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It usually took the form of an auction, often at a local market, to which the wife would be led by a halter (usually of rope but sometimes of ribbon) [5] around her neck, or arm. [26] Often the purchaser was arranged in advance, and the sale was a form of symbolic separation and remarriage, as in a case from Maidstone , where in January 1815 ...
There are 27 scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Kent, England.In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is an archaeological site or historic building of "national importance" that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Historic England takes the leading role in ...
Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary.
On 28 April 1868, the 25-year-old Frances Kidder was executed outside Maidstone Prison for the murder of her stepdaughter, the last woman to be publicly hanged in Britain. The first of Maidstone's two army barracks was built in 1797 in response to the threat of Napoleon, and the barracks became the home of the West Kent Regiment. By 1813 the ...
Lenham is a market village and civil parish in the Maidstone district, in Kent, England, situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, 9 miles (14 km) east of Maidstone. [2] The picturesque square in the village has two public houses (one of which is a hotel), a couple of restaurants, and a tea-room.
The Hazlitt Theatre and Exchange Studio, also known as the Hazlitt Arts Centre, is a theatre complex in Earl Street in Maidstone, Kent, England.The oldest part of the complex, which is now used as a shopping complex on the ground floor, and as a theatre venue known as the "Exchange Studio" on the first floor, is a Grade II listed building.
Shepway is a suburb to the south-east of Maidstone in Kent, England. It lies to the south of Mote Park , to the east of Loose Road ( A229 ) and Sutton Road ( A274 ), and west of Willington Street. The area was formerly farmland and orchards.
Fremlin Walk. Fremlin Walk is an outdoor shopping centre in Maidstone town centre, Kent, England.It opened in 2005 after several years of development by Centros Miller to include 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m 2) of shopping and a 760 space car park.