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Faversham (/ ˈ f æ v ər ʃ əm / ⓘ) is a market town in Kent, England, 8 miles (13 km) from Sittingbourne, 48 miles (77 km) from London and 10 miles (16 km) from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary.
Faversham, in Kent, England, has claims to be the cradle of the UK's explosives industry: it was also to become one of its main centres.The first gunpowder plant in the UK was established in the 16th century, possibly at the instigation of the abbey at Faversham.
The church is all that remains of a previously much larger religious community around Faversham Abbey which was established in 1147 by King Stephen and dissolved by Henry VIII. Although the church itself was founded in the medieval era, the flying spire, known as a crown or corona spire, by which it is recognised dates to the 18th century - a ...
Preston or Preston-next-Faversham is an area of the town of Faversham, in the Swale district, in Kent, England, which in the past was a separate village and parish.It became a civil parish in 1866, but in 1894 was divided into 2 civil parishes: Preston Within and Preston Without. [1]
1550: Thomas Arden, who was murdered by his wife, Alice Arden, and her lover, the subject of the play Arden of Faversham [1] 1580: Richard Tylman, mayor, became Faversham's leading corn, wheat and malt exporter to London. [2] [3] 1588 John Castlock Sr; 1598 Anthony Deale; 1603 John Castlock Sr; 1605 John Haywarde; 1612 John Caslocke Jr; 1619 ...
Davington is a suburb of Faversham, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. Davington Priory is a local government ward within the Faversham Town Council and Swale Borough Council areas. Until the civic boundary changes were brought into effect in 2004, the electoral ward had broadly mirrored the ecclesiastical parish of Davington.