Dunkirk, Kent

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Coordinates: 51°17′29″N 0°58′49″E / 51.2915°N 0.9804°E

Dunkirk
The Red Lion Inn, Dunkirk
Dunkirk Dunkirk shown within Kent
District	Swale
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Canterbury
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Dunkirk is a village and civil parish between Faversham and Canterbury in southeast England.

Toponymy

The origin of the village's name is still not very clear, but it is understood to come from a house called "Dunkirk", lived in by a Fleming from Dunkerque on the border between France and Belgium.

Dunkirk's main claim to fame is that in 1838 it was the scene of the last armed rising on British soil, the Battle of Bossenden Wood to the north of the village.

External links

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v t e Towns and villages in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England

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List of places in Kent

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