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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 London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in Essex, which can be reached via the Dartford Crossing.
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.
Wilmington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 2.7 miles south of Dartford , 3.5 miles north of Swanley and 4.3 miles south east of Bexleyheath , adjacent to the Kent border with Greater London .
Stone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 2.5 miles east of Dartford . In 2011 the parish had a population of 10,778.
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 ...
Queen Elizabeth granted Darcy an exclusive patent in 1598 for the manufacture, importation, and sales of playing cards. The Court of Queen's Bench four years later, held the patent invalid in the landmark case Darcy v Allein ("The Case of Monopolies"). [5] Knighted on 23 April 1603, Sir Edward died 28 October 1612, aged 69. [1]
Greenhithe is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is located 4 miles (6.5 kilometres) east of Dartford and 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Gravesend .
Country: England: Sovereign state: ... but the resulting dust pollution drove the people of Swanscombe to take legal action against the local cement works. Despite ...