine of Valois, Queen of England
Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England
Catherine of Braganza, Queen of England

Catherine of York
Cavell, Edith

Cavendish, Lucy, Lady Frederick Cavendish
Caxton, William
Cazalet, Peter

Cecilia, Princess of Sweden
Chagall Windows, The
Chain Home
Chalybeate Spring, The

Chandler, Raymond
Channel crossing, first by air
Channel crossing, first swimmer

Channel crossing, first man-powered flight
Channel crossing, first powered flight
Channel crossing, first two-way flight

Channel Tunnel, The opening of the
Chapel Down
Chaplin, Charlie

Chaplin’s
Chapman, Graham
Chapman, Percy
Chapman, Tommy

Charge of the Light Brigade, The
Charing Heath flying bomb, The

Charles, Duke of Orléans
Charles I, King of England
Charles I, the recapitation of
Charles II, King of England
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charlotte, Princess of Wales
Charlton Athletic Football Club

Charlton Horn Fair

Charlton House
Charlton Park
Chartwell

Chase, Pauline
Chatham Chest, The
Chatham Historic Dockyard
Chatham prison riot, The

Chattenden Camp
Chaucer, Geoffrey

Cheatle, Sir George
Chetney Hill fiasco, The
Chevallier Tayler’s ‘Kent Vs Lancashire at Canterbury’
Chevening House

Chichele, Henry, Archbishop of Canterbury
Chichester, Sir Francis
Chiddingstone Castle

Chiding Stone, The
Childish, Billy
Chilham Castle
Chilston Park

Chipstead Place
Chislehurst Caves

Chocolate Cream Poisoner, The
Choong, Joe
Chopin, Frédéric
Christchurch Gateway
Christian IV, King of Denmark
Christie, Dame Agatha, Lady Mallowan

Church, Richard
Churchill, Clementine
Churchill, Sir Winston

‘Churchill’s Grave’
Cinque Ports, The

Claiborne, William
Clarence, The Duke of

Clark, Alan
Clark, George Foster

Clark, Sir John Grahame Douglas
Clark, Kenneth, Baron Clark

Clarke, Edward Daniel
Clary, Julian
Claudius, Emperor of Rome
Cleese, John

Cleveleys, The
Clive, Robert, 1st Baron Clive
Cnut’s Kentish war crime
Cnut the Great, King of England

Coalmining, Kent’s worst accident
Coast Blockade, The

Cobb, Squadron Leader John
Cobbett, William
Cobham Hall
Cobham Mausoleum
Cocks Heath

Coffin Stone, The
Cohen, George

Coldrum Long Barrow
Cole, Herbert
Coleman, Professor Edward
Coleman, Tim

Colepeper, John, 1st Baron Colepeper
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Colet, Dr John
Colgate, William

Collins, Captain AEJ
Collins, Wilkie

Colombo Rowing Club
Columbine, Private Herbert
Colyer-Fergusson, Captain Thomas
Combe Bank
Comber, The Very Reverend Thomas
‘Coming of Christ, The’
Compton Bennett, Herbert
Congreve, Sir William
Conquest House
Conrad, Joseph
Constant, Hayne
Conway, Sir Martin

Conyngham, Elizabeth, The Marchioness Conyngham
Cook, Commander James
Cooke, Sam
Cooling Castle

Cooper, Dominic
Cooper, Gladys
Cooper, Sir Henry

Cooper, Thomas Sidney
Corbett, Ronnie
Cornwallis, James, 4th Earl Cornwallis
Coronation chicken
Corry, Martin
Cotton, Sir Henry

Country Pub of the Year, The first
Court Lodge
Coward, Sir Noel
Cowdrey, Colin, Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge

Cowell, Simon
Cowper, William, 1st Earl Cowper
Coxwell, Henry
Crab & Winkle line, The

Cradock, Fanny
Craik, Dinah
Crampton, Thomas
Cranbrook School of sports broadcasting, The
Cranmer, Archbishop Thomas

Crapper, Thomas
Craven, CS
Crawford, Michael
Cray Wanderers
Creag’

Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd
Cribb, Tom
Cricket

‘Cricket: An Heroic Poem’
Cricket on horseback
Crisp, Quentin
Crispin & Crispinian
Croft, Annabel
Crompton, Richmal

Cromwell’s head
Crook, Mackenzie
Croquet

Crossness Pumping Station
Crowe, Russell
Crowley, Aleister

Crow’s Sundial
Crystal Palace Football Club
Crystal Palace fire, The

Cubitt, William
Culpeper, Thomas

Cumberland, Richard
Curtis, First Officer Lettice
Cushing, Peter
Custom House, Ramsgate
Cutty Sark

Dadd, Richard
Dahl, Roald
Damer, Anne
Dane John Mound
Danson Park
D’Anvers, Caleb
Darent, River
Dartboards
Dartford Cricket Club
Dartford Crossing, The
Dartford Priory
Dartford warbler
Darwin, Bernard
Darwin, Charles

Darwin, Sir Francis
Darwin, Sir George
Darwin, Sir Horace
Darwin, Leonard
David II, King of Scotland
David, Elizabeth
Davidson, Jim
Davies, Sir Ray

Davies, WH
Davington Priory
Davis, Steve
Davison, Emily
Davy, Sir Humphry, 1st Baronet

Dawes, Reverend William Rutter
Day-Lewis, C.
Day-Lewis, Sir Daniel

Deadman’s Island
Deal, The Battle of
Deal Castle
Deal Man, The

Deal Pier
Deal Pier, The destruction of the old
Dean, Roger
De Badlesmere, Sir Bartholomew
De Bernières, Louis

De Bolotoff, Prince Serge
De Brissac, Frances
De Burgh, Hubert, Earl of Kent
Dee, Jack
Deedes, William, Baron Deedes
De Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani
Defoe, Daniel
De Gaulle, Charles, Brigadier-General, President of France

De Gramont, Philibert, Count de Gramont
De Havilland, Walter
Dekker, Desmond
De la Mare, Walter

Delhi bomb outrage, The
Delicate Investigation, The
Deller, Alfred
De Longchamp, William, The flight of
De Merton, Walter
De Montfort, Simon
Dene holes
Denham, Maurice
Denison, Michael
Denne Hill
Denny, Sandy
Dent de Lion
Denton Court
Deptford Bridge, The Battle of
Deptford Dockyard
Dering, Edward
Dering, Sir Edward, 1st Baronet
Dering, Lady Mary
Dering Manuscript, The
Dering Roll, The
Dering vendetta, The
Dering windows
De Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice

De Valois, Dame Ninette
Devereux, Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex
Devil’s Kneading Trough, The

Dial-a-Ride Experiment, The
Diana, Princess of Wales
‘Dick and Sal at Canterbury Fair’
Dickens, Charles

Dickinson, John
Digby, Admiral of the Blue Sir Henry
Digges, Dudley
Digges, Thomas

Dillon, Ted
Dingley Dell
Disraeli, Benjamin
Ditchburn, Ted

Dobell, Sydney
Doctor Who
Doddington Place
Dode Church
Doherty, Pete
Donne, John

Douce’s Manor
Dover Bronze Age boat
Dover Castle
Dover incident, The

Dover Patrol
Dover Priory
Dover sole
Dover, The Secret Treaty of
Dover, The Siege of

Dover, The Strait of
Dowding, Hugh, Air Chief Marshall, 1st Baron Dowding
Down House

The Downs
Downs, The Battle of the

Dowson, Ernest
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Drake, Sir Francis
Dreamland

Dresdel, Sonia
Drummond, Captain Thomas
Du Beke, Anton
Ducat, Andy
Duchamp, Marcel
Duckham, Alexander

Dudley, Jane, Duchess of Northumberland
Duke cricket ball, The
Dukes Place
Du Maurier, Dame Daphne, Lady Browning

Dumb borsholder of Chart, The
Dumpton Park
Dungeness Old Lighthouse
Dungeness Power Station
Dunkirk evacuation,
see Operation Dynamo
Dunn, Clive
Dunorlan Fountain, The
Dunsany, Lord, 18th Baron of Dunsany
Durolevum
Durrant, Sergeant Thomas

Dury, Ian
Dwight, Roy
Dyke, Zoe
Dylan, Bob
Dymchurch Martello Tower

Dymchurch Wall
Eadgifu of Kent, Queen of England
Eadmer
Earl of Kent, The
Earthquake, Dover Straits 1382
Earthquake, Dover Straits 1580
Earthquake, Verviers
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr
Eastgate House
East Indiamen, The wreck of the

‘East Indiaman York in difficulties off Margate, The’
East Kent flood, The
East Kent Railway

East Malling Research Station
Eastry Court

East Sutton Park
Eastwell Manor
Ebbsfleet, The Battle of

Ecclestone, Bernie
Eden, Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon
Eden, Emily
Eden, George, 1st Earl of Auckland
Eden, William, 1st Baron Auckland
Edenbridge Bonfire Night
Edenbridge House

Eden Gardens Cricket Ground
Edmund Ironside, King of England
Edward I, King of England

Edward II, King of England
Edward III, King of England
Edward IV, King of England
Edward VI, King of England

Edward VII, King of England and Emperor of India
Edward, the Black Prince

Edward the Elder, King of the English
Egerton House
Eldridge, John
Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England

Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England
Electrical current, The discovery of
Elephant, King Henry III’s

Elham Murders, The
Eliot, George
Eliot, TS
Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, et al
Elizabeth de Brus, Queen of Scotland
Elizabeth Jonas, The
Elmley National Nature Reserve
Elstob, Elizabeth
Eltham Palace
Emin, Tracey

Emirates Air Line
Emmetts Garden

Enderby’s Wharf
Engels, Friedrich

England’s No. 1
English
English Bowling Association

Ent, Sir George
Eoliths
Erasmus, Desiderius

Erith Arboretum
Erith gunpowder disaster, The
Essinger, Anna
Evans, Dame Edith
Evelyn, John

Evelyn, Mary
Everest, Mount
Eynsford Castle
F1 World Champions
FA Cup final, The

Fagg, Arthur
Fairbanks, Douglas Senior
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Fairfax, Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Fairlawne
Faith, Adam

Falstaff
Fane, Mildmay, 2nd Earl of Westmorland
Faraday, Michael
Farage, Nigel

Farmer, Suzan
Farouk I, King of Egypt
Farr, Florence
Farthingloe, The Lady of
Fatboy Slim

Fatty Towers
Faunce-De Laune, Chapman Delaune

Faussett, The Reverend Bryan
Faversham, Royal
Faversham Abbey

Faversham gunpowder industry, The end of the
Faversham, The Great Explosion of
Faversham Stone Chapel

Fenton, Elijah
Fenton, Lavinia
Fermor, Sir Patrick Leigh
Ferry, Bryan
Filmer, Sir Robert

Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea
Finch, Heneage, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Finch, Sir Heneage
Finch, John, 1st Baron Finch of Fordwich
Finch, Margaret
Fincham, Peter
Finchcocks

Finch-Hatton, George, 10th Earl of Winchilsea
Finet, Sir John
Firmani, Eddie
‘First Men in the Moon’
Firth, Colin

Fisher, St John
Fisher, Kitty

Fleming, Ian
Flower of Kent

Fludd, Dr Robert
Flying machine, The world’s first
Flynn, Errol

Flynn, Jerome
Foale, Dr Michael
Fogerty, Elsie
Fogge, Sir John
Folkestone Abbey, foundation of
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Folkestone Roman villa
Foolscap
Foote, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward
Foote, Samuel
Foots Cray Place
Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston
Ford, Billy
Ford, Ford Madox

Forde, Baldwin of, Archbishop of Canterbury
Fordham, Andy
Ford Palace
Fordwich
Fordwich Arms, The

Foreland Lighthouses, The
Formigny, The Battle of
Forster, EM

Forster, Thomas
Forsyth, Sir Bruce
Forsyth, Frederick
Fort Amherst

Fossils
Foxgrove Road

Fox, Sir Charles
Fox, Charles James
Fox, Henry, 1st Baron Holland
Foxbury Manor
Fox-Pitt, William

Foxwold
Frampton, Pete

Francis, Duke of Alençon and of Anjou
Franklin, Benjamin
Franks Hall

Frederick V, King of Bohemia
Fredville House
Freedom
Freeman, AP ‘Tich’

French, Field Marshall John, 1st Earl of Ypres
French Invasion, The

French primer, The first
French, Kate
Friars, The
Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia

Friend, Major-General Sir Lovick
Fright, Eric
Frognal House

Froissart, Jean
Frost, Sir David
Fry, CB

Fry, Christopher
Fry, Elizabeth

Fryth, John, The burning of
Fuller, William
Funnell, William

Furley, Sir John
Fyndon Gate
Gads Hill Place

Galba, Emperor of Rome

Gambon, Sir Michael
‘Game and Play of Chesse, The’
Gandhi, Mahatma
Garden of England, The

Gardner, Andrew
Garnett, Edward
Garrick, David
Gavelkind
Geldof, Bob

General Steam Navigation Company
George III, King of England

Germain, Lady Elizabeth
Germain, George, 1st Viscount Sackville
Gibbons, Grinling
Gibbons, Orlando
Gibson, Wing Commander Guy

Gideon, Sampson
Gilbert, Sir Jeffrey
Gilbert, Sir John
Gillingham bus disaster, The
Gillingham Park fire disaster, The

Giltrap, Gordon
Gin & Beer
Gladstone, William Ewart
Glassenbury Park House
Globe Theatre, The founding of the
Goal Running
Godden, Jimmy
Godfrey, Sir Edmund, The murder of
Godinton House
Godley, Kevin
Godmersham Park

Godwin’s revolt
Golden Arrow, The
Golden Hind, The
Golding, Sir William

Goodliffe, Michael
Goodman, Len
Goodnestone House
Goodwin Sands, The
Goodwin Sands, The Battle of the

Gordon, Major-General Charles
Gore, Spencer
Gore Court
Gosling, RC

Gostling, William
Gotha bombing raid, The

Goudhurst, The Battle of
Gough, John Bartholomew
Gough, Michael
Gounod, Charles
Gower, David

Gower, John
Gower, First Officer Pauline
Gower, Sir Robert
Grace, WG

Gradidge & Sons
Graenwich
Grahame, Margot

Grain, The Isle of
Grain Tower
Granada Theatres
Grand Hotel, The

Grand Review at Maidstone, The
Grange, The

Grant’s Morella Cherry Brandy
Granville, The
Graveney Marsh, The Battle of
Gravesend, The great fire of

Gravesend shrimp
Gravesend-Tilbury Ferry, The
Gravesend Town Pier
Gray, Stephen

Great Comp Garden
Great Eater of Kent, The
Great gale of 1624, The
Great Maytham Hall
Great Securitas Robbery, The
Great South England flood, The
Great Storm of 1703, The
Great Storm of 1897, The
Great Storm of 1987, The
Greengrass, Paul

Green Man, The
Greensand Way, The
Greenstreet, Sydney

Greenwich Armour
Greenwich Castle
Greenwich Fair
Greenwich Hospital, The opening of
Greenwich Meridian, The

Greenwich Palace see Placentia, The Palace of
Greenwich Park
Grey, Lady Jane, Queen of England
Greyfriars Chapel & Gardens

Greyhound, The Wreck of the
Gribbin, John
Grimaldi, Joey
Grip
Groombridge Place

Grose, Captain Francis
Grossmith, George
Grote, George
Ground-to-air message, The world’s first
Guéhi, Marc
Guggisberg, Brigadier-General Sir Gordon
Guildhall Museum

Guildhall Street
Guillemard, AG
Guinness, Sir Alec

Gundulf of Rochester
Gurney, Ivor
Gustafson, John
Guy’s Hospital Football Club
Gwyer, Joseph
Gypsy Tart
Hadlow Castle
Hagen, Walter

Hailstone, Bernard
Halden Place
Hales, John
Hales, Stephen
Hales Place
Hall Place, Bexley

Hall Place, Leigh
Hallam, Henry
Halley, Edmond

Hall-Jones, Sir William
Hambro, Sir Everard
Hamilton, Charles

Hamilton, John Warburton
Hamilton, Admiral Sir Richard Vesey
Hammond, Celia
Hammond, Wally

Hamnett, Katharine
Handel
Harbledown Leper Hospital
Hardinge, Henry, Field Marshall 1st Viscount Hardinge
Hardinge, Wally
Hardy, Sir Thomas

Hare, Robertson
Hargrave, Lawrence
Harland & Wolff
Harley, Steve
Harman, Lance-Corporal John

Harris, Sir Augustus
Harris, George, 1st Baron Harris
Harris, George, 4th Lord Harris

Harris, John
Harrison, John
Harris’s ‘History of Kent’
Harry, Debbie

Hart, Tony
Hart-Dyke, Sir William, 7th Baronet
Hartlake disaster, The

Hartlip anchorhold, The
Hartnell, William

Harvey, Captain John
Harvey, Major Francis
Harvey, Sir William

Hassall, Christopher
Hasted
Hasting
Hatton, Sir Ronald
Hawkesworth, John
Hawley, Joseph, 3rd Baronet
Hawtrey, Charles
Hay, Will

Hayes, Catherine
Hayes Place
Hazell, Keeley
Hazlitt, William

Hearne, Richard
Hearnes, The
Heath, Sir Edward

Heath, Sir Robert
Heatley, Norman
Heatwave, The ‘record
Hemmings, Trevor
Hendrix, Jimi
Hengist and Horsa
Henrietta Maria, Queen of England

Henri Grace à Dieu
Henry I, King of England
Henry II, King of England
Henry III, King of England
Henry IV, King of England
Henry V, King of England

Henry VI, King of England
Henry VII, King of England
Henry VIII, King of England

Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester
Henry of Essex, Baron Raleigh
Henry Wyatt’s cat
Henslow, John Stevens
Henslow’s sparrow
Hepburn, Audrey
Heronden Hall

Herschel, Sir John, 1st Baronet
Hever Castle

Higham Flyer, The
Higham Park
High Elms

High Rocks
High Sheriff of Kent, The

Hildesley, Mark, Bishop of Sodor & Man
Hill, Benny
Hill, Sir George Rowland
Hill, Harry
Hill, Octavia

Hillman, William
Hislop, Ian
Hislop, Victoria
Hitchcock, Sir Alfred
Hither Green rail crash, The

HMS Britannia, The fiasco
HMS Bulwark disaster, The

HMS Chatham
HMS Glatton, The sinking of

HMS Minotaur, The shipwreck of
HMS Princess Irene disaster, The

HMS Sovereign of the Seas, The launch of
HMS Truculent, The sinking of
HMS Victory, The launch of

Hoadly, Benjamin, Bishop of Winchester
Hockney, David
Hodgson, Roy

Hogarth, William
Hole, The Very Reverend Samuel
Hole Park

Holiday postcards
Holland, Jools
Holland House

Hollands, Terry
Hollingbourne Manor
Holly, Buddy
Holly-Boy and Ivy-Girl
Holly Hill Wood
Hollywood, Paul
Holmes, Colonel Dame Kelly

Holmes, Verena
Holst, Gustav
Holwood hillfort
Holwood House
Honor Oak

Hood, Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood
Hood, Tom
Hoodening

Hooker, Richard
Hoo Peninsula, The
Hope, Bob
Hop Farm, The

Hopkins, Sir Anthony
Hop-picking
Hornby
Horne, George, Bishop of Norwich
Horne’s Place Chapel

Horniman, Annie
Horniman Collection, The
Horsa’s grave
Hotel Celeste
Hothfield Place
Houdini, Harry
Houghton, Bobby
House of Agnes, The

Hovenden, Dr Robert
Hovercraft, The first Channel crossing by

Howard, Sir Albert
Howard, Charles, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Howard, Henry, 1st Earl of Northampton
Howard, Leslie
Howard Paul, Mrs
Howard, Ronald
Howard, Trevor
Howerd, Frankie
Howletts House
Howletts Wildlife Park

Hozier, Sir Henry
Huang Ya-Dong
Hubble, Jack
Huffkins

Hues, Jack
Hughes, Margaret ‘Peg’
Huguenot migrations, The

Huleatt, Charles
Hull, Rod
Hume, Benita

Hunt, James
Huntington, William
Hurt, Sir John

Hutchings, Kenneth
Hutton, Barbara
Hutton, Charles
Huxley, Thomas
Hylton, Jane
Hythe School of Musketry, The opening of the
Idol, Billy

Igglesden’s Saunters
Ightham Mote
Imperial War Museum, The opening of the

Indemnity & Oblivion Act, The
Indian National Congress, The foundation of the
‘Ingoldsby Legends, The’
Ingress Abbey

Inman, Melbourne
Internal combustion, The first road vehicle
Invasion of France from England, The penultimate
Invicta
Iqbal, Asif
IRA bomb outrage in Deal, The
IRA bomb outrage in Maidstone, The
Iris germanica Kent Pride
Irving, Sir Henry

Isabella of France, Queen of England
Isabella of Valois, Queen of England
Ishiguro, Sir Kazuo

Isle of Man TT, The
Isle of Thanet Races, The
Ivorex
Ivor the Engine
Ivy, Bill
Jack Cade’s Field
Jack Cade’s Rebellion
Jackson, Glenda

Jack Sparrow
Jacob, Edward
Jacobi, Sir Derek
Jacques, Hattie

Jaffa’s grave
Jagger, Sir Mick
Jago, Gordon

James I, King of England, Ireland, & Scotland
James II, King of England, Ireland, & Scotland
James, Henry

James, MR
James, Walter, 4th Baron Northbourne
James, William
Jaques of London
Jefferies of Woolwich
Jeffries, Lionel
Jenkinson, Robert, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Jenner, Sir William, 1st Baronet
Jerrold, Douglas
Jezreel’s Tower

Joan, Countess of Kent
Joan of Navarre
John, King of England
John II the Good, King of France

John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
John Grant case, The
John, Sir Elton
John Paul II, Pope

Johnson, Amy, The death of
Johnson, Claude
Johnson, Cornelius
Johnson, Isaac
Johnson, Katie
Johnson, Dr Samuel

Joint Services School of Intelligence, The
Jones, David
Jones, Duncan
Jones, John Paul
Jousting
Joyce Green
Jullieberrie’s Grave
Justice, James Robertson
Jutes, The

Karloff, Boris
Kaspar Hauser
Keane
Kearsney Abbey

Keating, Tom
Keats, John
Kelsey Park

Kemp, John, Archbishop of Canterbury
Kempe, Alfred John
Kenfield Hall
Kennard, Wing Commander Hugh
Kennedy, President John F
Kennett, White
Kent All-Comers’ Championships, The
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Kent Battle of Britain Museum

Kent Coalfield, The
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Lunatic Asylum, The opening of the
Kent County Show

Kent Diamond plum
Kent House
Kentish Beacons, The
Kentish call to arms, The
Kentish cherry batter pudding
Kentish cobnuts
Kentish dialect
Kentish Fire
Kentish glory
Kentish Knock
Kentish Petition of 1642, The
Kentish Petition of 1701, The
Kentish plover
Kentish Post, The launch of the
Kentish rag
Kentish rarebit
Kentish Resistance, The

Kentish Royal Legend, The
Kentish tracery
Kent Lent pie
Kent Life
Kent miners’ strike, The

Kent peg tiles
Kent Rose

Kent’s motorways
Kent Trained Bands
Keppel, Alice

Kerly, Sean
Kettle Bridge
Khan, Nawab Mohammad Ismail
Kidd, Captain
Kidman, Nicole

Kilburne, Richard
King, Syd
King-Noel, Ada, Countess of Lovelace
Kingsferry Bridge
King’s forced landing near Broadstairs, The
King’s School, Canterbury, The foundation of The
Kingston Brooch, The
Kipling, Rudyard

Kippington House
Kitchener, Lord
Kit’s Coty House

Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward, 1st Baron Brabourne
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir Hughe
Knole
Knott, Alan
Knowlton Court

Koettlitz, Reginald
Kray, Reggie

Kropotkin, Pyotr
Kubrick, Stanley
Kureishi, Hanif

Kyriell, Sir Thomas, The death of
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant
Lady in the Woods, The
Lady Lovibond, The
Laker, Sir Freddie
Lamb, Charles

Lamb, Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne
Lambarde, William
Lambe, William
Lamb’s tail pie

Lambie-Nairn, Martin
Lanchester, Elsa

Landen, Dinsdale
Landmann, George
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
Langhorne, Sir William, 1st Baronet
Langtry, Lillie

La Providence
Lardner, Nathaniel
Larkin Monument, The
Larking, Sir Charles Gordon
La Rue, Danny

‘Last Orders’
Last woman publicly hanged, The
Latham, Dr John
Lathes
Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
Laurel & Hardy

Law, Andrew Bonar
Law, Jude

Lawn Tennis
Lawrence of Arabia
Leary, Stuart
Leas Cliff Hall

Leas Lift

Lee, Anna
Lee, Bernard

Lee, Brenda
Lee, Sir Henry
Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle, The 1st Siege of
Leeds Castle, The 2nd Siege of

Leeds Castle Summit, The
Leeds Park Cricket Club

Leeds Priory
Lee Priory
Lees Court

Legat School of Ballet, The
Leland, John

Le Mesurier, John
Lenham Cross

Lenin
Leofric’s Vision
Leslie, Major-General David, 1st Lord Newark
Leslie, Fred
Lesnes Abbey
Leveson-Gower, George, 2nd Earl Granville
Lewes, George
Lewis, Charlie

Lewis-Evans, Lewis & Stuart
Lewisham rail crash, The

Leybourne Castle
Libbet and daddy

Libourne
Liddell, Alice
Liddell, Eric

Lilburne, John
Ligurienne, The capture of
Limelight
Linacre, Thomas
‘Lincoln Lawyer, The’
Linton Place

Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron Lister
Little Richard

Littler, Prince
Little Tich
Littlewood, John
Liudhard medalet, The

Live football on TV
Lloyd, John
Lloyd, Marie
Lloyd-George, David
Loader, Kevin
Locke, John

Locker, Captain William
Locker, Edward Hawke
Lockwood, Margaret

Lodge, David
Lodge Hill
Lollards, The heresy trials of
Lom, Herbert
Lomea

London & Greenwich Railway, The
London Marathon

London Stone, The
Lone Tree, The
Long Island land swindle, The
Longfellow, Henry
‘Long Memory, The’
Loose Stream
Lord Lucan, The disappearance of
Lott, Pixie
Louis-Philippe I, King of France

Lovelace, Francis
Lovelace, Richard
Lowe, Douglas
Lowell, Robert
Lower Leas Coastal Park
Lubbock, Sir John, Baron Avebury
Lubbocks, The

Lucas, Charles Davis
Lucas, EV
Lucas, Wing Commander Laddie
Luddesdown Court

Lukin, Lionel
Lullingstone Castle
Lullingstone Roman Villa
Lumley, Joanna

Luxborough Galley disaster, The
Lydd Airport
Lydden Hill Race Circuit
Lydden Spouts
Lyddite
Lygon, William, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Lyly, John
Lympne Airport
Lympne Castle

Lynne, Dame Gillian
Lynsted Court
Mabledon House
Macauley, Catharine
MacGowan, Shane
MacGuffin
Mackeson’s
Macklin, Lance
Maclean, Donald, The defection of
Magar, Hari Budha
Magical Mystery Tour’
Maidstone Athletic Ground
Maidstone, The Battle of
Maidstone Grammar School, The incorporation of
Maidstone ‘iguanadon’, The
Maidstone Ladies Football Club

Maidstone League, The
Maidstone Studios, The
Maidstone Tennis Tournament

Maidstone Trial for High Treason, The
Maidstone Typhoid Epidemic, The
Maison Dieu, Dover
Maison Dieu, Ospringe

Majesty Oak, The
Malling Abbey
Mann, Sir Horatio, 2nd Baronet

Manningham-Buller, Elizabeth, Baroness Manningham-Buller
Manston Airport
Mantovani
Manuel II Palaeologos, Emperor of Byzantium

Manwood, Sir Roger
March, Fredric
Marconi, Guglielmo

Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England

Margaret of France, Queen of England
Margate, The battle of
Margate Jetty, The destruction of

Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark
Maridor, Flying Officer Jean
Maria Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia

Marian Apparition at Aylesford, The
Marie, Queen of Roumania
Maritime film, The first British
Maritime Museum, The
Marks, Charlie
Marlowe, Christopher
Marlowe Theatre, The

Marryat, Joseph
Marsh, James (chemist)
Marsh, James (director)
Martin, Sir George

Martyrs’ Memorial, The
Marx, Karl
Mary I, Queen of England

Mary II, Queen of England
Maskelyne, Nevil
Mason, Gary

Master, Sir Streynsham
Matchless
Matfield House

Matterface, Sam
Matthew Paris’s Map
Maudslay, Henry
Maugham, W Somerset

Maunsell Forts
Maxim, Sir Hiram
Mayhew, James
McCowen, Alec
McCudden, Major James
McGoohan, Patrick
McKern, Leo

McManus, Mick
McMullan, Jimmy

McQueen, Alexander
McTell, Ralph

McVie, Christine
Medway, The battle of the

Medway Maritime Hospital, The
Medway Poets, The
Medway, The Raid on the

Medway, River
Medway Tunnel, The
Medway Viaducts, The
Melba, Dame Nellie
Men of Kent and Kentish Men

Mennes, Vice-Admiral Sir John
Menuhin, Yehudi, Baron Menuhin

Meopham air crash, The
Mereworth Castle
Mersham-le-Hatch

Metellus’s Tunbridge Wells
Metropolitan Board of Works, The
Metternich-Winneburg zu Bellstein, Prince of

Meyer, Hans
Middleton, Richard
Miles, Maxine
Millais, Sir John Everett, 1st Baronet
Millais Oak, The

Millen, Karen
Miller’s Antiques
Milligan, Spike

Mills, Charles
Mills, Horace
Milton Chantry
Minster Abbey
Minster-in-Thanet Priory

Mithraic Altar, The
Modern Pentathlon
Monkhouse, Bob

Monk Lakes
Monks Horton Priory

Monro, Dr John, 9th of Fyrish
Montagu, Elizabeth
Montagu, John, 2nd Duke of Montagu
Montefiore, Sir Moses
Montgomery, Field Marshall Bernard, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Montreal Park Monument
Montresor, Captain John

Moore, Sir Bobby
Moore, Henry
Moore, Lieutenant General Sir John
Moore, Sir Roger

Moore-Brabazon, John, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
Morden College
More, Sir Thomas

Morecambe, Eric
Mores, Edward Rowe
Morgan, Lieutenant General Sir Frederick
Morgan, Joan
Morley, Eric
Morley, Robert

Morpurgo, Sir Michael
Morrell, Lady Ottoline
Morris, William

Morton’s Fork
Moss, Stirling
Mote, The

Mote Cricket Ground, The
Mouat, Frederic

Mountaineering
Mount Ephraim Gardens
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Muir, Frank

Mulcaster, Captain Sir William
Mummery, Fred
‘Murder in the Cathedral’
Murdoch, Richard
Murray, Dee
Mynn, Alfred

Nairne, Edward

Naoroji, Dabadhai
Napoleon III, Emperor of France
Napoleon’s invasion plan

Narborough, Admiral Sir John
Nash, Beau

Nash, Paul
Nash Court
National Hop Collection
National Maritime Museum
Nelson, Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson
Nepean, Charles
Nesbit, E.

Netball
Nethersole, Sir Francis
Nettlestead Place
Nevile, The Very Reverend Thomas
Nevison’s horse ride
New Brompton Football Club
Newell, Isaac

Newman, Lieutenant Colonel Augustus
Newton, The Reverend John
Nicklaus, Jack

Nicolson, Wing Commander James
Night Ferry, The
Niven, David

Noble, The Reverend Mark
Noel, John
Norborne Grange
Nore, The
Nore Mutiny, The

Norman, George Warde
Norman, Philip
Norris, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John
Northbourne, The hanging gardens of
Northcliffe, Lord
North Cray Place

North Downs, The
North Downs Way, The
Northern Belle, The wreck of the
Northfleet, The sinking of the

North Woolwich
North Woolwich Old Station
Nouaille, Peter
Novak, Kim
Nunn, John

O2, The
Oakley, Annie
Oakwood Hospital fire, The
Oakwood House
Oast houses
Oates, Titus

Odet de Coligny’s temporary tomb
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux

Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury
Offa, King of Mercia

Offham quintain, The
Offshore sports
O’Grady, Paul
Olantigh Towers

Oldbury Camp
Old Canonry, The
Old County Ground, The

Oldest shop in Britain, The
Oldman, Gary
Old Royal Naval College, The
Old Soar Manor

Old Stagers, The
Old Weavers House, The

‘One That Got Away, The’
Operation Dynamo

Operation Sealion
Oram, Daphne
Orczy, Emma, Baroness

Ordnance Survey, The first map
Original All Blacks, The

Origanum Kent Beauty

‘Orphan, The’
Ostend Expedition, The
Otford, The 1st Battle of
Otford, The 2nd Battle of
Otford Palace
Otham Manor

Ottaway, Cuthbert
Otterden Place
Over-arm bowling
Owletts
Owling
Oxney Court

Oxney, The Isle of
Oxo cube
Oxon Hoath

Page, Sir Thomas Hyde
Paine, Thomas

Palatines on Black Heath, The
Pallister, Gary
Palmer, Herbert
Palmer, Samuel
Pantiles, The
Papillon, Thomas
Parris snooker cues
Parry, Rear-Admiral Sir William
Parsons, Lieutenant Francis
Parsons, William
Pasley, Major-General Charles
Pater, Walter
Paul, Leslie
Paul, Sandra, Baroness Howard of Lympne
Pavarotti, Luciano
Paxton, Sir Joseph
Peacock, Gavin
Peacock, Keith

Peake, Mervyn
Peasants’ Revolt, The
Peche, Sir John
Pegwell Bay

Pellew, Admiral Edward, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Pender, Sir John
Penenden Heath, The last hangings at
Penenden Heath Trial, The

Penn, John Jr
Penn, William the Younger

Pennington, Private William
Penshurst Place

Pepys, Samuel
Perceval, Spencer
Perry Wood
Pertinax, Emperor of Rome

Pertwee, Roland
Peter I, King of Cyprus & Jerusalem
Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia

Peto, Sir Samuel Morton
Petrie, Sir Flinders
Petrol automobile, The world’s first patent
Pett cricket bat, The

Pett, Captain Phineas
Pettitt, Tom
Pett, Peter
Pett Place

Pevsner’s Kent
Peyton, Sir Thomas, 2nd Baronet
Philip II, King of Spain

Philippa of Hainault
Philosophico-Chorographical Chart of East Kent, The
Phoenix Brewery, The
Piano Man, The
Pilch, Fuller
Pilgrims Way

Pimm’s
PinkPantheress
Pissarro, Camille

Pitchers Shipyards
Pitney, Gene
Pitt, General John, 2nd Earl of Chatham
Pitt the Elder, William
Pitt the Younger, William
Pitt Rivers, Lieutenant-General Augustus

Place names
Placentia, The Palace of
Platov, General, Count Matvei Ivanovich
Plimsoll, Samuel

Plot, Dr Robert
Plum Pudding Riot, The

Plume, The Venerable Thomas
PLUTO bungalows
Pocahontas

Pocock, Robert
Pointe Saint-Mathieu, The battle of
Pole, Reginald, Archbishop of Canterbury
Porritt, Sir Jonathon
Portland cement
Portrait of Katherine Fitzgerald, The
Port Lympne Mansion
Port Lympne Safari Park

Posford, George
Powell, Anthony
Powell, Enoch
Powell, Michael

Powell, Vavasour
Powell-Cotton, Major Percy

Powlett, Wilhelmina, Duchess of Cleveland
Prajadhipok, King Rama VII of Siam
Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden
Pratt, John, 1st Marquess Camden
Preston Hall
Priestfield Stadium

Priestley, Joseph
Primary Club, The
Prince

Prince Imperial, The slaying of the
Prince of Whales, The
Prospect Cottage
Provender House

Pudding Pan, The
Pugin, Augustus

Pujji, Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh
Pytheas of Massalia
Pythoness of Westwell, The
Quant, Mary
Quebec House, The
Queenborough Castle
Queen Elizabeth Oak

Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Progress into Kent
Queen’s House

Quex House
Rackham, Arthur
Raducanu, Emma
Rail speed record, The British
Raleigh, Sir Walter
Rallycross

Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram
Ramsgate Tunnels

Ranger’s House
Rare Breeds Centre, The
Read, Phil
Rectory Field
Reculver Towers
Redgrave, Vanessa
Red House, The
Reed, Sir Carol
Reeves & Mortimer

Reeves, John Sims
Rennies, The
Renny-Tailyour, Henry
Restoration House
Reza Pahlavi, Mohammed, Shah of Persia

Rhodes, Gary
Rhodes, Dame Zandra
Rhys-Davids, Lieutenant Arthur
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
Richard I, King of England

Richard II, King of England
Richard III, King of England

Richard, Cliff
Richard of Eastwell
Richards, Frank,
see Hamilton, Charles
Richards, Keith
Richborough Castle

Richborough Power Station
Ridley, Bishop Nicholas
Rigby, Edward
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
Ringle Crouch Green Mill
Ringlemere cup, The
Ringlestone Inn

Riou, Captain Edward
Riverhill Himalayan Gardens

RMS Royal Adelaide, The wreck of
RNAS Kingsnorth

Robinson, Bruce
Robinson, Matthew, 2nd Baron Rokeby
Robson, Frederick

Rocastle, David
Rochester Airport
Rochester Bridge
Rochester Castle
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester, The Siege of
Rochester Sweeps Festival, The

Rock opera
Roller hockey
Rolvenden Windmill
Roman lighthouse at Dover, The
Roman Painted House, The

Roman roads
Romans, The arrival of the
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, The
Romney Marsh

Romney Passion Play, The
Romney sheep

Rood of Grace, The
Rooke, Admiral of the Fleet Sir George
Rootes, William, 1st Baron Rootes
Roper Gate

Rose, Sir Alec
Rosherville Gardens, The opening of

Ross, James Clark
Rossetti, Christina
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

Rossi, Sir Francis
Rothermere, Lord
Rothwell, Talbot
Round-arm bowling
Roux, Albert

Royal Aero Club, The
Royal Armoury Mills, The
Royal Army Medical Corps, The
Royal Army Ordnance Corps, The
Royal Army Service Corps, The
Royal Army Veterinary Corps, The
Royal Arsenal, The

Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, The
Royal Artillery, The
Royal Blackheath Golf Club, The
Royal Dockyards, The

Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, The
Royal Engineers, The
Royal Engineers AFC
Royal Engineers Museum, The

Royal Engineer Yacht Club, The
Royal Herbert Hospital, The
Royal Marines, The
Royal Marines Band Service, The
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, The
Royal Military Canal, The

Royal Military School, The Duke of York’s
Royal Naval College, The
Royal Observatory, The
Royal St George’s Golf Club, The

Royal School of Military Engineering, The
Royce, Sir Henry

Rugby Football Union, The
Rumball Whitings
Rumble in Wrotham, The
Russell, Bertrand, 3rd Earl Russell

Russell, Henry
Russell, Peter
Rutupian Shore, The
Ryan, John

Rycaut, Sir Paul
Rylance, Sir Mark

Sacketts Hill House
Sackville, Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset
Sackville, Edward, 4th Earl of Dorset
Sackville, John, 3rd Duke of Dorset
Sackville-West, Vita
Sadler, David
Sadler, Matthew

Saga
St Alban’s Court
St Anselm of Canterbury
St Augustine of Canterbury
St Augustine’s Abbey
St Augustine’s Conduit House
St Augustine’s Cross
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Rochester, The foundation of
St Bertha, Queen of Kent

St Bridget’s Bower
St Clere

St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
St Dunstan’s Church
St George’s Tower

St John the Baptist Hospital
St Lawrence Ground
St Leonard’s Church Ossuary
St Leonard’s Tower
St Martin’s Church

St Nicholas’s Church, Barfrestone
St Peters, Crispian
St Peter’s Court
St Radegund’s Abbey
St Sexburga
St Theodore of Tarsus
St Thomas Becket

St William of Rochester, The murder of
Salmon, Ernest
Salmond, Air Chief Marshal
Salomons, Sir David, 1st Baronet
Salomons, Sir David, 2nd Baronet
Saltwood Castle
Salutation, The
Samphire Hoe

Samuel, Marcus, 1st Viscount Bearsted
Sancho, Ignatius
Sandby, Paul
Sanders, George
Sandgate Castle
Sandwich, The
Sandwich, The 1st Battle of
Sandwich, The 2nd Battle of
Sandwich, The 3rd Battle of
Sandwich runes, The
Sandwich, The Sack of
Sandwich tern

Sandys, Sir Edwin
Sandys, George
Sargeant, Mark
Sargent, John Singer
Sargent, Sir Malcolm

Sarre Brooch, The
Sarre Wall
Sarre Windmill
Sassoon, Siegfried

Satis House
Saunders, Ben
Sawbridge, John
Saxon Shore Way, The

Sayes Court
SB Ena
Scotney Castle

Scott, Reginald
Scott’s Hall
Scott’s Towers
Screaming Woods, The
Seaside, The
Secret Wartime Tunnels, The

Sedley, Sir Charles
Seed, Jimmy
Seeley, Colin
Sellers, Piers
Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome
Seth, Vikram
Sevenoaks rail accident, The

Severndroog Castle
Seymour, Henry
Shackleton, Sir Ernest

Shackleton, Len
Sharp, Sir Edward
Sharsted Court
Shaw, George Bernard

Sheerness Dockyard
Shell Grotto
Shelley, Mary
Shepherd Neame

Sheppey Crossing, The
Sheppey Crossing incident, The

Sheppey, The Isle of
Sheridan, Andrew
Shipley, William
Shoe money

Shooters Hill
Short Brothers, The

Shovell, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley
Shrewsbury House
Shrine of Mungo Francis, The
Shurland Hall
Shurland Horse, The
Sibley, Dame Antoinette
Siborne, Captain William
Sidney, Algernon
Sidney, Sir Henry
Sidney, Henry, 1st Earl of Romney
Sidney Oak, The
Sidney, Sir Philip

Sidney, William, 1st Viscount De L’isle
Siemens Brothers
Sigismond of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor

Simmons, James
Simmons, Field Marshall Sir John Lintorn
Simmons, Dr Samuel Foart
Simms, Frederick
Simon, Paul
Simpson, John

Simpson, Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
Sinden, Sir Donald
Sioux, Siouxsie
Sir Edward Dering’s Regiment of Foot

Sir Gawain’s head
Sir John Boys House

Sisi, Empress of Austria
Sissinghurst Castle Gardens

Skinners, The Worshipful Company of
Slade, Sir Thomas
Slade Green Disaster, The
Slazenger
Small, Millie
Smallhythe Place
Smalling, Chris

Smart, Christopher
Smart, Captain Henry Hawley
Smeaton, John
Smith, Bert
Smith, Charles Roach
Smith, Granny
Smith, Sir Francis Pettit
Smith, Admiral Sir Sidney
Smith, Steve
Smith, Stevie
Smith’s Hall

Smith, WH
SMS Grosser Kurfürst, The sinking of
Smuts, Field Marshall Jan

Smyth, Dame Ethel
Smythe, Frank
Smythe, Percy, 6th Viscount Strangford
Smythe, Sir Thomas
Snakenborg, Helena, Marchioness of Northampton
Snooker
Soames, Mary, Baroness Soames
Sobers, Sir Garfield

Socca
Somerhill House
Somme Football, The
Somner, William
Sondes murder, The

Son of My Father
‘SOS’ message, The world’s first

Soult, Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu, Duke of Dalmatia
Sounds Inc
Sounes, Howard
South Eastern & Chatham Railway
South East London Green Chain
Spall, Timothy
Spa Valley Railway, The
Speeding ticket, The world’s first

Spencer, Dorothy, Countess of Sutherland
Spencer, Herbert
Spencer, John
Spencer, Peggy
Spencer, Phil
Spencer-Churchill, Sarah, Baroness Audley
Spenser, Edmund

Spooner, Winifred
Sports broadcaster, Britain’s first
Sportsman, The

Spottiswoode, William
Spurrell, Flaxman
Squerryes Court
SS Deutschland, The wreck of
SS Kielce explosion, The
SS Princess Alice disaster, The
SS Richard Montgomery, The wreck of

Stained glass revival, The
Stamp, Sir Dudley
Stamp, Josiah, 1st Baron Stamp
Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope
Stanhope, James, 1st Earl Stanhope
Stanhope, Lady Hester
Stanhope, Philip, 5th Earl Stanhope
Staplehurst rail crash, The

Stapley, Harry
Starkey, Dr David
Starkey’s Castle

Starley, James
State visit, England’s first
Steadman, Ralph
Stede, Edwyn
Stede Court

Steel, Anthony
Stephen of Blois, King of England

Stephens, Holman F
Stephenson, George

Stephenson, Sir William
Stevens, Dan
Stewart, Haldane
Stewart, Sir Rod
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury
Still, John

Stokes, Doris
Stokeses, The

Stonar, The lost town of
Stone, Joss

Stonewall Park
Stonley, Stiv

Stour, River
Stowting air crash, The

Stravinsky, Igor
Street, The
Strongbow
Stuart, Princess Sophia, The birth and death of
Stupples, Karen
Stutfall Castle
Styrene, Poly

Subbuteo
Sundridge Park
Surrenden Dering
Surtees, John

Sutton Place
Sutton Valence Castle

Swale, The
Swanscombe Man

Swanton, EW
Swarling Manor
Sweyn Forkbeard, King of England
Swing Riots, The

Swithinbank, Anne
Swynford, Katherine, Duchess of Lancaster
Sydenham Wells
Sydney, Lord

Syms, Sylvia
Syndale House
Tabula Peuteringeriana
Tallis, Thomas

Taylor, John
Taylor, Peter
Telford, Thomas

Temple, Henry, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Temple Manor

Temple, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
Templer, Colonel James
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
Ten wickets in an innings

Ternan, Ellen
Terry, Dame Ellen

Testonites, The

‘Textus Roffensis’
Thackeray, William Makepeace

Thames & Medway Canal
Thames Barrier
Thames, River
Thames Sailing Barge Match, The
Thames sailing barges
Thanet Belle, The
Thanet, The Isle of
Thanetian Age, The
Thatcher, Margaret, Baroness Thatcher
Theatre Royal, Margate

Theobald, Frederick
Theobald, Lewis
Theroux, Louis
Thomas, Edward
Thompson, Jim

Thompson, Sir Thomas
Thomson, Andy
Thomson, Charles
Thong Castle
Thorndike, Dame Sybil
Thorndike, Russell

Thorne, George
Thorne, Sarah
Thorpe, John, Senior
Thorpe, John, Junior
Tilling-Stevens
Tissot, James
Tithe Barn, Maidstone, The

Tizard, Sir Henry
Todd, Bob
Tolkien, JRR
Tomlinson, David
Tomori, Fikayo
Tonbridge Castle

Tonbridge School
Tong, Pete
Torry Hill

Tortelier, Paul
Tourtel, Mary

Town of Ramsgate pub, The
Townsend, Andy
Toys Hill

Tradescant, John the Younger
Trafalgar Tavern
Transatlantic crossings, The first by steamship
Trevithick, Richard

Trumpington, Baroness
Tuck, Wing Commander Roland Stanford

Tudor, Mary, Queen of France
Tull, Walter
‘Tunbridge-Walks’
Tunbridge Ware
Tunbridge Wells hailstorm, The
Tunbridge Wells Opera House

Tunstall Hoard, The
Tunstall House

Turner, JMW

Turner, Tim
Turpin, Dick, The Kentish raids of

Twisden, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet
Twysden, Sir Roger, 2nd Baronet
Tyler, Wat

Tyndall, John
Tyrwhitt, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald
Ufton, Derek
Undersea telegraph cable, The world’s first
Underwood, Derek

Union Mill, Cranbrook
Unitarian Old Meeting House, The
Upnor Castle

Valdemar IV, King of Denmark
Valley Party, The
Vanbrugh, Dame Irene
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Vanbrugh Castle
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony

Vane, Sir Henry the Younger
Vane, Sir Henry the Elder
Van Gogh, Vincent

Varne Bank
Velocipede, The
Verraccio, Pandulf, Bishop of Norwich
Vespasian, Emperor of Rome
Vicious, Sid

Vickers Vimy, The
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of India

Vigo
Village, The
Vincent, Gene
Vine Cricket Ground, The
Vinters Park

Voltaire
Von Blücher, Field Marshall
Von Bülow, General

Vyvyan, Jennifer
Wade, Charles Paget
Wade, Virginia

Waghorn, Thomas
Waldegrave, James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
Waldershare Park

Wallace, Edgar
Wallace, Gregg
Waller, Sir William
Wallinger’s white elephant
Wallis, Sir Barnes

Wallis, John
Walmer Castle
Walpole, Horace
Walpole Bay Hotel
Walsingham, Sir Francis
Wantsum Channel, The

Warham, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
Warington, Robert
Warlock, Peter
Warner, Jack

Warren, General Sir Charles
Warren, The
Warren Halt
Watling Street
Watts, Alan
Watts, Naomi
Weald, The

Wealden cloth industry, The
Wealden hall house
Wealden iron industry, The
Weil, Simone

Weisz, Rachel
Welch, Denton
Weldon, Sir Anthony
Wellington, Duke of
Wells, HG
Wells, John
Wesley, John

West, Gilbert
Westcombe Manor
Westenhanger Castle
Western Heights
Westgate Towers
West House, The

West Kent Football Club
Whatman, James the Elder

Wheler, Sir George
Whispering the death

Whistler, Rex
White Cliffs of Dover, The
White Horse Stone, The
White Horse Wood Country Park

White, William, The martyrdom of
White-haired wedding, A
Whitehead, Alfred North
Whitstable, The great fire of
Whitstable Oyster Festival

Whitworth, Charles, 1st Earl Whitworth
Wickham Court
Widdecombe, Ann

Wigan, Sydney
Wilberforce, William
Wilberforce Oak, The

Wilde, Marty
Wilde, Oscar

Wilhelm
Wilkinson, Jim
Willcox, Toyah
Willett, William

William I, King of England
William III, King of Great Britain & Ireland
William IV, King of the United Kingdom & Ireland
William, Duke of Normandy
William Rufus, King of England, The strange death of
Williams, Bill
Williamson, Sir Joseph
Willikin of the Weald

Willis, Ted, Baron Willis
Wilsford, Sir James
Wilson, Dr John
Wilson, Josephine
Wilson, Matthew
Wimbledon strawberries
Windmill Hill
Wingfield-Stratford, Cecil
Wingham Wildlife Park
Winner, Sir Michael

Winslet, Kate

Winsor, Frederick
Winter Gardens, Margate

Winter of 1836-7, The
Winwood, Estelle
Wisdom, Sir Norman
Witch trial of Eleanor Cobham, The

Witch trial, Faversham, The
Witch trial, Maidstone, The
Wolfe, Major-General James

Wollaston, William Hyde
Wolseley, Field Marshall Garnet, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas

Wooderson, Sydney
Woodnesborough Mount
Woodville, Elizabeth, Queen of England
Woodville, Richard, 1st Earl Rivers

Woollett, William
Woolley, Frank

Woolwich, The
Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Ferry, The
Woolworth’s V-2 disaster, The
Wordsworth, William
World Custard Pie Championship, The

World Rugby
World speed record, The
Worrall Thompson, Antony

Wotton, Edward, 1st Baron Wotton
Wotton, Sir Henry
Wotton, Katherine, Countess of Chesterfield
Wotton, The Very Reverend Nicholas
Wright brothers, The
Wright, Ian

Wroth, Lady Mary
Wyatt, James
Wyatt, Sir Thomas the Elder
Wyatt, Sir Thomas the Younger

Wyatt’s Rebellion
Wye College
Wye Court
Wyllie’s parliamentary snapshots
Wyman, Bill

Wyngarde, Peter
Wynyard, Diana
Yacht racing
Yarnold, Lizzy

Yarrow Hotel, The
Yarrow, Sir Alfred
Yates, Dornford
Yeats, WB

York, Michael

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
Yotes Court

Young, Sir Henry
Young, Dr Thomas
Younghusband, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis
Zborowski, Louis
Zborowski, Margaret

‘Zeal of thy House, The’
Zeebrugge Raid, The
Zeppelin L15, The destruction of

Zeta-Jones, Catherine
Zola, Émile