About this blog
fn many years of researching Kent history, for both academic purposes and personal interest, I've often come across topics or incidents or personalities which don't fit with what I'm actually researching, but which are interesting in their own right.
Now so much is available online, it's possible to be diverted down some very deep rabbit holes, going further and further away from the original topic.
Now so much is available online, it's possible to be diverted down some very deep rabbit holes, going further and further away from the original topic.
Sometimes also a news story might spark interest, or just a thought might send one off down a rabbit hole - 'I wonder what/why/when....'
The purpose of this blog is to share some of those chance discoveries.
The blog will not follow any particular chronology or theme. Topics may be drawn from any period, from the Anglo-Saxon and Jutish period to the twentieth century.
The focus will not generally be on great families and major events, but on the farmers, shopkeepers, tradesmen, maritime communities - people whose lives did not have a major impact on the world, but whose stories are still worth telling.
Because these are mostly stories I have come across during my own research, they will be drawn from the regions of Kent, and the time periods, that I find most interesting.
Unless otherwise stated, in this blog Kent will mean the ancient county, including the parishes that were lost to the London County Council in 1889 - Charlton, Deptford, Eltham, Greenwich, Lee, Lewisham, Plumstead and Woolwich - and those which now make up the boroughs of Bexley and Bromley, which administratively became part of Greater London in 1965.
John Speed Map of Kent first edition 1612
The blog will not follow any particular chronology or theme. Topics may be drawn from any period, from the Anglo-Saxon and Jutish period to the twentieth century.
The focus will not generally be on great families and major events, but on the farmers, shopkeepers, tradesmen, maritime communities - people whose lives did not have a major impact on the world, but whose stories are still worth telling.
Because these are mostly stories I have come across during my own research, they will be drawn from the regions of Kent, and the time periods, that I find most interesting.
An Entirely New & Accurate Survey Of The County Of Kent, With Part Of The County Of Essex,by William Mudge, 1801.
Unless otherwise stated, in this blog Kent will mean the ancient county, including the parishes that were lost to the London County Council in 1889 - Charlton, Deptford, Eltham, Greenwich, Lee, Lewisham, Plumstead and Woolwich - and those which now make up the boroughs of Bexley and Bromley, which administratively became part of Greater London in 1965.
I will quite often be using material from local newspapers. While it is permitted to quote, for copyright reasons it is not permitted to reproduce articles or illustrations.
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