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Russells Maidstone - Historical Notes

AUTHOR: J. M. Russell
FIRST PUB.: 1881
THIS EDITION: 2009

CD-ROM £10.00
 

41 page book, re-worked from the original publication. Extracted from "The History of Maidstone".

Supplied as a PDF document on CD-ROM.

CONTENTS:

OLD INCIDENTS
A Monster
Wonderful Crop of Wheat
Visit of Henry VI.
Terrific Storm
Smuggling
Capture of Sturgeons
Military Encampments on Coxheath
The Troops Reviewed by the King
General D'Hilliers at the Bell Hotel
Review of Volunteers in Mote Park
Maidstone Volunteers Equipment
Precautions against Invasion
Last County Meeting on Penenden Heath

CHARITIES
William Hewitt
Sir Henry Cutt
Robert Gunsley
Alexander Fisher
Robert Rowland
Sir John Banks
Thomas Bliss
The Workhouse
Maidstone Union
William Gill
John Brenchley
Sir Charles Booth
Mrs. Wright
Mrs. Duke
Edward Hunter
Mrs. Carter
Thomas Robert Cutbush
Thomas Edmett
The West Kent General Hospital
The Ophthalmic Hospital

MAIDSTONE WORTHIES
Edward Lee
John Hall
John Jenkins
Sir Jacob Astley
William Shipley
William Woollett
William and James Jefferys
William Alexander
William Hazlitt

PROGRESS.
Old and New Roads
Houses on the Bridge
Population in 1821
Introduction of Gas
The Coaching Days
Railways
Alexander Randall
Water Supply
The New Bridge
Drainage of the Town
Population in Decennial Periods