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Kent's only local history magazine delves deep into the county's fascinating past

A bit rude. And it's pronounced Upna not Up-nor.
30/09/2025

A bit rude. And it's pronounced Upna not Up-nor.

Confusing Rochester with Chatham. Dear me.
16/09/2025

Confusing Rochester with Chatham. Dear me.

An historian has taken a stroll along a Kent road for his podcast’s 600th episode and was “blown away” by what he saw.

10/09/2025
05/09/2025

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust says the discovery has inspired them to create a time capsule.

There’s a place named after it … but where is the playhouse? Thomas Trotter, ‘a man of enormous energy’ had a fine idea ...
01/09/2025

There’s a place named after it … but where is the playhouse? Thomas Trotter, ‘a man of enormous energy’ had a fine idea for entertaining Hythe and its garrison. What happened next? https://bygonekent.org.uk/

Saintly Dorothy, the Weald’s healer: ‘I am well’, said the young woman, rising from her apparent deathbed. She spent the...
01/09/2025

Saintly Dorothy, the Weald’s healer: ‘I am well’, said the young woman, rising from her apparent deathbed. She spent the next 50 years building communities to help others https://bygonekent.org.uk/

Peggotty’s house, the Gravesend connection: the memorable ‘boat-house’, home of a David Copperfield hero, is sometimes s...
01/09/2025

Peggotty’s house, the Gravesend connection: the memorable ‘boat-house’, home of a David Copperfield hero, is sometimes supposed to be inspired by a visit that Charles Dickens made to Norfolk https://bygonekent.org.uk/

Rediffusion, Kent’s TV pioneer: the 1950s were a time of revolution in television – in one case led by a collection of m...
01/09/2025

Rediffusion, Kent’s TV pioneer: the 1950s were a time of revolution in television – in one case led by a collection of men in Broadstairs sheds who boosted the signal and even made cabinets for rental sets https://bygonekent.org.uk/

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