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Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. [2] It is located 18 mi (29 km) south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the ...
The Borough of Dartford is a local government district with borough status in the north-west of the county of Kent, England. It is named after its main town of Dartford , where the council is based. Other notable settlements include Greenhithe , Stone and Swanscombe , along with an emerging new town at Ebbsfleet , and a number of smaller villages.
1974–1983: The Borough of Dartford, the Urban District of Swanscombe, and in the Rural District of Dartford the parishes of Darenth, Southfleet, Stone, Sutton-at-Hone, and Wilmington. 1983–1997: The Borough of Dartford, and the District of Sevenoaks wards of Ash-cum-Ridley, Fawkham and Hartley, Horton Kirby, and Longfield.
1999 Dartford Borough Council election; 2003 Dartford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) [5] 2007 Dartford Borough Council election; 2011 Dartford Borough Council election; 2015 Dartford Borough Council election; 2019 Dartford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) [6] 2023 Dartford Borough Council election
Following significant population growth, largely associated with the engineering and paper making industries, a local board was established in Dartford in 1850. [1] After the local board was succeeded by Dartford Urban District Council in 1894, [2] the new council sought accommodation for its offices and meetings. It acquired and converted a ...
The council worked with the Dartford Traders' Association to have the town awarded a Charter of Incorporation; this was finally achieved in 1933, after which the Municipal Borough of Dartford came into being. The Urban District Council held its last meeting on 4 October 1933. [1] Dartford Rural District did not join the borough until 1974.
The Dartford–Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent in the south and Thurrock in Essex in the north. It consists of two bored tunnels and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.
Dartford Brent was an extensive area of common land on the outskirts of Dartford in Kent.Historically, it was the scene of a confrontation between King Henry VI and Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York in 1452 and in 1555 thousands of spectators were to witness the burning to death at the stake of Christopher Ward, a Dartford linen weaver, executed for his Protestant faith.