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The History of Medieval Gravesend

The History of Medieval Gravesend - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Toni MountPublish date:2024-04-02Pages:50
Language:EnglishPublisher:Echoes from HistoryISBN-13:9780955592560ISBN-10:955592569UPC:9780955592560Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, ReferenceBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.14 inchesWeight:0.1609Product ID:SCAMDVV6YZ

The name Gravesham goes back to the tenth century and beyond; before the Domesday Book, and centuries before the plague came to England. The name Gravesham was the village belonging to the Greeve (Greeve's Ham) and where his authority ended (Greeve's End).

This book looks at the parishes and manors of the borough before the time of the Tudors - an Anglo Saxon settlement was here, as was a royal palace. The rights to a market were granted by the king and right to ferry passengers to London was jealously guarded. Archbishops were born here, the town was destroyed by an invasion from France and survivors from the Wars of the Roses built their homes here.

Virtually everyone wanting to travel from London to Canterbury or Dover had to pass through Gravesham, one way or another.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Echoes from HistoryISBN-13:9780955592560ISBN-10:955592569UPC:9780955592560Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, ReferenceBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.14 inchesWeight:0.1609Product ID:SCAMDVV6YZ
Publisher: Echoes from History

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Toni Mount

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