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Image: handbill advertising winter services from the White Hart Inn (by John Alleway), 1717. Read more, or read Alleway's will

Image: a typical crush of pleasure boats at the 1896 Regatta, viewed from one of house boats which lined the banks for weeks on end.

Henley-on-Thames: Town, Trade and River

The Troy Town area of Rochester, within the parish of St Margaret's, was first built  between about 1800-1830.

Census data for 1841, 1861 and 1881 has been compiled for four areas within the Medway Towns: Luton (Chatham), Old Brompton (Chatham and Gillingham

Aylesford is one of the largest parishes in the group and incorporates differing areas.

Burham was transformed following the building of Thomas Cubitt's brick and cement works in 1852-5, later the Burham Brick, Lime & Cement Co.

The growth in the population is due to the presence of the Lime and Cement Works in the parish which William Peters established in the 1850s and 18

Barge on the Medway proceeding towards Rochester, with Wouldham in the background.

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