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Sittingbourne history
Sittingbourne owes its name to a modernised version of an observation on its location. The town’s name came from a small stream or “bourne” running underground in part of the town. The Kent Hundred Rolls of 1274–5, preserved in the National Archives, record Sittingbourne as Sydingeburn.
Romans
There is evidence of settlement in the area before 2000 BC, with farming and trading tribes living inland to avoid attack. In AD 43 the Romans invaded Kent, built Watling Street, which passed straight through Sittingbourne. The port of Milton Regis became the Roman administrative centre for the area.
Middle Age Hostelry
There was no entry for Sittingbourne in the Domesday book of 1086, merely a note attached to Milton Regis showing a population of 393 households. After the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket in 1170, pilgrims began to travel to Canterbury Cathedral and Sittingbourne became a useful hostelry for travellers. The Lyon – now the Red Lion – hosted King Henry V of England on his way back from the Battle of Agincourt. The future Queen Victoria and her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld stayed overnight at the Rose Inn.
Railway and Industrial Revolution
Sittingbourne was a centre of production to fuel the expansion of London. It produced bricks and paper from clay from its clay substrata. The railway came to Sittingbourne in 1858, and it was used to fuel London’s expansion.
The First World War
The Germans used the town as a reference point for bearings on the way to London. About 100 air raid warnings were sounded in Sittingbourne during the First World War. Donald John Dean VC OBE of Sittingbourne was awarded the Victoria Cross for deeds carried out in France in 1918.
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