Kent Trade Pack 2018
T R A D E I N F O R M A T I O N P A C K 2 0 1 8 W W W . V I S I T K E N T . C O . U K C O N T E N T S Page 3... A brief history of Kent Page 4... Why Kent? Page 5... Where is Kent? Page 6... What's in Kent? Attractions, Food & Drink, Art & Culture, Accommodation, Shopping, Famous Faces, Coast & Countryside, Gardens, Step Back in Time Page 8... What's new in 2018? Page 11... Key suppliers Page 18...Inspirational itineraries Page 20... Coming soon & 2017 summary Page 21... Annual events calendar Page 23... How can we help? 2 B R I E F H I S T O R Y O F K E N T app. AD43... The full might of the Roman army landed on the beaches in Kent. Many sites of the Roman invasion still exist in Kent, such as the Roman Villa at Lullingstone 597... Saint Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury. Augustine is considered the founder of the English church 1170... Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral and was later made a saint 1215... Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton was instrumental in the signing of the Magna Carta 1386... Geoffrey Chaucer began writing his most famous works, The Canterbury Tales 1501... Anne Boleyn (King Henry VIII's second wife) was born, and grew up at the family home in Kent, Hever Castle 1667... The River Medway went up in flames as the Dutch invaded England during the Battle of Medway 1698..
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