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the Chislehurst Caves of Kent are actually mines that were first worked in 1250?

the Grade I listed Franks Hall, in Horton Kirby, Kent, England, was used as a barn in the 1850s?

the Doric-style temple in Mote Park near Maidstone in Kent commemorates the review by George III and William Pitt the Younger of a militia formed to repel Napoleon?

the River Bourne in Kent used to power a dozen mills in its 10 mile length?

the first mill for splitting iron into rods and nails, and the first paper mill in the UK, were situated on the River Darent in Kent?

when King Edward VII opened Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, England, in 1905, that the main corridor was almost 1,000 feet (300 m) long?

the only Edward Medal awarded in the Kent coalfield was won at Tilmanstone Colliery, one of only four successful pits in Kent out of twelve planned or built?

the 600-year-old Westgate in Canterbury, Kent, is the largest surviving city gate in England, with double-decker buses still squeezing through it (process pictured)?

in the 1930s Lady Olive Baillie held house parties at Leeds Castle, Kent, England, and her guests included the film stars Charlie Chaplin, Errol Flynn, and Gertrude Lawrence?

Sarre Windmill was the first windmill in Kent to have a steam engine installed as auxiliary power?

Ringle Crouch Green, Sandhurst was the only five-sailed corn mill in Kent?

Lower Mill, Woodchurch, a smock mill in Kent, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument?

The Haunted House written by Charles Dickens in 1859 is the inspiration for an attraction which can be seen at Chatham in Kent?

although SS Empire Beatrice was scrapped in 1966, a 50-foot (15 m) long section of her can still be found off Dungeness, Kent?

an oast house is a traditional Kentish structure for drying hops before brewing?

ambulanceman Stanley Skinner was awarded the British Empire Medal for his actions in the aftermath of the train crash at Marden, Kent in 1969?

Chillenden Windmill was the last post mill built in Kent, replacing a mill that had blown down in 1868, and that it was itself blown down in 2003?

Kent

1 Kent County Council's headquarters are in ________,[29] while Medway's offices are in Strood and Gillingham.

2 The medieval ________, except for Dover, have all now silted up.

3 What is the motto of Kent?

4 Which of the following is east of Kent?

5 What is directly west of Kent?

6 Which of the following is Southwest of Kent?

7 Which of these places is north of Kent?

8 [25] The Medway has captured the head waters of other rivers such as the ________.

9 Which of the following titles did Kent have?

10 The M26 motorway, built in 1980, provides a short link between the M25 at ________ and the M20 near Wrotham.

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