Gillingham

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Gillingham is the name of several places in the United Kingdom and the USA:

• Gillingham, Dorset (pronounced with a hard "G" — IPA: /ˈgɪlɪŋəm/ — like the word 'guilty')
  • Gillingham (Dorset) railway station
  • Gillingham Town F.C., association football club
• Gillingham, Kent (Medway Unitary Authority) (pronounced with a soft "G" — /ˈdʒɪlɪŋəm/ — like the name 'Jill'.)
  • Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Gillingham (Kent) railway station
  • Gillingham F.C., association football club
• Gillingham, Norfolk
• Gillingham, WI (Richland County) (pronounced with a hard "G" — IPA /ˈgɪlɪŋəm/)
  • The community was named after Harvey Gillingham, settler

Gillingham is also the surname of several people:

• Andrew Gillingham, American actor
• David Gillingham, contemporary American composer
• Gale Gillingham, American football player
• Nick Gillingham, UK Olympian

See also

• 1951 Gillingham bus disaster