11 Facts About East Kent

1.

The earliest evidence for the human occupation of East Kent is found near Canterbury, where stone tools dating to 560,000 years ago have been discovered.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,623
2.

East Kent's writings suggest localised groups of people whose chieftains were flattered by his description of them as 'kings'.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,624
3.

East Kent became one of the kingdoms of the Jutes during the 5th century.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,625
4.

East Kent did not submit to Norman rule until their rights and privileges had been acknowledged and unmolested.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,626
5.

East Kent played a significant role in the English Civil War around 1648.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,627
6.

The new county incorporated part of north west East Kent including Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich and Lewisham.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,628
7.

Two cities in East Kent were Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rochester, the seat of the Bishop of Rochester.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,629
8.

Those from the East are known as Men of Kent and those from the West as Kentish Men.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,630
9.

Historic area of West East Kent included a number of places now in Greater London; specifically the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,631
10.

Whole of this parish is in the division of East Kent which begins here, the adjoining parish of Gillingham, westward, being wholly in that of West Kent.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,632
11.

West Kent and East Kent each had their own Quarter Sessions until 1814, when the separate administrations of East and West Kent were merged.

FactSnippet No. 1,716,633