Captions

216 captions found. Showing results 121 to 140.

Caption For Rye, The River Rother 1901

In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.

Caption For Bethersden, Village C1955

Before modern road surfaces spread to the countryside, Bethersden had the reputation of having the worst, most boggy roads in Kent.

Caption For Eythorne, The Colliery C1955

This is one of a cluster of collieries which opened in east Kent just before the First World War.

Caption For Otford, Morris Dancing On The Green C1955

Morris dancers are recorded as greeting Charles II in Kent on his return from exile.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1891

Until the railway arrived, only 35 years before this photograph was taken, Grange-over-Sands was little more than a fishing village, looking out across the Kent estuary to the rest of Lancashire.

Caption For Chartham, The Parade 1905

Kent Lunatic Asylum was built here, and accommodated 900 patients.

Caption For Flimwell, The Village 1903

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Cragg 1901

On the left we can see the long, steeply pitched roof of the Methodist church on Kents Bank Road.

Caption For Hadlow, The Post Office Corner C1960

The tower is very prominent in the mid-Kent landscape.

Caption For Eynsford, C1955

The river flowing beneath the 15th-century bridge is the Darent, which rises near the county boundary with Surrey near Westerham and runs through a myriad of Kent villages to the Thames near Long-reach

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street And Church 1900

This country town is close to one of the noblest houses in Kent - the Jacobean home of the Sackvilles, Knole.

Caption For Ashford, Middle Row 1908

Can you spot the white-bearded man peering out at the photographer from the doors of the Man of Kent pub, right?

Caption For Minster In Thanet, The Square C1955

A good strong 'Maid of Kent' carries her shopping home, right, while the pedestrians, left, look as if they would rather wait for the bus!

Caption For Canterbury, The Cathedral 1888

By the late 19th century the Pilgrims' Way through London to Kent had brought many visitors to its doors.

Caption For Sandgate, Parade 1899

Near the cliffs in the distance are the remains of the castle built by Henry VIII in 1539 as part of his coastal defensive scheme; it is one of the four he constructed in Kent.

Caption For Sidmouth, Looking West 1924

In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.

Caption For Sandgate, Parade 1899

Near the cliffs in the distance are the remains of the castle built by Henry VIII in 1539 as part of his coastal defensive scheme; it is one of the four he constructed in Kent.

Caption For Silverdale, Road To The Beach C1955

From here she described the sunsets and the views across the Kent estuary and the Irish Sea.

Caption For Eastry, Church C1965

Nearby was once the royal palace of the early Saxon kings of Kent.