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.
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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.
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East Kent's writings suggest localised groups of people whose chieftains were flattered by his description of them as 'kings'.
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East Kent became one of the kingdoms of the Jutes during the 5th century.
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East Kent did not submit to Norman rule until their rights and privileges had been acknowledged and unmolested.
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East Kent played a significant role in the English Civil War around 1648.
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Two cities in East Kent were Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rochester, the seat of the Bishop of Rochester.
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Those from the East are known as Men of Kent and those from the West as Kentish Men.
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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.
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West Kent and East Kent each had their own Quarter Sessions until 1814, when the separate administrations of East and West Kent were merged.
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