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Chatham (/ ˈ tʃ æ t ə m / CHAT-əm) is a town within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham.
The long military history of the towns has dominated the history of the site and the park. The Great Lines Heritage Park, consists of Fort Amherst, Chatham Lines, the Field of Fire (later known as the Great Lines), Inner Lines, Medway Park (sports centre) together with the Lower Lines. The Lines, were constructed in Napoleonic times. They were ...
Part of Wouldham (became part of St Margaret Intra in 1894) In 1934 all parts of the city formed a civil parish of Rochester. Parts of Frindsbury Extra and the abolished Strood Extra parishes from Strood Rural District were gained by the new civil parish and the city. [1] It was abolished in 1974 and became part of the larger district of Medway.
Because of its strategic location by the major crossing of the River Medway, the borough has made a wide and significant contribution to Kent, and to England, dating back thousands of years, as evident in the siting of Watling Street by the Romans and by the Norman Rochester Castle, Rochester Cathedral (the second oldest in Britain) and the Chatham naval dockyard and its associated defences.
The original hospital was on the main road between Chatham and Rochester which is now known as Rochester High Street. Being for the relief of the poor and leprous, it was built outside the city itself in an area of Chatham which lay within the jurisdiction of Rochester called "Chatham Intra" ("Chatham Within"). [ 3 ]
The Chatham Main Line is a railway line in England that links London Victoria [1] and Dover Priory / Ramsgate, travelling via Medway (of which the town of Chatham is part, hence the name). Services to Cannon Street follow the route as far as St Mary Cray Junction where they diverge onto the South Eastern Main Line near Chislehurst.
Chatham Naval Memorial is a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns.The memorial is a feature of the Great Lines Heritage Park.The huge expanse of the Great Lines was in its own right a layer of defence to protect Chatham Dockyard from attack.
Austin, John K (2006), Yesterday's Medway from Rochester Bridge to Chatham Intra, Rainmore Books, ISBN 978-0-9553903-0-2; Austin, R W (2003), Manor Barn, Frindsbury. Archaeological clearance and recovery of fire damaged timbers. Client report