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At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream.

At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream.

A final view of Gravesend, this time showing the narrow High Street. No cars can be seen.

Gravesend was the place where those who had died at sea would be offloaded for burial in the town cemetery.

Gravesend has two Victorian piers: the Royal Terrace Pier of 1843 lies to the east of the slightly earlier Town Pier we see in this view.

East of Gravesend, near where the Thames Estuary meets the North Sea, is Sheerness, a port and seaside resort on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey.

The bus stop outside the Britannia public house is for bus numbers 26, 26A, 39 and 40; opposite, a No 26 bus heads for Gravesend.

Gravesend is a busy industrial town on the river Thames; here the river narrows to become a London river, and coastal pilots hand over to the river men.

Street, just visible on the extreme left and next door to the Jackson Brothers' drapery store, was founded by John Samuel Caddell, a stationer, bookbinder, stamp distributor and the publisher of the Gravesend

The current Gravesend ferry sails from the right quay, and the harbour buildings are now the London International Cruise Terminal; the great modern container port that supplanted the London Docks are to

Anchored off Gravesend is the torpedo gunboat HMS 'Gleaner', built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1890 and sold off in 1905; by that time the faster torpedo boat destroyer, later abbreviated to destroyer, had

Gravesend is a busy industrial town on the river Thames; here the river narrows to become a London river, and coastal pilots hand over to the river men.

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

Gravesend.

She died at Gravesend on the long journey home.

Built in 1883 as the steel sailing ship 'Arranmore', she spent a number of years as a floating seamen's hostel at Gravesend before being towed to Sharpness in August 1939.

Street, just visible on the extreme left and next door to the Jackson Brothers' drapery store, was founded by John Samuel Caddell, a stationer, bookbinder, stamp distributor and the publisher of the Gravesend

He had been in command of the Royal Engineers at Gravesend from 1865-71, and was responsible for the construction of the protective forts along the Thames.

He had been in command of the Royal Engineers at Gravesend from 1865-71, and was responsible for the construction of the protective forts along the Thames.

Watling Street, three miles south-west of Gravesend. It gained its name from a river passage that once reached it from the Thames at Northfleet.

In 1914 the Palladium was offering a picture show every afternoon and George Graves & Co twice nightly.

Graves and ivy-clad ruins are shown beside the Monks' Cemetery of Bindon Abbey. The community was founded for the Cistercian Order by William de Glastonia in 1149.

Graves and ivy-clad ruins are shown beside the Monks' Cemetery of Bindon Abbey. The community was founded for the Cistercian Order by William de Glastonia in 1149.

In 1914 the Palladium was offering a picture show every afternoon and George Graves & Co twice nightly.