Portal:Kent/Did you know
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- ...that 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?
- ... that there have been 36 Kings of Kent?
- ... that Ramsgate is the only Royal Port in the country and a member of the Cinque Port Confederation?
- ... that Dover's towering cliffs helped give Britain its nickname of Albion, meaning "white"?
On this Day - June 13th
- 1667 - Four English ships are sunk or burnt near Upnor Castle during the Dutch Raid on the Medway