Jacob Scott 28/06/2019 Jacob Scott 28/06/2019

Community dig at Lullingstone

Volunteers needed for the upcoming community dig at Lullingstone Roman villa. Click here for details.

Jacob Scott 20/06/2019 Jacob Scott 20/06/2019

The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection: a handbook

Jacob Scott 10/06/2019 Jacob Scott 10/06/2019

Prehistoric Kent

If you have an interest in the prehistoric history of the Kent landscape you may find these publications useful.

Jacob Scott 09/06/2019 Jacob Scott 09/06/2019

Kent Messenger Group Digital Archive

The KM Group digital archive is available online. It has been expanded to include the newspapers from both the First and Second World Wars. The archive provides a fascinating insight into Kent’s leading role in the Great War, World War II (especially the Battle of Britain) and will prove an invaluable tool for anyone interested in the period.

Jacob Scott 08/06/2019 Jacob Scott 08/06/2019

Acquisition: Workhouses of London and the South East

One of the latest acquisitions for the library includes "Workhouses of London and the South East" by Peter Higginbotham.

Jacob Scott 18/05/2019 Jacob Scott 18/05/2019

Kent and Literature: The Stories of Our Story

A talk delivered by Kerry Brown at the Kent Archaeological Society Annual General Meeting at the University of Kent.

Jacob Scott 07/04/2019 Jacob Scott 07/04/2019

Parish Registers from Kent now available on Findmypast.org.uk

Kent Defence Research Group 27/10/2018 Kent Defence Research Group 27/10/2018

A gun for Slough Fort

Keith Gulvin provides an update on the restoration of Slough Fort, Allhallows.

Jacob Scott 01/01/2017 Jacob Scott 01/01/2017

Trascriptions of Medieval & Tudor Kent P.C.C. & C.C.C. Wills by L. L. Duncan

Kent Defence Research Group 20/09/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 20/09/2015

General Gordon's Key?

Victor Smith highlights an iron key thought to have been used by Lt. Col. Charles G. Gordon (later General of Khartoum fame) during his stay at New Tavern Fort in Gravesend from 1865-71 when acting as Commanding Royal Engineer for the Thames District.

Kent Defence Research Group 03/09/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 03/09/2015

New Defence Project at Gravesend

With a study of Kent’s defences during the Great War submitted to the editor of Archaeologia Cantiana for publication and an historical overview of the 20th century defences of Thanet near completion, two research and publication projects by Victor Smith are scheduled to begin in 2016.

Kent Defence Research Group 27/08/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 27/08/2015

The artillery of the Great War anti-invasion defences of Swale

Volume 23 of the Journal of the Ordnance Society has been published including a pap“r The artillery of the Great War anti-invasion defences of the Swale area of Kent” by Alan Anstee.

Kent Defence Research Group 10/08/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 10/08/2015

Guns at Gravesend

New Tavern Fort (armed from the 1780s-1908) on Gravesend’s riverside displays a regionally important collection of 12 pieces of historic artillery.

Kent Defence Research Group 17/07/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 17/07/2015

Stockbury Valley Defence Line Records

Report for the KAS AGM by Alan R. Anstee.

Kent Defence Research Group 16/06/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 16/06/2015

Thanet Defences Project

Following a meeting with historians of Thanet’s military past, an assessment has begun of the available documentary sources to support a possible new project for an enhanced study of the defences of this council district.

Jacob Scott 05/06/2015 Jacob Scott 05/06/2015

Archcliffe exploding gun

Kyn of the Kent History Forum recounts the tale of the explosion of a 32-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading gun mounted along the front of the battery of Archcliffe Fort on a Thursday evening of August 1860.

Kent Defence Research Group 06/01/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 06/01/2015

Preparing for Doomsday

The history and archaeology of a Cold War bunker at Gravesend: a research and reporting project.

Kent Defence Research Group 06/01/2015 Kent Defence Research Group 06/01/2015

Fort Luton

Kyn of the Kent History Forum reports on recent work at Fort Luton, Chatham.

Kent Defence Research Group 29/12/2014 Kent Defence Research Group 29/12/2014

Hope for a decaying Tudor Blockhouse at Gravesend?

Displayed in a fenced area in Royal Pier Road on Gravesend’s riverside are the brick and stone remains of one of a network of five cross-firing artillery blockhouses built by Henry VIII in 1539/40 to guard the river approaches to London.

Kent Defence Research Group 10/10/2014 Kent Defence Research Group 10/10/2014

A Fatal Fire at Milton Regis 1915

In February 1915 with large numbers of troops billeted in and around Sittingbourne the potential benefits of having troops in the area was demonstrated by the effects of a fire in King Street.