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"to platform 1 shows the alignment of a former bay platform. A third track runs as a passing track through the station between the up and down lines. A pedestrian walkway on the railway bridge provides a route to the Medway Valley Line's Maidstone Barracks station on the west of the river. Maidstone's third station, Maidstone West, is south of Maidstone Barracks. There have been plans to redevelop the station for a number of years. In 2005 Network Rail announced that they were in talks with the John Lewis Partnership who intended to build a large Waitrose supermarket on the"
"the southwest, Ferdinand to the northwest, and Brunswick to the north, all in Vermont. Across the Connecticut River are the New Hampshire towns of Stratford to the northeast and Northumberland to the east. The only crossing of the Connecticut River from Maidstone is the Janice Peaslee Bridge in the northern part of town, leading to Stratford village. Vermont Route 102 travels the length of the east side of town, staying in the Connecticut River valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.39%, is water."
"Therefore, Maidstone Plantation passed into the Childs family and was no longer the Whittington plantation. Maidstone was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Maidstone (Owings, Maryland) Maidstone is one of the oldest historic surviving homes in Maryland and is located at Owings, Calvert County, Maryland. The home was built between 1683 and 1699 in what was then Anne Arundel County in the Province of Maryland. A brick in one of the chimneys is dated 1678. Maidstone was built as a Medieval style house with a roof progressing upwards, which extends out over the north and south"
"Maidstone (Owings, Maryland) Maidstone is one of the oldest historic surviving homes in Maryland and is located at Owings, Calvert County, Maryland. The home was built between 1683 and 1699 in what was then Anne Arundel County in the Province of Maryland. A brick in one of the chimneys is dated 1678. Maidstone was built as a Medieval style house with a roof progressing upwards, which extends out over the north and south facades of the house to form a porch in what many consider is traditional Maryland Colonial style. There are two outbuildings with old beams and rough-hewn horizontal"
"Maidstone-on-the-Potomac Maidstone-on-the-Potomac is a historic house and farm near Falling Waters, West Virginia. Located on the Potomac River immediately opposite Williamsport, Maryland, the property consists of a tract with a main house dating from c. 1741. The house was built by Evan Watkins, who operated Watkins Ferry on the Potomac, which was used by George Washington and General Edward Braddock. In 1795 the property was sold to Peter Light. The Light family retained the property until 1854, substantially expanding the house. The ferry and house, by now known as Light's Ferry passed to Robert Lemen, who converted the ferry into"
"Maidstone, Vermont Maidstone is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 208, up from 105 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. There is no town center or gas station, but there is a town office building in the southern part of the town. The town was named after Maidstone, in England. Maidstone is in eastern Essex County along the Connecticut River, the state boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire. The town is bordered by Guildhall to the south, Granby to"
"trains are more frequent). A number of different bus routes pass through Maidstone. The Maribyrnong River Trail connects cyclists to the Footscray Road off-road path and into Docklands and the Melbourne CBD. Many native species exist along the Maribyrnong River. Some species thrive in the area and often journey up and down river from Brimbank Park (5 km up river from Maidstone). The most abundant are; Maidstone, Victoria Maidstone is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north-west from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the , Maidstone had a population"
"HMS Maidstone (1758) HMS ""Maidstone"" was a 28-gun ""Coventry""-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The vessel was named after Maidstone, a county town in Kent, England, south-east of London. In selecting her name the Board of Admiralty continued a tradition dating to 1644 of using geographic features for ship names; overall, ten of the nineteen ""Coventry""-class vessels were named after well-known regions, rivers or towns. With few exceptions the remainder of the class were named after figures from classical antiquity, following a more modern trend initiated in 1748 by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich in his capacity as"
"HMS Mary Rose (1654) The Maidstone was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woodbridge, and launched in 1654. After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her name was changed to Mary Rose. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns. She fought in the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the War of the Grand Alliance. She was commanded by John Kempthorne in 1669, and fought off an attack by seven Algerian corsair ships in the Battle of Cádiz. ""Mary Rose"" was captured by the French"
"Battle of Maidstone The Battle of Maidstone (1 June 1648) was fought in the Second English Civil War and was a victory for the attacking parliamentarian troops over the defending Royalist forces. In May 1648, a significant part of the Royalist uprising gathered in Kent and Essex. The Kentish Royalists assembled outside Maidstone at Penenden Heath with over 10,000 men raised for the Earl of Norwich. The force then dispersed to hold various towns for the King including Gravesend, Rochester, Dover and Maidstone. Together with the rebellion in South Wales, this gathering constituted one of the main uprisings that marked"
"Maidstone, Victoria Maidstone is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north-west from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the , Maidstone had a population of 9,032. The suburb is predominantly residential although a large chunk of the north-western corner is taken up by a private golf club. Maidstone is bounded by Suffolk Street to the south, Ashley Street to the west, along Summerhill Road and Rosamond Road to the east, and along Williamson Road and Rosamond Road to the north and north-east. Maidstone was established in 1858. It was given"
"Bearsted Bearsted ( , ) is a village and civil parish with railway station in mid-Kent, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre. The village was historically concentrated around Church Lane and The Green which includes The Street. The village is on the north bank of the River Len, a tributary of the River Medway at the foot of the North Downs. A stream, the Lilk, flows south into the river Len through Bearsted. Although part of the growing conurbation of Maidstone, the centre of Bearsted retains a traditional village look with 59 listed properties, many surrounding"
"near the river. Paper was produced at places such as Turkey Mill and Hayle Mill. Notable enterprises included the Whatman family and W&R Balston beginning in the 18th century and what was to become the Reed group had several paper and cardboard milling plants in Maidstone. History of Maidstone The History of Maidstone and its environs goes as far back as Mesolithic times. It has seen settlement by the Romans and the Normans and played its role in pivotal moments of English history such as the Peasants' Revolt and the English Civil War. It has also hosted a large Army"
"by Kentish rebels under the command of Wat Tyler, who is reputed to have been a resident of the town. Maidstone's charter as a town was granted in 1549; although briefly revoked, a new charter in 1551 created the town as a borough. The charter was ratified in 1619 under James I, and the coat of arms was designed, bearing a golden lion and a representation of the river (in heraldic terms: ""Or, a fess wavy Azure between three roundels Gules, on a chief Gules a leopard passant gardant Or""). Recently to these arms were added the head of a"
"Maidstone, Saskatchewan Maidstone is a town in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada located 57 km (35 miles) east of Lloydminster and 84 km (52 miles) west of North Battleford at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 21. It is mentioned in Joni Mitchell's ""Song For Sharon"" from her ""Hejira"" album and is one of the places in western Canada in which she lived as a young child. The community is served by Maidstone Aerodrome which is located northwest. Maidstone is the home of the Maidstone Jets, who play in the North Saskatchewan River Hockey League (NSRHL). The Maidstone Jets are the"
"June 1648, during the ‘’’Second English Civil War’’’ the Battle of Maidstone took place. About 2,000 Royalist forces were defending the town, governed by Sir James Pearse, and his lieutenant, Sir Judith Clapp, and their junior-lieutenant, Sir Conor Forker, who had arranged earthworks and other defences. General Fairfax and a body of dragoons approached in the afternoon, following the Medway Valley from Farleigh Bridge, which had been only lightly guarded, and the first skirmishes took place on the outskirts of the town at around 7 o'clock. The Royalists put up a spirited resistance, and managed to repulse Fairfax's pikemen. Reinforcements"
"Maidstone and the college's estate was granted to George Brooke, Baron Cobham but was forfeited to the crown in 1603 when his grandson, Henry Brooke, the 11th Baron Cobham, was charged with high treason for his part in the Main Plot against James I. In the reign of Charles I the college became the property of Sir Edward Henden and later passed into the family of the Earls of Romney. The church sits in a small churchyard with the River Medway to the west, the remnants of the college, including its gateway, to the south, the Archbishop's Palace to the"
"Services run to London Victoria and Ashford, or Canterbury West with some peak services to London Blackfriars. Maidstone line The Maidstone line is a railway line in Kent, England. It diverges from the Chatham main line at Swanley Junction and proceeds down the Darenth valley to Otford junction (where the Bat & Ball line divides towards ). It continues via Borough Green & Wrotham and Maidstone East to Ashford, where it joins the South Eastern Main Line. The line was built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway from their first line (the Chatham main line). Upon the creation of"
"of the land containing Gory Banks, while the third son, Benjamin, received 177 Pounds in lieu of land. In John Whittington's will, dated August 31, 1817, he stated that he had purchased the remainder of Maidstone from William Weems, Trustee for the real estate of Captain William Weems. Maidstone now contained three hundred and forty acres and was ""the plantation upon which I now reside."" Following John Whittington's death, Maidstone became the property of his second wife, Elizabeth Scrivener Whittington. After her death, it became the property of John Whittington's daughter, Mary, who married Henry Childs on June 26, 1820."
"Mail sorting office. The remainder is a car park for station users. A short siding from the down line to the west of platforms 2 and 3 is a remnant of tracks into the yard. The site of the up goods yard is now a car park. The station is to the east of the River Medway but it is clear from a map of the town that it is actually located at the northern end of Maidstone. The approach from the west is via a high level truss bridge over the river, and a later girder bridge over the"
"Maidstone FC Maidstone Rugby Club is an English rugby union club based in Maidstone, Kent. The club plays in the London 1 South league, winning the London and South East 2 competition for the 2014–15 season. The club has a thriving mini and youth sections, with enjoyment and development a priority. There are 4 men's senior teams, catering for all ages and abilities. One of the oldest rugby clubs in the country, the club was formed in 1880, and originally played at a ground close to the centre of the town owned by a Dr. Monckton. The club faced many"
"Redstone River The Redstone River is a large river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is about long. It is a tributary of the Mackenzie River, joining it on the left bank some north of Wrigley. Draining a rugged and high area of the Mackenzie Mountains, the Redstone watershed is sparsely populated by people but remains an ecological haven for wildlife including moose, caribou, wolves Dall's Sheep and Bears. It is a pristine mountain wilderness. It begins in several ponds on Rockslide Pass south of the Redstone Plateau deep within the Mackenzie Mountains, at an elevation of . The"
"it follows the River Medway into Maidstone town centre. There are junctions with several main roads here, including the A26 and A249. Beyond Maidstone, the road climbs up Greensand Ridge to Loose, built on the ridge's southern slope, before running through the valley of the River Beult to Staplehurst. Beyond this, it follows the Weald through Cranbrook and climbs another hill to Hawkhurst. The road ends on the A21 London – Hastings Road near Hurst Green. The A229 through Maidstone is a major bottleneck on the route, with long daily morning and evening queues entering both sides of the town."
"branch line to Maidstone) and 1884 that Maidstone became a hub once more, although with local trains only, to Strood, Ashford and via Swanley Junction to London. Borough of Maidstone The Borough of Maidstone is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its administrative centre is Maidstone, the county town of Kent. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Maidstone with the rural districts of Maidstone and Hollingbourne, under the Local Government Act 1972. The borough covers an area generally to the east and south of the town"
"siding. The grounds are well maintained, and there are stands of very old boxwood. Maidstone Plantation was owned by three generations of the Chew family over a span of more than 60 years, including Benjamin Chew (1671–1700), his son Samuel Chew (1693–1743) and grandson Benjamin Chew (1722–1810). In 1745, Maidstone was sold to an Anne Arundel County, Maryland farmer, Lewis Lewin. In 1755, Thomas Whittington and his wife Wilhelmina Powell purchased Maidstone with the proceeds from the sale of a portion of her inheritance, a plantation called Gory Banks. The couple built their ""Dwelling house"" and lived there until the"
"Mereworth Mereworth is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. The Wateringbury Stream flows through the village and powered a watermill, the site of which now lies within the grounds of Mereworth Castle. Mereworth is pronounced as ""Merry-worth"". In the early 18th century the Honourable John Fane – later 7th Earl of Westmoreland – inherited the manor. He had the Palladian mansion built. Designed by Colen Campbell, Mereworth Castle then overlooked the village, so Fane had the village moved so that it couldn't be seen from the estate, about to the north west of its original location."
"this. Although Sheet 80 of the First Edition One-Inch Ordnance Survey map published on 1 January 1819 does indeed show the village as being two miles north east of its present location. St Michael's church stands on high ground two miles to the north of the village, and is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust and open daily. In the mid-nineteenth century the new parish church of the Holy Trinity was built in the village. The architects were Whichcord and Walker of Maidstone, and the foundation stone was laid on 24 October 1840. The River Bourne flows through"
"of St Mary's Platt, one mile to the east of Borough Green. Its gardens, administered by a charitable trust, are open to the public. The London, Chatham and Dover Railway opened a line to Maidstone on 1 June 1874, and a station named ""Wrotham and Borough Green"" was built. Later the names were reversed to Borough Green and Wrotham, in line with the position of the station within Borough Green, and the fact that Borough Green had outgrown Wrotham. The River Bourne flows through the southern part of the parish. It once powered a paper mill at Basted. Borough Green"
"of Maidstone, to the west is Ferdinand, to the northwest is Lewis, and to the north is Bloomfield. To the east, across the Connecticut River, is the town of Stratford, New Hampshire. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Brunswick has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.03%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 107 people, 40 households, and 28 families residing in the town. The population density was 4.2 people per square mile (1.6/km). There were 89 housing units at an average density of 3.5 per"
"Barming Maidstone Barming is a civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It lies to the west of Maidstone, the county town, and had a population of 2234 persons (2001 census). The eastern end of the parish is part of the built-up area of Maidstone, although the remainder is much more rural. The River Medway is the southern boundary of the parish. Barming is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and was then described as being divided into East and West; the latter being known as Little Barming, and having its own church until the 16th century. Barming Primary"
"of Maidstone, the county town of Kent, in the north-west. The district had a population of approximately 166,400 in 2016. The monuments range in date from a neolithic standing stone to a tiny 18th-century mortuary, but the majority are medieval. Although mostly reduced to ruins and earthworks, the district contains the remains of four castles and five moated manor houses that are scheduled monuments. A number of monuments are buildings of ecclesiastical origin including an abbey, a priory and two tithe barns. The buildings associated with the former College of All Saints and the Archbishop's Palace in Maidstone town centre"
"History of Maidstone The History of Maidstone and its environs goes as far back as Mesolithic times. It has seen settlement by the Romans and the Normans and played its role in pivotal moments of English history such as the Peasants' Revolt and the English Civil War. It has also hosted a large Army barracks since Napoleonic times and was an important centre for Kent's brewing and papermaking industries. Maidstone Museum has evidence of many prehistoric peoples inhabiting the area. Artefacts dating as far back as Mesolithic times have been unearthed in area along with many Neolithic finds have been"
"by members of the Sealed Knot took place in the town centre on 1 June 2008, to commemorate the battle's 360th anniversary. Maidstone Wargames Society staged a table-top re-enactment at Maidstone Museum to mark the occasion. To mark the 370th anniversary of the battle, a guided tour of its sites was carried out by The Battlefields Trust on 3 June 2018. There are two commemorative plaques in the town: one in Bank Street and another on a ragstone plinth in Brenchley Gardens, unveiled on the battle's 369th anniversary in 2017. Battle of Maidstone The Battle of Maidstone (1 June 1648)"