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 Gillingham, Medway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In medieval times the part of Gillingham known as Grange was a limb of the Cinque Ports, and the maritime importance of the area continued until the late 1940s.
The Roman road now known as Watling Street passed through Gillingham; and until the opening of the Medway Towns bypass (the M2 motorway) in the mid-1960s the same route was followed by the traffic on the A2 to Dover.
Gillingham is twinned with two Japanese cities, Ito and Yokosuka, the latter being the burial place of Will Adams, Gillingham's most famous son.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gillingham,_Medway   (984 words)

  
 CHATHAM - Online Information article about CHATHAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The so-called Chatham Lines enclose New Brompton, a part of the borough of Gillingham.
They were begun in 1758 and completed in 1807, but have been completely modernized.
bend of the Medway at Gillingham to that at Upnor.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /CHA_CHR/CHATHAM.html   (1085 words)

  
 GILLINGHAM (KENT) - LoveToKnow Article on GILLINGHAM (KENT)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
GILLINGHAM (KENT) - LoveToKnow Article on GILLINGHAM (KENT)
a municipal borough of Kent, England, in the parliamentary borough of Chatham and the mid-division of the county, on the Medway immediately east of Chatham, on the South-Eastern and Chatham railway.
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www.1911ency.org /G/GI/GILLINGHAM_KENT_.htm   (144 words)

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