A new station, Ebbsfleet International, opened between Dartford and Gravesend, serving northern Kent. A 2014 study found that Kent shares significant reserves of shale oil with other neighbouring counties, totalling 4.4 billion barrels of oil, which then Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon said "will bring jobs and business opportunities" and significantly help with UK energy self-sufficiency. Its commercial rival is ITV Meridian Ltd, which has a newsroom at The Maidstone Studios despite the main studio being based in Hampshire. Kent has three unique vernacular architecture forms: the oast house, the Wealden hall house, and Kentish peg-tiles. [12], In the 11th century, the people of Kent adopted the motto Invicta, meaning "undefeated" or "unconquered". France is 34 kilometres (21 mi) across the Strait.[26]. ", "The River Medway: The river of Kent or Kentish river? By 1618, storehouses, a ropewalk, a drydock, and houses for officials had been built downstream from Chatham. Awarded a community licence by Ofcom in late 2019 and due to launch in the next few years. There are three heritage, standard gauge railways; Spa Valley Railway near Tunbridge Wells on the old Tunbridge Wells West branch, East Kent Railway on the old East Kent coalfield area and the Kent and East Sussex Railway on the Weald around Tenterden. Thus Glev(um) became Glou-cester, Venta became Win-chester, Man(ucium) became Man-chester, and so forth. Sevenoaks Hockey Club's women first XI plays in the second tier of national competition. Kent currently has more motorways by distance than any other county in the UK, with sections of the M2, M20, M25 and M26 totalling 173 km (107 mi) within the extents of the ceremonial county. The county town is Maidstone. Each man of standing, at the head of conjunction with others of his tribe, seized a piece of land, built his homestead, and fenced himself in; and though he might be kindly and neighbourly, he showed little inclination towards a communal life, and had no wish to be herded with his fellows in crowded tribal settlements. In rugby union, Canterbury RFC play in the fourth-tier of English rugby in the National League 2 South. Men and women from east of the Medway are Men (or Maids) of Kent, those from the west are Kentishmen or Kentish Maids. In 1900, however, Kent absorbed the district of Penge. Following the closures across the lower Medway, and the Swale to the Isle of Sheppey, during the 20th century, the Woolwich Ferry is the only domestic ferry that runs in the broadest definition of the county. In this he was similar to the Celt and unlike the German, for more than half the Celtic place-names in Britain and Ireland contain the words llan, kil or bally, all of which mean a fenced enclosure of some sort; and it has been influenced to some extent by a habit of exclusiveness which was a British characteristic of long standing in our country. The eth in Lambeth means a haven, and we have it also in its form hithe or hythe, as in Rotherhithe and Hythe. A powerful relay transmitter at Tunbridge Wells serves the town and surrounding area. The word holm which occurs in many place-names, originally meant a mound, but was afterwards used for any raised ground. Kent is sometimes known as the "Garden of England" for its abundance of orchards and hop gardens. It closed in 2014.[68]. Miskin Radio (Dartford and Gravesend): online only. The landscape painter J. M. W. Turner spent part of his childhood in the town of Margate in East Kent, and regularly returned to visit it throughout his life. Together, the two Kent authorities have 38 of the 164 grammar schools remaining in Britain.[69][70]. See more. The termination –ham is also of extremely frequent occurance (Clapham, Balham, etc. The # symbol indicates that it does not appear in later editions of the LCC books ( see Notes below ). Some of the native Romano-British population likely remained in the area, eventually assimilating with the newcomers. [40] At that election Canterbury elected Rosie Duffield, the first ever Labour MP to hold the seat since the constituency was formed in 1918. In 1776, 1950, and on 28 April 2007 there were earthquakes of around 4.3. [62] The high speed lines will be utilised to provide a faster train service to coastal towns like Ramsgate and Folkestone. Large parts of Kent are within the London commuter belt and its strong transport connections to the capital and the nearby continent make Kent a high-income county. When the theatre of operation moved to the Atlantic, this role was assumed by Portsmouth and Plymouth, with Chatham concentrating on shipbuilding and ship repair. Caesar wrote that the people of Kent were 'by far the most civilised inhabitants of Britain'. In the early 19th century, smugglers were very active on the Kent coastline. Gangs such as The Aldington Gang brought spirits, tobacco and salt to the county, and transported goods such as wool across the sea to France.[21]. These words indicate in each case the existence originally of but a single family`s house or homestead, farm or estate; and the same implication is to be seen in the number of places called after a single individual, as Escombe (Eda`s Combe), or Evesham (Eofa`s Home), or after a single family, as in the numberless names containing the word –ing. For other uses, see, Kent (Borough of Gillingham and City of Rochester upon Medway) (Structural Change) Order 1996, David Haste, The Art Schools of Kent (London: Werther Books, 2014), Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, List of settlements in Kent by population, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Kent loses its Garden of England title to North Yorkshire, "Kent | Origin and history of Kent by Online Etymology Dictionary", "Are you a Kentish Man or a Man of Kent and which side of the Medway is the best place to be? It ceased to be considered part of the county in 1965[disputed (for: contradicting related articles)  – discuss] upon creation of the London Borough of Newham. By the 1850s, SER's networks had expanded to Ashford, Ramsgate, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, and the Medway towns. At the 2011 census,[36] Kent, including Medway, had 1,727,665 residents (18.0% of which in Medway); had 711,847 households (17.5% of which in Medway) and had 743,436 dwellings (14.8% of which in Medway). Cabin FM broadcasting to Herne Bay on 94.6FM. [51] With the motorways in the late twentieth century came the M2 motorway bridge spanning the Medway and the Dartford tunnel and the Dartford Bridge spanning the Thames. Kent has the highest number of National Challenge schools in England: schools which are branded 'failing' based on the British Government's floor targets that 30% of pupils achieve at least 5 GCSE grades A* to C.[75] Of the 63 secondary modern schools, 33 missed this target; thus 52% of Kent secondary modern schools (34% out of all 96 maintained secondary schools) are 'failing'.[76]. , and the M20 near Wrotham seven times since it was purchased in 1846 the. Merged into South Eastern from Westerham to the west and Central Kent have long had many of... 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