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Northfleet as a name is derived from North creek (or inlet), and the settlement on the shore of the River Thames adjacent to Gravesend was known as Norfluet in the Domesday Book, and Northflet in 1201. By 1610 the name of Northfleet had become established. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...
The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ...
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. ...
Domesday 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. ...
Northfleet Churches The ancient parish church (dating from the 14th century, but with work from earlier periods) is dedicated to St Botolph. As a parish it is larger in area than its neighbour of Gravesend: it covers 3000 acres (12 km²) in all. Its tower was built in 1717, after the original had fallen.The church contains a C14th carved oak screen, which is thought to be the oldest in Kent. There are also Anglican churches at Rosherville (St Marks) and at Perry Street (All Saints' Church), which is an Anglo-Catholic church. Botolph or Botulph (born 610, died circa 680, pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable) was an English abbot and saint. ...
The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...
The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism describe people, groups, ideas, customs and practices within Anglicanism that emphasise continuity with Catholic tradition. ...
The Roman Catholic church, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and with its tower foreshadowing his Liverpool Cathedral, is built entirely of brown brick. It was constructed in 1914. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (November 9, 1880—February 8, 1960) was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. ...
Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ...
Local government Northfleet Urban District Council was set up under the Local Government Act of 1894. Within its boundaries were the hamlets of Northfleet Green and Nash Street, as well as the now built-up Perry Street; and the later estates at Shears Green, Istead Rise and Downs Road. Northfleet was merged, inter alia, with Gravesend to become Gravesham District Council on 1st April 1974. In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ...
A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ...
Gravesham is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. ...
Northfleet industries With its situation on a busy waterway such as the River Thames, at a point where higher land came close to the river, it was an obvious place for industry to be located. The river provided water supplies and the means whereby raw materials and products could be transported. The forests of the area provided timber for various aspects of most industries. The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ...
The Romans first began to dig chalk from the area, but the making of cement came later. The industry require plentiful water supplies, and chalk as its main ingredient, both of which were to hand. When Joseph Aspdin, credited with being the inventor of Portland cement, built his first bottle kilns at Northfleet it was the beginning of a large complex of cement works along this stretch of the river. Cement is a material for bonding stone or brick. ...
The Needles, part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation Chalk is a soft, white, porous form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. ...
Joseph Aspdin (1788 – 20 March 1855) was an English mason, bricklayer and inventor who patented Portland cement on 21 October 1824. ...
Sampling fast set Portland cement Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general usage, as it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar and plaster. ...
Charcoal Kilns, California A kiln is an oven that is used for hardening, burning, or drying anything. ...
Aspdin's became Bevan’s Works in 1853, sold on to the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (APCM) in 1903, and taken over by the Lafarge Group in 2001.
Northfleet was by 1800 the home of numerous shipyards which had produced many fine vessels, but the docks were in decline by 1843. One such yard was owned by Thomas Pitcher, a shipwright, laid out in 1788. A list of merchant vessels built at his yard included at least 25 ships for the East Indies and West Indies services, and about the same number for the Navy. In 1839 the company was in the hands of Pitcher's sons William and Henry. The yard finally closed in 1860. Small shipyard in KlaksvÃk (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ...
Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ...
The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and Southeast Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives...
Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on...
Cable works Another large employee of labour in Northfleet is the cable works. Originally Henley’s, now AEI, they occupy the land originally used by the Rosherville Gardens (see below).
Rosherville Gardens In 1815 the first steamboat started plying between Gravesend and London: an event which was to bring much prosperity to the area. The number of visitors steadily increased, and in the course of the next ten years several new and rival steam packets were started.. With the regular service given by the steam packets, amenities for the entertainment of visitors began to spring up. One of those amenities was Rosherville Gardens.
The gardens were laid out in 1837 by George Jones in one of the disused chalk pits, covering an area of 17 acres (69,000 m²). Their full title was the 'Kent Zoological and Botanical Gardens Institution’. They occupied an area in what was to become Rosherville New Town (see below).
Robert Hiscock, in his ’A History of Gravesend’ (Phillimore, 1976) describes them thus:
They were a place of surpassing beauty and a favourite resort of Londoners. Adorned with small Greek temples and statuary set in the cliffs, there were terraces, and archery lawn, Bijou theatre, and Baronial Hall for refreshments, and at one time a.lake. At night the gardens were illuminated with thousands of coloured lights and there were fireworks displays and dancing. Famous bands such as the American Sousa were engaged during the season. Blondin, the trapezes performed … In 1857 as many as 20,000 visitors passed through the turnstiles in one week. By 1880 the gardens had reached the peak of their popularity … in 1901 they were closed. During a brief revival 1903-1911, they were used in the making of early films. The Greeks began to build monumental temples in the first half of the 8th century BC. The temples of Hera at Samos and of Poseidon at Isthmia were among the first erected. ...
John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932), popularly known as The March King, was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for military marches. ...
Blondin (28 February 1824 - 19 February 1897), French tight-rope walker and acrobat, was born at St Omer, France. ...
A pier was built to carry these crowds ashore, and a railway station opened on the Gravesend West branch railway. It was one of the steamboats from Rosherville Gardens that was involved in a horrific accident in 1878. The 'Princess Alice' passenger steamer, after leaving Rosherville pier, was in a collison with the collier 'Bywell castle', from Woolwich. 640 people died from the collision, 240 being children. An inquest was held at Woolwich, but no conclusive reason was ever established as to the cause of the disaster at the Devils Elbow on the Thames. For people bearing the title Princess Alice, see Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alice of Albany. ...
Woolwich is a town in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river. ...
Rosherville New Town Joseph Rosher gave his name to a building scheme which began with the building of new houses in 1830. A prospectus states that ‘ this spot will ultimate become to Gravesend what St Leonards is to Hastings and Broadstairs to Margate’. That grandiose scheme did not materialise in quite that way, but the area of Northfleet still bears that name. Although part of the Borough of Hastings, and an ancient parish in its own right, the area that became known as St Leonards-on-Sea was only laid out in the 19th Century in its present form by James Burton as a place of elegant houses designed for the well...
For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation). ...
Broadstairs is a town in Kent, England, with a population of about 22. ...
Margate is a town in the district known as the Isle of Thanet (though no longer an island) in Kent, England (population about 57,000). ...
On Friday, the 16th of August 1941 150 German aircraft crossed over the Kent skies, to deal the worst blow to civilian life the county had experienced to that point in the war. With the formation splitting into groups to be variously challenged from Manston, Kenly, Hornchurch Biggin Hill and Hawkinge airfields, a group of Dorniers made it to Northfleet at a little after mid day. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Kent International Airport (IATA airport code: MSE) is an airport, formerly a Royal Air Force airbase (RAF Manston), in Kent, England. ...
Hornchurch Airfield was an important RAF base during World War 2. ...
London Biggin Hill Airport, formerly RAF Biggin Hill, is an airfield at Biggin Hill in London Borough of Bromley. ...
Dornier may refer to Claudius Dornier, original founder of Dornier GmbH Lindauer DORNIER GmbH FairchildDornier Dornier Medtech [1], maker of medical equipment e. ...
It was reported that about 106 high explosive bombs ranging from 50-250 kilos were dropped over the town and its industrial complex. A total of 29 people were killed, and 27 injured with two schools badly damaged.
Although one would suppose Gravesend to be the main influence in the history of this club, it was in fact Northfleet that was to be responsible for the early significant accomplishment of this association. Gravesend & Northfleet F.C. are an English football team currently playing in the Nationwide Conference. ...
With the opening in 2003 of the first section of the CTRL which, in part, utilised a long-closed branch railway between Longfield and Gravesend West stations, Section II was begun. It leaves the first section at Pepper Hill and immediately turns north-westerly; passing under the River Thames downstream from the existing Dartford crossings & heading towards St Pancras station in north London where a new terminus is being built. There is an intermediate station at Stratford, east London. Another new station, near Northfleet, is virtually complete & called Ebbsfleet after a tributary stream of the Thames. Eurostartrains are scheduled to begin running over the line in 2007. A Eurostar train on the CTRL, near Ashford Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal behind the barrel-vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Longfield is a thriving village in Kent, ten miles SE of Dartford. ...
Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...
Things called Saint Pancras or St Pancras include: The saint after whom the others are directly or indirectly named: Saint Pancras. ...
For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ...
Stratford station is a London Underground and National Rail station at Stratford. ...
For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ...
Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...
Eurostar, see Eurostar Italia. ...
External links - A History of Gravesend (Robert H Hiscock, Phillimore 1976)
- Kent History Illustrated (Frank W Jessup, Kent County Council, 1966)
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