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  Official tourist information website for Maidstone, Kent. Maidstone tourist attractions, events, map
If you are planning a day out in Kent, visit historic Maidstone.
There's plenty to do at top Maidstone attractions such as Leeds Castle, The Hop Farm and The Museum of Kent Life.
Tour-Maidstone also provides a useful guide to Maidstone restaurants, pubs, night clubs, hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation, with maps and directions available.
www.tour-maidstone.com   (130 words)

  
  Vermont State Parks - Maidstone
Maidstone is the most remote of Vermont's state parks and still retains much of the wilderness character associated with the Northeast Kingdom.
Maidstone Lake is one of the few lakes in Vermont where loons have reared their young in recent years.
Maidstone was designated by the state of Vermont as a state park in 1938.
www.vtstateparks.com /htm/maidstone.cfm   (283 words)

  
  Maidstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maidstone (pronounced mād'stun) is the county town of Kent, in southeast England, about 30 miles from London.
However, when the people of Maidstone rebelled against the crown in support of Thomas Wyatt in 1554, this charter was revoked, although a new charter was established five years later, when Maidstone was created a borough.
Also in Maidstone is the University College for the Creative Arts at Maidstone at which the acclaimed British artist Tracy Emin began her artistic education, among others.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maidstone   (1635 words)

  
 Maidstone (borough) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maidstone is a local government district and borough in Kent, England.
Maidstone is the County town of Kent, and County Hall is located here.
The Borough covers an area generally to the east and south of the town of Maidstone: as far north as the M2 motorway; east down the M20 to Lenham; south to a line including Staplehurst and Headcorn; and west towards Tonbridge.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maidstone_(borough)   (554 words)

  
 Vermont State Parks - Maidstone   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Maidstone is the most remote of Vermont's state parks and still retains much of the wilderness character associated with the Northeast Kingdom.
Maidstone Lake is one of the few lakes in Vermont where loons have reared their young in recent years.
Maidstone was designated by the state of Vermont as a state park in 1938.
vtparks.anr.state.vt.us /htm/maidstone.cfm   (272 words)

  
 Maidstone: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Maidstone west railway station is one of three railway stations which serve maidstone in kent....
Maidstone barracks railway station is one of three railway stations which serve maidstone in kent....
Maidstone east railway station is one of three railway stations in maidstone in kent, but the only one with a regular direct service to london....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/maidstone.htm   (3408 words)

  
 Our Community
Situated in the centre of the county, Maidstone should be the major industrial, economic and population centre of Kent.
Maidstone sits in the heart of Hop Country, and it is no surprise that brewing was a key industry until it was decimated by the conglomerations of major international concerns in the 1950's and 1960's.
Maidstone United FC- for the period 1989 - 1992 played in the Football League, are since 1999 experiencing a revival.
www.btinternet.com /~shaun.scannell/club/commune.htm   (1394 words)

  
 Maidstone travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Maidstone [1] is a town in Mid-Kent, in the South East of England.
Straddling the river Medway, Maidstone [2] is the economic, administrative and agricultural centre of Kent.
Nowadays, however, many residents use Maidstone as a base to commute into London, or are employed within the retail, administrative or service sectors within the town.
wikitravel.org /en/Maidstone   (526 words)

  
 Richard Maidstone: Concordia: Introduction
Maidstone's suggestion, though, is that the common laughter was prompted more specifically by sight of the inadvertently bared thighs of one of the tumbled passengers, all of whom were women, he claims, as if what people found really funny was women's public embarrassment.
Maidstone's prosody is sufficiently consistent internally to be recognizably good quantitative Latin poetry, painstaking even (Maidstone avoids elision, for example, all but completely: the single instance is "senatorio, urbs" [line 73]); moreover, the standard Maidstone's verse achieves is not idiosyncratic but was sanctioned by the contemporary practice of other Latin poets.
Maidstone's line-endings in his pentameters are very variable and informal, however, where 12.1% (33 of 272 pentameter lines) end, unclassically, with terms of other than two or three syllables (and the number of trisyllable pentameter endings is high for post-Ovidian verse: here 42 of 272 pentameters [15.4%]).
www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/teams/maidintr.htm   (14409 words)

  
 Maidstone Workhouse and Poor Law Union
The Workhouse at Maidstone is a large and handsome Building of three Stories high, ninety one Feet in Length, and twenty one in Depth, with a large Kitchin thrown behind.
And this was so remarkable here at Maidstone, that when our Workhouse was finished, and publick Notice given, that all who came to demand their weekly pay, should immediately be sent thither, little more than half the Poor upon the List came to the Overseers to receive their Allowance.
This early workhouse is believed to have stood on Knightrider Street in Maidstone and in a Parliamentary report of 1776-7 was noted as being able to accommodate up to 150 inmates.
users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Maidstone/Maidstone.shtml   (814 words)

  
 Maidstone   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Maidstone is a busy town and it has to be said that it can be heard before it can be seen.
On the last Saturday of July Maidstone holds its river festival; nice to watch but not a good day to be passing through.
Maidstone certainly was targeted by the latest German artillery batteries in 1944 and so came to acquire the dubious distinction of being the most inland town in Britain ever to be shelled from abroad.
website.lineone.net /~p-kelly/maidston.htm   (668 words)

  
 Historic Kent - Maidstone   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This small manorial town was destined to grow into a market town and borough by the 16th century; the first grammar school was founded in 1549, and by the early 17th century, with expansion in the number of schools, literacy was markedly improving.
Maidstone's oldest buildings are the 14th century Archbishops' Palace, fronting the river, the great church of 1395 and the 15th century Archbishops' stables.
Maidstone Town Hall, in the High Street, built in 1762, the building was originally used as the Magistrate's Courts and today houses the Council Chamber.
www.historic-kent.co.uk /maid.htm   (1913 words)

  
 The Maidstone Club
Park's routing on the 80 acres on Gardiner's Peninsula and the remaining 50 acres is masterful as he introduces numerous forms of hazards at all sorts of angles to the player, including a marsh, Hook Pond, sand dunes, beach grass, reeds, well placed bunkers, out of bounds and the ever present wind.
The greens are central to the challenge for the ace player at Maidstone and Green Keeper Robert Williams has for years and years maintained them in a fast and firm manner that would certainly please Park.
Nothing could be further from the case at Maidstone where the golfer must judge how much of Hook Pond to bite off on this dogleg to the right (and at the 16th and 17th holes as well).
www.golfclubatlas.com /meadowbrookmaidstone1.html   (1421 words)

  
 HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - Maidstone
Maidstone prison is situated on the northern edge of the County Town of Kent.
It was completed in 1819 and was constructed from local Kentish ragstone quarried from the site, to a design by architect Daniel Asher Alexander, and was the most advanced model of its time.
Main line rail links and motorways to London ensure that Maidstone today is a much sought after location for prisoners, giving ease of access to friends and families for visits.
www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk /prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=614,15,2,15,614,0   (163 words)

  
 Gray Lady of Maidstone   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The house remained in the Chew family for nearly 200 years, although the original house was replaced by a stone one in the middle 1700's.
According to some, Ann has also been responsible for pushing one man off the couch where he was sleeping and for the unexplained tendency of several pictures hanging in Maidstone's halls to be routinely switched around.
Maidstone is a private residence and is located in Calvert County on the southeastern shore of Maryland, banking off of Chesapeake Bay.
www.prairieghosts.com /maidstone.html   (357 words)

  
 9 September 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tommy Gorman escaped from the Maidstone in 1972, only for three of his escapees to die in intervening years.
With that morale-boosting success behind them, Tommy and his West Belfast comrades put their minds to escaping from the Maidstone which was moored in the icy waters of Belfast Lough.
The escape from the Maidstone, allied to the earlier Crumlin escape, was a massive shot in the arm for the IRA.
www.network54.com /Realm/maxirfb3/RECALLINGTHEMAIDSTONE.htm   (1911 words)

  
 car hire Maidstone | Quick Maidstone Guide
Maidstone Carriage Museum within the medieval stables of the Archbishops' Palace has a fascinating collection of horse-drawn vehicles.
Maidstone offers a choice of restaurants, live music and theatre to round off any busy day out, or for the livelier crowd Maidstone has wine bars, live venues, and nightclubs on offer for all tastes and moods.
Maidstone is said to be the place to go out in Kent with Its wide range of venues that cater for all music tastes.
www.car-hire.uk.com /car-hire-Maidstone/Maidstone-guide.html   (258 words)

  
 Maidstone House
Maidstone was in Anne Arundel county until 1823 when the county line was moved.
The house on Maidstone was built for this new extended family.
The ceilings of the first floor were re-worked to expose the fine old wooden beams, and in the process the brick "nogging" above the plate in the hallway was left exposed because of its beauty and interest.
www.calvert-county.com /maidston.htm   (780 words)

  
 Neighbourhood Renewal - Maidstone & Braybrook   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Braybrook and Maidstone Neighbourhood Renewal area is situated within the City of Maribyrnong, in Melbourne's inner west, and covers most of the suburbs of Braybrook and Maidstone.
The cultural diversity of Braybrook and Maidstone is one of the key strengths of the area and is keenly celebrated by the community.
The Braybrook and Maidstone Neighbourhood Association, the City of Maribyrnong, Melbourne City Mission and Western Region Health Centre are all valuable partners in Neighbourhood Renewal in Braybrook and Maidstone.
www.neighbourhoodrenewal.vic.gov.au /ooh/web/nrwsite.nsf/doclookup/maidstone   (1753 words)

  
 Maidstone, Vermont VT, town profile (Essex County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Maidstone is a town in Essex County, in the Berlin metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Maidstone was $15,668, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Maidstone, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $325.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=278146   (413 words)

  
 Maidstone Hotels and Maidstone Accommodation UK
Maidstone is one of the most popular destinations in the world and we have got the widest choice of Maidstone hotels to make sure we have the best Maidstone hotel for you.
Originally built in 1890, this character building is four miles from Maidstone town centre with easy access to the M20.
The Ramada Hotel & Resort Maidstone is near Junction 8 of the M20 and close to the historic Leeds Castle.
www.united-kingdom-hotels.co.uk /Maidstone-hotels.htm   (604 words)

  
 Maidstone
This website provides information about Maidstone, enables you to access council services, pay council bills, and see how Maidstone Borough Council is working to improve local lives.
Maidstone boasts more than 700 shops, two department stores, 75+ cafes and restaurants, cinema, museum, theatre and the beautiful River Medway.
Housed in a charming Elizabethan Manor House, in the centre of Maidstone - Kent's County Town - stands this exceptional Museum.
www.digitalmaidstone.co.uk   (218 words)

  
 Hotels in Maidstone Hotels, Discount hotel accomodation in Maidstone, UK
Hotels in Maidstone Hotels, Discount hotel accomodation in Maidstone, UK Maidstone hotels Kent, England
All lodgings, bed and breakfast or guest house accomodation near Maidstone, and the surrounding area can be viewed without obligation.
This historic, Grade II listed building is home to the conveniently situated Stone Court hotel and its popular restaurant.......
www.discount-hotel-booking.com /England/Kent/Maidstone-hotels.htm   (428 words)

  
 Maidstone Hotels - Maidstone, UK
The Inn is a rural pub/restaurant with 16 en-suite rooms situated in a quiet annexe.
Beautiful converted Coachhouse central to Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Snodland, West Malling, etc. Ideal venue for business or pleasure in a relaxed country setting on the outstanding North Downs Way....
Originally built in 1890, this character building is four miles away from Maidstone town centre.
www.activereservations.com /hotel/en/unitedkingdom/england/kent/maidstone   (417 words)

  
 Maidstone Kent - Heart of Kent
Don't miss the historical attractions of Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery, with themed collections ranging from Egyptian artefacts to local history, archaeology and costume.
Maidstone is also the venue for an exciting evening out, with its vibrant mix of restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
No visit to Maidstone is complete without a stroll along the Maidstone Millennium River Park which weaves its way along a 10km stretch of the River Medway.
www.heartofkent.org.uk /site/five-kentish-towns/maidstone   (369 words)

  
 Maidstone, Kent - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Maidstone, Kent
The Palace stables and tithe barn house the Tyrwhitt-Drake Carriage Museum, containing a collection of 17th–19th-century carriages.
Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasants' Revolt (1381), came from Maidstone.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Maidstone,+Kent   (256 words)

  
 Maidstone Letting Agents marketing residential property for rent including houses, flats and apartments and other home ...
Maidstone Letting Agents marketing residential property for rent including houses, flats and apartments and other home lettings and residential property rentals in Maidstone, Kent
Commonly letting agents in Maidstone are offering services which include full property management, rent collection & tenant location only.
The letting agents will normally advertise within local areas to Maidstone in order to find the most suitable tenants on behalf of their landlords.
www.1stestateagents.co.uk /kent/letting_agents_maidstone.htm   (225 words)

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