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Coxheath

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Coxheath is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Maidstone, Kent, England. [1]

75 relations: Act of Parliament, Ancient Rome, Arriva Southern Counties, Ashford, Kent, Barming Heath, Battle of Britain, Battle of Waterloo, Beacon, Behind the Screen, Borough of Maidstone, Boughton Monchelsea, Canterbury, Chainhurst, Charlie Chaplin, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Civil parish, Coat of arms, Conservative Party (UK), Councillor, Coxheath Common, Cricket, Custard pie, Diocese of Rochester, Ditton, Kent, Dragoon, East Farleigh, Electoral district, Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, European Parliament, France, Frederick the Great, French Revolution, George III of the United Kingdom, Greensand Ridge, Grenadier, Heath, Helen Grant (politician), Hesse, Highwayman, Hugh Kennard, Hunton, Kent, Kent, Knight, Light infantry, Linton, Kent, London, Loose, Kent, Maidstone, Maidstone and The Weald (UK Parliament constituency), Maidstone East railway station, ..., Maine-et-Loire, Mayor, Medway, Medway Valley line, Member of parliament, Military exercise, Napoleon, NRS social grade, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Prussia, Ramsgate, Secondary education, Seven Years' War, South East Coast Ambulance Service, South East England (European Parliament constituency), South Eastern main line, Spanish Armada, Staplehurst railway station, Tovil, Village hall, Ward (electoral subdivision), Weald, Workhouse, Yalding. Expand index (25 more) »

Act of Parliament

Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Arriva Southern Counties

Arriva Southern Counties Arriva Southern Counties Limited formerly Invictaway Limited formerly Einkorn Limited is a bus operator in Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Essex in England.

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Ashford, Kent

Ashford is a town in the county of Kent, England.

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Barming Heath

Barming Heath is an area of NW Maidstone in Kent, England.

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Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, literally "The Air Battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Beacon

A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.

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Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen is a 1916 American silent short comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance.

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Borough of Maidstone

The Borough of Maidstone is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England.

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Boughton Monchelsea

The village and civil parish of Boughton Monchelsea is in the Maidstone District of Kent, England.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.

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Chainhurst

Chainhurst is a minor village in the Marden parish council area of Maidstone district of Kent, England.

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Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.

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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was a British queen consort and wife of King George III.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Councillor

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

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Coxheath Common

Coxheath Common at Coxheath, Kent was used as a cricket venue for several known important matches between 1728 and 1789 as well as for a number of minor matches.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Custard pie

A custard pie is any type of uncooked custard mixture added to an uncooked or partially cooked crust and baked together.

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Diocese of Rochester

The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in the English county of Kent and the Province of Canterbury.

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Ditton, Kent

Ditton is a large village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England.

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Dragoon

Dragoons originally were a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility but dismounted to fight on foot.

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East Farleigh

East Farleigh is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Maidstone, Kent, England.

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Electoral district

An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.

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Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg

The Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Kurfürstentum Braunschweig-Lüneburg) was an Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in northwestern Germany.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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George III of the United Kingdom

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.

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Greensand Ridge

The Greensand Ridge is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east England.

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Grenadier

A grenadier (derived from the word grenade) was originally a specialized soldier, first established as a distinct role in the mid-to-late 17th century, for the throwing of grenades and sometimes assault operations.

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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Helen Grant (politician)

Helen Grant (born 28 September 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Hesse

Hesse or Hessia (Hessen, Hessian dialect: Hesse), officially the State of Hesse (German: Land Hessen) is a federal state (''Land'') of the Federal Republic of Germany, with just over six million inhabitants.

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Highwayman

A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers.

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Hugh Kennard

Wing Commander Hugh Charles Kennard, DFC (24 June 1918 – 1995) was a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II and later an entrepreneur in civil aviation.

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Hunton, Kent

Hunton is a civil parish and village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Light infantry

Light infantry is a designation applied to certain types of foot soldiers (infantry) throughout history, typically having lighter equipment or armament or a more mobile or fluid function than other types of infantry, such as heavy infantry or line infantry.

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Linton, Kent

Linton is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Loose, Kent

Loose is a village some south of Maidstone, Kent, situated at the head of the Loose Valley, with which it forms the Loose Valley Conservation Area.

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Maidstone

Maidstone is a large, historically important town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.

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Maidstone and The Weald (UK Parliament constituency)

Maidstone and The Weald is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Helen Grant, a Conservative.

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Maidstone East railway station

Maidstone East railway station is one of three stations in the central area of Maidstone, Kent, England, but currently the only one with a regular direct service to London.

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Maine-et-Loire

Maine-et-Loire is a department of the Loire Valley in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Medway

Medway is a conurbation and unitary authority in Kent in the region of South East England.

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Medway Valley line

The Medway Valley line is the name given to the railway line linking and the Medway Towns with and onward to, and London St Pancras International (peak only).

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Military exercise

A military exercise or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the effects of warfare or testing strategies without actual combat.

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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NRS social grade

The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA), known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen) was a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525 with a duchy centred on the region of Prussia.

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Ramsgate

Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England.

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Secondary education

Secondary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763.

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South East Coast Ambulance Service

The South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is the NHS Ambulance Services Trust for south-eastern England, covering Kent (including Medway), Surrey, West Sussex and East Sussex (including Brighton and Hove).

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South East England (European Parliament constituency)

South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament.

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South Eastern main line

The South Eastern main line is a major long-distance railway route in South East England, UK, one of the two main routes crossing the county of Kent, going via Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford and Folkestone to Dover.

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Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada (Grande y Felicísima Armada, literally "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in late May 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England.

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Staplehurst railway station

Staplehurst railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the town of Staplehurst, Kent.

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Tovil

Tovil is a civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone, in Kent in the South East of England.

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Village hall

In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local community.

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Ward (electoral subdivision)

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.

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Weald

The Weald is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.

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Workhouse

In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment.

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Yalding

Yalding is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxheath

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