"In the small hours of the morning of 3 June 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. It was only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later that the full story emerged. The man, Henry Sack…
Kent at war, 1939 to 1945: rare photographs from wartime archives
by Khan, Mark
fromImages of war
Following on from Blitz on Kent, all aspects of life during the Second World War were experienced during in this embattled county. From the onset of the war Kent became a key part in the front line defence of Britain. Defences were built, and the Home Guard formed. With the thre…
Kent at war, 1939-1945: rare photographs from wartime archives
by Khan, Mark
fromImages of war
Maritime Kent through the ages: gateway to the sea
Maritime Kent through the ages: gateway to the sea
A wide-ranging history of the geography and communities of Kent from the earliest times to the present day.
Maritime Kent through the ages: gateway to the sea
"A large proportion of late medieval people were accused of some kind of misdemeanour in borough, manorial or ecclesiastical courts at some stage in their lives. The records of these courts bring us as close to ordinary townspeople and villagers as it is possible to get, and sho…
"A large proportion of late medieval people were accused of some kind of misdemeanour in borough, manorial or ecclesiastical courts at some stage in their lives. The records of these courts bring us as close to ordinary townspeople and villagers as it is possible to get, and sho…
"The Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery is located in east Kent, some 4.5 km south of Sandwich. The first excavations carried out by W.P.D. Stebbling and W. Whiting in 1928-29 were followed by excavations between 1959 and 1967 directed by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes and financed by the M…