Chatham
Chatham Riverside from SunPier Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 784 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 18 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and...
Chatham shown within Kent
Population	70,540 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	TQ765659
- London	33mi
Unitary authority	Medway
Ceremonial county	Kent
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHATHAM
Postcode district	ME4, ME5
Dialling code	01634
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Chatham and Aylesford
European Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Kent

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Chatham (pronounced "chat-um" ) is a large town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway to the southeast of London in Kent, England. Together with Gillingham and Rochester it is today part of the Medway Towns conurbation. Rivers in Kent, showing the Medway. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Gillingham is a town in Kent, England, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. ... , Rochester is a town in Kent, England, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. ... Medway is the name given to a conurbation in the north of Kent, England. ...

History

Chatham was first recorded in Cetham in 880AD, its name coming from the British root ceto and the Old English ham thus meaning a forest settlement.^[1]

Chatham Dockyard was established by Elizabeth I of England in 1568 and the small village of Chatham grew. At one point thousands of men were employed at the dockyard, and many hundreds of submarines and surface vessels were launched there, including HMS Victory which was built there in the 1760s. The dockyard was shut as an operational site 1984 by the Thatcher government; a large part of it became a historic site (operated by Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust) and the rest has been developed for housing, industrial sites and as a commercial marina. Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway in Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, and thus requiring added defences. ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ... For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). ... HMS Victory is a 104-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765. ...

The Defences

Chatham is also the site of many of the fortifications built to protect the dockyard from invasion. The Great Lines (abbreviated from "great lines of defence") were built across the neck of the peninsula formed by the bend in the river. By 1758 this stretched for more than a mile from Fort Amherst (today a heritage site)to Gillingham Reach.^[2] Fort Amherst was started in 1756 at the Southern end of the Brompton lines protecting Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, with the last works about 1820, the lower part is now opened to the public by the Fort Amherst and Lines Trust. ... Gillingham is a town in Kent, England, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. ...

Looking from the river at Sunpier along the Great Barrier Ditch, to the gun platforms at Fort Amherst

Forts were built around the town, among them Fort Clarence (1805-1811)(demolished) and Fort Pitt(1805-1819). Fort Pitt was later used as a military hospital and was visited by Queen Victoria.^[3] As a result of Florence Nightingale's private paper, Notes on matters affecting the health, efficiency and hospital administration of the British Army (1858) the first Army Medical School was established at Fort Pitt in 1860. In 1859 a Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom Royal Commission ordered a second outer ring of forts was built to strengthen the defences, such as Fort Horsted. Fort Luton (also a heritage site),Fort Bridgewood, Fort Darland, Fort Borstal.^[4] Later Fort Rivertown was established. Constructed in 1979, under the supervision of Billy Childish (Buff Medways, Medway Poets). This has recently been redeveloped to a Chatham night club - the legendry Tap n' Tin. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 807 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source self-made Date 18 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 807 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source self-made Date 18 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL... Chatham Dockyard from Fort Pitt, 1831. ... In 1859 Lord Palmerston instigated the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom because of serious concerns that France might want to invade the UK again. ... Fort Luton was built between 1876 and 1892 south of Chatham, Kent. ... The site of Fort Bridgewoods is on the outskirts of Rochester, Kent next to the Rochester-Maidstone road (B2091). ... An afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, Fort Borstal was built between 1875 and 1885 by convict labour to hold the high ground southwest of Rochester, Kent. ...

The Chatham naval memorial commemorates the 18,500 officers, ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy who were lost or buried at sea in the two World Wars. It stands on the Great Lines between Chatham and Gillingham.

Chatham Dockyard, seen from Fort Pitt, ca. 1830. From W. H. Ireland's History of Kent.

Chatham Town Centre from the Great Lines

The Darland Banks are unimproved chalk grassland, in Chatham, Kent. Bordering on Gillingham they form the northern slopes of the Luton and Capstone Valleys This shot was taken from the top of Ash Tree Lane by Star Mill Lane. Star Mill or Upper Chatham Hill Mill was dismantled in 1924. We are looking over Luton Village. Rows of Victorian terraced houses follow the contour lines. We can see all styles of 20th century housing. To the right are the fields of the Daisy Banks and Coney banks with Fort Luton in the trees.

The town was also the location for several military barracks, the Kitchener Barracks(c 1750-80), the Royal Marines Barracks (c 1780). Brompton Artillery Baracks (1806), Melville Baracks, H.M.S.Collingwood and H.M.S.Pembroke. Although the postal address of Brompton Barracks (the headquarters of the Royal Engineers) indicates Chatham as its location, Brompton was an entirely separate village within Gillingham parish.^[5] H.M.S Pembroke is now the home to the University of Greenwich at Medway. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,512 × 2,016 pixels, file size: 536 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,512 × 2,016 pixels, file size: 536 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (862x524, 433 KB) Summary Engraving of Chatham Dockyard from Fort Pitt from Irelands History of Kent, Vol. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (862x524, 433 KB) Summary Engraving of Chatham Dockyard from Fort Pitt from Irelands History of Kent, Vol. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 935 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 13 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 935 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 13 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 1. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... , Gillingham is a town in Kent, England, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. ...

Religion

Chatham's parish church was St Marys which stood on Dock Road, it was rebuilt in 1788. St John's was built in 1821, but remodelled in 1869, and abolished in 1964. St Paul's New Road was built in 1854,and declarded redundant in 1974 and has been demolished. St Peter's Troy Town was built in 1860.^[6] Christchurch Luton was built in 1843, replaced in 1884. The Royal Dockyard church (1806) was declared redundant in 1981.

St Michael's is the Roman Catholic church, it was built in 1863. There is a Unitarian chapel built in 1861.^[6] Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ...

Chatham is reputed to be the home of the first Baptist chapel in north Kent, the Zion Baptist Chapel in Clover Street. The first known pastor was Edward Morecock who settled there in the 1660s. During Cromwell's time Morecock had been a sea-captain and had been injured in battle. His knowledge of the River Medway is reputed to have preserved him from persecution in the reign of King Charles II. There was a second Baptist chapel founded about 1700. The Ebenezer Chapel dates back to 1662. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Baptist is... The name Charles II is used to refer to numerous persons in history: Kings: Charles the Fat (also known as Charles II of France and Charles III of the Holy Roman Empire) Charles II of England Charles II of Naples Charles II of Navarre Charles II of Romania Charles II...

Chatham Memorial Synagogue was built by Simon Magnus in 1867 on the Chatham end of Rochester High Street in Rochester.^[7]

Commercial

Chatham became a market town in its own right in the 19th century, and a municipal borough in 1890. By 1831 its population had reached more than 16,000. By 1961 it had reached 48,800.^[4] A borough is a political division originally used in England. ...

Transport

River Medway

The River Medway, apart from its use by warships to travel to and from the dockyard, was an important means of communication to the interior of Kent. Stone, timber and iron from the Weald for shipbuilding and agricultural produce were among the cargoes. Sun Pier in Chatham was one of many such along the river. By 1740, barges of 40 tons could navigate as far upstream as Tonbridge.^[4] Rivers in Kent, showing the Medway. ... A weald once meant a dense forest, especially the famous great wood once stretching far beyond the ancient counties of Sussex and Kent, England, where this country of smaller woods is still called the Weald. ... Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 31,600 in 2001. ...

Roads

The A2 and Luton Road- Luton Arches

Sir John Hawkins flyover

Chatham stands on Watling Street, the Roman road from London to the Kent Coast. The length from Chatham to Canterbury was turnpiked in 1730. The Chatham to Maidstone road A230 was also turn piked before 1750. Watling street formed the basic line for A2 main road in the 1920s.^[4] However, Chatham has always been a bottleneck. The notorious high street was bypass By a new road leading from the top of Star Hill, Rochester to the bottom of Chatham Hill at Luton- this was called New Road. Later this became inadequate for the London to Dover traffic and the Medway Towns bypass, the M2 motorway diverts all through traffic south of the Medway Towns. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 680 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 680 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 737 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 737 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... The modern Watling Street crossing the Medway at Rochester near the Roman and Celt crossings Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Not to be confused with A2 road (Northern Ireland). ... There are also M2 motorways in Northern Ireland and Australia The M2 motorway is a motorway in England. ...

The towns still generates more traffic than its town centre can handle. In the 1980s the town centre was remodelled and an inner ringroad was constructed. This was a one way system with a flyover (1989) taking the south to north traffic over a pedestrianised high street, by the Pentagon shopping centre and Bus station. On the 19 September 2006 the Ring Road in Chatham was made 2 way and the Sir John Hawkins flyover was closed except for buses, taxis and cycles as part a regeneration scheme designed to relink the town centre with Sun Pier, Gun Wharf and the river.It was expected that after a test period, during which the flyover remained open for buses, taxis, etc, the flyover would be demolished (as part of Chatham Riverside redevelopment). However the 2 way change received a very hostile reaction from local residents and businesses. After a campaign that coincided with local elections, the council reversed this decision.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}.^[18][19] The central bus station (the "pentagon") for the towns is in Chatham, within walking distance of the railway station. is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Railways

Chatham Railway Station and Fort Pitt Tunnel

The railway came to Chatham in 1858: first when the East Kent Railway opened a line to Faversham; and later in the year the short section connecting with the North Kent Line was opened, giving a route to London. Chatham railway station is the main interchange for the Medway towns. Chatham station lies in a cutting between the Fort Pitt tunnel and the Chatham tunnel, the next station down line is Gillingham , and the next station upline is Rochester. The line passes over the Rochester Bridge and divides. One line takes the former London, Chatham and Dover Chatham Main Line via Cuxton and Meopham to Bromley South and Victoria while the other takes the former South Eastern Railway (UK) North Kent Line via Dartford and Woolwich Arsenal. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 654 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 654 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Crest of the LCDR on the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company that operated in south-eastern England between 1859 and 1923 before grouping with three other companies to form the Southern Railway. ... Faversham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves the town of Faversham. ... The North Kent Line is a railway line which connects central and south east London with Dartford and Medway. ... Chatham railway station is situated in Chatham, one of the Medway Towns in Kent, England. ... Chatham railway station is situated in Chatham, one of the Medway Towns in Kent, England. ... Gillingham (Kent) railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in Medway, north Kent, between Chatham and Rainham. ... In English literary history, the name Rochester refers to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. ... The 1970 Rochester Bridge forms the east-bound lanes of the A2 across the River Medway Rochester Bridge was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in Kent, southern England. ... Crest of the LCDR on the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company that operated in south-eastern England between 1859 and 1923 before grouping with three other companies to form the Southern Railway. ... The Chatham Main Line is the British railway line that runs from London Victoria to Dover Priory or Ramsgate via the Medway Towns (of which Chatham is one, hence the name) and Bromley). ... Bromley South railway station is a major interchange and station in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. ... Victoria may refer to: // Victoria of the United Kingdom, aka Queen Victoria, former British monarch Victoria (Australia), a state in Australia Victoria, British Columbia, the capital of the Canadian province Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory Victoria may also refer to: Victoria (name) Main disambiguation page: Victoria of the United... The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR) and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ... The North Kent Line is a railway line which connects central and south east London with Dartford and Medway. ... Dartford is the principal town in the borough of Dartford. ... The Woolwich Arsenal was an armaments manufacturing facility on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London. ...

There are 4 trains an hour to London, Victoria, two trains an hour to London Charing Cross, and from November 2007 there will be a service to Ebbsfleet (change for Paris and Brussels) and London St Pancras. Two trains an hour run to Dover and Ramsgate.

Part of the railway in what is now Chatham Historic Dockyard is still in operation, run by the North Kent Industrial Locomotive Society. Chatham Historic Dockyard is a museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, England. ...

Administration

Medway Council building

Chatham is the centre of the Medway Towns and Medway Council has chosen to site its offices on Gun Wharf, in the building that was constructed for Lloyds. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 728 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 18 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 728 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 18 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Medway is the name given to a conurbation in the north of Kent, England. ... Lloyds of London is a British insurance market. ...

The Ecclesiatical Parish of Chatham included Luton and Brompton and also Chatham Intra (Land on the river that was administered by the City of Rochester).^[20]

The borough of Chatham was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832, and contained most of Brompton and New Brompton.^[6] It became a municipal borough in 1890.^[4] The British Reform Act of 1832 (2 & 3 Will. ... Showing Brompton and New Brompton, and their relationship to Chatham Dockyard, and the Lines. ...

Chatham lost its independence because of the Local Government Act 1972. On 1 April 1974 it became part of Medway Borough Council that was renamed, in 1979, the Borough of Rochester-upon-Medway and then,in 1982, the City of Rochester-upon-Medway. This, in its turn, was abolished on 1st April 1998; to join Gillingham Borough Council in the Medway Council (a unitary authority).^[21] The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Arms of the City of Rochester-upon-Medway The City of Rochester-upon-Medway was a non-metropolitan district of Kent, England from 1974 to 1998. ... The Arms of the City of Rochester-upon-Medway The City of Rochester-upon-Medway was a non-metropolitan district of Kent, England from 1974 to 1998. ...

Education

Chatham is served by the following Primary Schools.

• All Saints CE Primary
• Balfour Junior
• Bradfields
• Glencoe Junior
• Greenvale Infant
• Horsted Infant
• Horsted Junior
• Kingfisher Primary
• Lordswood Infant
• Lordswood Junior
• Luton Infant
• Luton Junior
• Maundene
• New Road Primary School & Nursery Unit
• Oaklands Infant
• Oaklands Junior
• Ridge Meadow Primary
• Silverbank Park
• Spinnens Acre Junior
• St Benedict's Catholic Primary
• St John's CE (VC) Infant
• St Mary's Island C of E (Aided) Primary
• St Michael's Catholic Primary
• St Thomas More Catholic Primary
• Swingate Infant
• Walderslade Primary
• Wayfield Community Primary & Nursery Unit

Secondary Education, outside the Catholic sector, is selective. Many pupils attend schools in neighbouring towns.

• Chatham Grammar School for Boys
• Chatham Grammar School for Girls
• Chatham South School
• Fort Pitt Grammar School (girls)
• Greenacre School
• Medway Community College
• St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive
• Walderslade Girls' School^[22]

Tertiary

• Mid-Kent college is a Further Education College based at Horsted, but is also in partnership with Canterbury Christchurch University at Medway

Universities

• University of Greenwich at Medway
• University of Kent at Medway
• Canterbury Christchurch University^[23]

Sports

The town's Association Football club, Chatham Town F.C., plays in the Isthmian League Division One South. Lordswood F.C. play in the Kent League. The defunct Chatham Excelsior F.C. were one of the early pioneers of football in southern England. “Soccer” redirects here. ... Chatham Town are an English Association Football club, based in Chatham, Kent. ... The Isthmian League First Division South was a football division of the Isthmian League in the UK for two seasons from 2003-03 till 2003-04. ... Lordswood F.C. is a football club based in Longfield, England. ... The Kent League is an English football league in Kent and south east London. ...

Popular Culture

It is claimed by some, that Chatham is the birthplace of "chav" subculture. This was first evident from a website about "Chatham girls" (immortalised in a song by Chris Broderick), which received a huge amount of media interest. The website was so popular it was pulled by Geocities for exceeding its bandwidth.^[24] Look up chav, charva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

On a cultural level Chatham also gave birth to several movements in literature, art and music. In the late 1970s and early 1980s the Medway Delta Sound emerged. Several of these bands gained international recognition e.g. The Milkshakes, The Prisoners (see also James Taylor Quartet), The Dagger Men, The Dentists, Chris Broderick and The Singing Loins. In recent years there has been a renaissance in the Medway Sound lead by singers such as Pete Molinari. The Medway Poets were formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1982 having performed at major literary festivals and on TV and Radio. They became a major influence to writers in the area. From the core of this group the anti conceptual/pro painting movements of Stuckism and Remodernism came into being. The Prisoners were a mod revival/1960s garageband formed in 1982 in Chatham, Kent, England. ... The James Taylor Quartet are a British four-piece jazz funk band who have become renowned for their live performances. ... Sexton Ming, Tracey Emin, Charles Thomson, Billy Childish and musician Russell Wilkinson at the Rochester Adult Education Centre December 11, 1987 to record the Medway Poets LP Bill Lewis, Sexton Ming, Rob Earl and Billy Childish: in Yoga position - August 2003 The Medway Poets were founded in North Kent in... The logo on the Stuckism International web site Stuckism is an art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art. ... Remodernism is a term promulgated by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, in an attempt to introduce a period of new spirituality into art, culture and society to replace Postmodernism, which they accused of being bankrupt and cynical. ...

Recent Medway artists of note include Kid Harpoon and Underground Heroes. Kid Harpoon (born Tom Hull) is an British singer-songwriter and musician. ...

Notable people

Ordnance Terrace in October 2007

Charles Dickens lived in the town as a boy, both in the Brook and in Ordnance Terrace before the railway station was built just opposite. He subsequently described it as the happiest period of his childhood, and eventually returned to the area in adulthood when he bought a house in nearby Gad's Hill. The Medway area features in some of his novels. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 768 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 768 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Self Date 22 September Author Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent Permission (Reusing this image) Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and... “Dickens” redirects here. ... Higham is a small village bordering the Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, between Gravesend and Rochester. ...

Others of note include the composer Percy Whitlock (1903-1946); the painter and killer Richard Dadd (1819-1887); and, in more modern times, the artist/poet/musician Billy Childish and poet/painter/storyteller and mythographer Bill Lewis. The Brit Artist Tracey Emin and designer Zandra Rhodes studied at local art school KIAD, now known as University Collge for the Creative Arts (UCCA). Emin also lived at Castle Road, Rochester and in Chatham. The author and screenwriter Stel Pavlou also attended Chatham Grammar School for Boys, and boyband-singer Lee Ryan.^{[citation needed]} Percy (William) Whitlock (Chatham, Kent, 1 June 1903 — Bournemouth, 1 May 1946) was an English organist and composer for his instrument. ... Richard Dadd. ... Billy Childish (real name Steven John Hamper) or William Charlie Hamper (born December 1, 1959) is an English artist, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. ... God Is an Atheist: She Doesnt Believe in Me, by Bill Lewis, between 1997 and 2001. ... Tracey Emin RA (born 3 July 1963) is an English artist of Turkish Cypriot origin, one of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists). ... Zandra Lindsey Rhodes (born 19 September 1940 in Chatham, Kent) is an English clothes designer, most prominent in the 1970s, known for her unusual clothes in loud colours. ... Kent Institute of Art and Design - commonly referred to as KIAD (kai-ad) is an art school based across three campuses in the county of Kent, in the United Kingdom. ... UCCA may stand for: Universities Central Council on Admissions, which handled applications to UK universities between 1961 and 1993 Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, a not-for-profit organization representes the interests of Americas ethnic Ukrainians University College for the Creative Arts, an art school based in England with... Stelios Grant Pavlou (born November 22, 1970) is a British author and screenwriter. ... Chatham Grammar School for Boys (commonly abbreviated CGSB) is a grammar school in Chatham, Kent, England. ... Lee Ryan (born June 17, 1983 in Chatham, Kent) is a former member of the British boy band Blue and is now pursuing a solo career. ...

See also

• Battle of Chatham
• Chatham Dockyard

Dutch Attack on the Medway, June 1667 by Pieter Cornelisz van Soest, painted c. ... Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway in Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, and thus requiring added defences. ...

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Twin Towns

• Valenciennes, France.

Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Valenciennes (Dutch: Valencijn, Latin: Valentianae) is a town and commune in northern France in the Nord département on the Escaut river. ...

External links

• Chatham News Index (1899–1965)
• 19th century map showing boundary of Chatham
• Webpage about Chatham's fortifications

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