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Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

In many villages in Kent are the great gardens and oast-houses devoted to the growing and processing of the hop, which gives beer its taste.

Caption For Ash, New Street C1955

There are two villages called Ash in Kent.

Caption For Chatham, Military Road C1965

The No 142 bus, advertising Kent Life magazine, is bound for Weeds Wood via Huntsman's Corner.

Caption For Ide Hill, The Church C1960

Its architecture is deemed modern compared to many other Kent places of worship that began life in Norman times.

Caption For Chilham, The High Street C1955

Pollarded lime trees line part of the High Street of this village, which can justifiably claim to be one of Kent's prettiest; it duly attracts hordes of visitors during the summer season.

Caption For Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade C1898

We are keeping to the Kent bank of the Thames Estuary as the river reaches Gravesend, beyond the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford.

Caption For Margate, Marine Terrace From The Lighthouse C1965

boating pool from the pier.The clock-tower is just to the right of the centre of the picture, and we can see the entrance tower to the Dreamland amusement park.This is the oldest theme park in Kent

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1955

As the county and assize town of Kent, as well as its chief agricultural centre, Maidstone is also a busy market and shopping centre, and many of its older buildings are overshadowed by the commercial

Caption For Kendal, St George's Church And The Weir 1891

The twin Italianate towers of St George's Church dominate this view of Kendal, across the River Kent and its weir.

Caption For Pegwell, Coastguard Cottages 1907

This row of diminutive, white cottages provided accommodation for the Coastguards maintaining a watch along this busy stretch of the Kent coastline with its treacherous offshore sandbanks.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

Caption For Flookburgh, The Village 1897

Flookburgh is a charming and ancient market town between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands.

Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

The newly installed railway connection serving the Weald of Kent had no doubt dropped many of these workers off to start work in the hop fields.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1948

Meanwhile, local schoolboy Michael Colin Cowdrey, 17, made his debut for Kent County Cricket Club in this year.

Caption For Eastry, High Street C1955

Between Canterbury and the sea, and built on a section of the Roman road which ran from Dover to Richborough, Eastry was once the site of a palace of the Kings of Kent, who divided their realm into 'lathes

Caption For Darlington, Tubwell Row 1903

On the left are the flower-bedecked premises of the seed merchants and nurserymen Kent & Brydon.

Caption For Grays, The Thames C1955

This view captures well the character of much of the Thames estuary: a somewhat bleak, flat shoreline and a smudge of distant chalk hills on the Kent side.

Caption For Southampton, The Royal Pier Pavilion 1908

The name comes from the fact that the opening was carried out in 1833 by the Duchess of Kent and Princess, later Queen, Victoria.

Caption For Flimwell, The Village 1903

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border.

Caption For Cliffe, The View From The Church C1950

Once known as 'Coveshoo', Cliffe was a meeting place for the Great Councils of Kent in Saxon times.