Map sources for Gillingham, Dorset at grid reference ST805265

Gillingham is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. The town is the most northerly in the county. On census day 2001 the town had a population of 9,323, a large increase from 6,187 in 1991. 35% of the population are retired. The town has 70 shops, and the Gillingham education area has 7 primary schools (4 in the town) and 1 secondary school. The town is on the Exeter to London railway line, and 4 miles away from the A303, the main London to south-west England road. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Sturminster Newton watermill. ... For other uses, see Dorset (disambiguation). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at , . In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... A mile is the name of a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The A303 is a trunk road in England. ...

History

There is a stone age barrow in the town, and evidence of Roman settlement in the second century and third century. The town was really established by the Saxons. Stone Age fishing hook. ... Burial of Oleg of Novgorod in a tumulus in 912. ... Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... The 2nd century is the period from 101 - 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... // Overview Events 212: Constitutio Antoniniana grants citizenship to all free Roman men 212-216: Baths of Caracalla 230-232: Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east 235-284: Crisis of the Third Century shakes Roman Empire 250-538: Kofun era, the first... Map showing the Saxons homeland in traditional region bounded by the three rivers: Weser, Eider, and Elbe Src: Freemans Historical Geographys. The Saxons or Saxon people are (nowadays) part of the German people with its main areas of settlements in the German States of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Saxony...

The name Gillingham was used for the town in the Saxon charter of the 10th century, and also in the annals of 1016 as the location of a battle between Edmund II of England and the Danish Vikings. In the Domesday book of 1086 it is Gelingham, and later spellings include Gellingeham in 1130, Gyllingeham in 1152 and Gilingeham in 1209. The name implies a “homestead of the family or followers of a man called Gylla”, a model consistent with the occupation of Dorset by the Saxons from the 7th century. Alternate use, see charter airline, yacht charter, bare-boat charter or Charter Communications. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... Events George Tsul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine- Rus force, which effectively ends Khazarias existence. ... Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... Edmund II or Eadmund II (c. ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... Doomesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ... Events February 13 - Innocent II is elected pope An antipope schism occurs when Roger II of Sicily supports Anacletus II as pope instead of Innocent II. Innocent flees to France and Anacletus crowns Roger King. ... Events March 4 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled May 18 - Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou Church of Ireland acknowledges Popes authority Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria Establishment of the archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway... Events Albigensian Crusade against Cathars (1209-1218) the Franciscans are founded. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ...

In the Middle Ages, Gillingham was the seat of a royal hunting lodge, visited by King Henry I, Henry II, John and Henry III. A nearby royal forest was set aside for the king's deer. The lodge fell into disrepair and was destroyed in 1369 by Edward III. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... King Henry I of England (c. ... Henry II of England (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. ... John (French: Jean) (December 24, c. ... Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272) was crowned King of England in 1216, despite being less than ten years of age. ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... Events King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. ... Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ...

Edward Rawson, the first secretary to the Massachusetts Bay Colony was born in Gillingham. Edward E. Rawson (1818—April 10, 1893) an important early businessman in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. ...

Gillingham became a centre for local farming, gained the first Grammar School in Dorset in 1526 and a mill for silk in 1769. Gillingham's church has a 14th century chancel, though most of the rest of the building was built in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many other buildings in the town are of Tudor origin. A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries; some of which date back to earlier than the 16th century. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... A factory (previously manufactory) is a large industrial building where goods or products are manufactured. ... Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fibre that can be woven into textiles. ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. ... The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) is a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England and Ireland from 1485 until 1603. ...

In the 1850s, the arrival of the railway to the town bought prosperity and new industries including brickmaking, cheese production, printing, soap manufacture and at the end of the 19th century one of the first petrol engine plants in the country. In the second world war Gillingham's place on the railway, which went from London to Exeter, was key to its rapid growth. In 1940 and 1941 there was large scale evacuation of London, and other industrial cities, to rural towns, particularly in the north, southwest and Wales. Gillingham, being on the railway, grew rapidly because of this, and has not stopped growing since. Gillingham's position 4 miles south of the A303, the main London to southwest England road, means it remains a popular commuter town. // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... See also Wikimedia Commons has multimedia related to: Bricks Masonry Brickwork Ceramics Fire brick In role-playing games, a brick is a character whose main useful skill is being able to take a great deal of damage (usually physical damage) and act as a shield for weaker allies. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Soap most commonly appears in bar form. ... Gasoline (or petrol) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which is often used for automobiles, aircraft, small mobile vehicles such as lawnmowers or motorcycles, and outboard motors for boats. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at , . In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... // Initial Preparations In the 1930s, aerial bombing became an ever larger spectre in the minds of the government and the public (see Trenchard, Douhet, Spain). ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales for ever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) English, Welsh Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056  Area    - Total 20,779 km² (3rd... The A303 is a trunk road in England. ...

Gillingham was the centre of a Liberty of the same name. Gillingham Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes: Bourton (from 1866) Gillingham Motcombe See List of liberties in Dorset. ...

See List of hundreds in Dorset. // List of Dorset Hundreds Before the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 introduced the local government unit of the Poor Law Union, or, commonly, Union, which influenced the subsequent shape of local government divisions, the county of Dorset had since the Anglo-Saxon period been divided into hundreds and boroughs (and...

John Constable's painting of the old town bridge is in the Tate Gallery. A self portrait by John Constable John Constable (June 11, 1776 – March 31, 1837) was a British Romantic artist. ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ...

See also

• Gillingham (Medway)

Gillingham is a town in Kent in the United Kingdom, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. ...

External links

• Census data
• North Dorset District Council's Gillingham Page
• The Dorset Page's Gillingham Page
• Gillingham Town Football Club
• Gillingham Town Youth Football Club
• Gillingham Online
• Gillingham Carnival