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Babington, Margaret 14 279-83 P, 15 No 2 IBC L

Baby farming 42 3:22-31 P

Bacchus 17 297

Bachelor, Ivy 37 3:20

Back, Caroline and Maria, Murder 14 29-34

Backhouse, James 39 4:19-20

Backstays 14 37

Bacon, Alfred Stanley 7 29-34 P, No 3 IBC L

Bacon, Catherine 35 3:44-49

Bacon, Horace Stanley (Louis), Illusionist 8 296-300 P

Bacon, Vice-Admiral Reginald 28 239-241

Baddeley, Christopher 32 6:23

Baden-Powell, Lady Olave 12 525-6 P

Baden-Powell, Lord 38 1:44-45 P

Badham, Dr Charles, naturalist 11 277-82

Badlesmere / Baddlesmere, Bartholomew de 12 639

Badlesmere / Baddlesmere, Bartholomew de 7 27-8

Badlesmere 7 27-8

Badlesmere church 1 752, 17 182 R

Badlesmere, Collington Farm 22 446 P

Badminton Cinema, West Malling 30 6:38

Baeda See Bede

Baedeker raids, Canterbury 16 125-6

Baggesen, John H 15 95

Bagshot Sands 18 403-405

Bailey Bridges 13 25

Bailey, Dr Hamilton 22 76

Bailey, George 22 264

Bailey, George, family 38 1:26-31 P

Baillie, Lady (Leeds Castle) 41 6:11

Bainbridge, Beryl 42 4:34

Baines, Frank 29 5:38

Baissac, Mary Katherine de (Maureen) 25 270-1

Baker family, potters 24 593-8 P

Baker, ‘Frenchie’, boatman 18 24

Baker, Andrew (RAF) 41 3:22

Baker, Ann (Sandwich) 40 4:16-23

Baker, Benjamin, Brewer 3 679

Baker, EA 29 4:20

Baker, Edward (potter) 38 2:36-39

Baker, Edward J 36 4:45-46

Baker, Fred 26 334-35 P

Baker, Frederick Arthur (Arthur Brough) 20 513-8 P

Baker, Herbert 32 1:44-50 P

Baker, Isabella 18 30

Baker, James 16 551-4

Baker, James, map-maker 11 589

Baker, John (Margate) 37 4:55

Baker, Mrs Sarah 24 415

Baker, Richard (Strood) 40 1:34-37

Baker, Sarah 1 683-687

Baker, Sarah 2 331

Baker, Sarah 32 5:20-21

Baker, Sarah 34 2:38

Baker, Sarah 36 1:35-41 P

Baker, Sir John 34 5:12-19

Baker, William (potter) 38 2:39 P

Bakers 13 605-10 P

Bakery Business 22 555-9 P

Balchin, Nigel 37 1:32-36 P

Baldock, Charles 15 458

Baldock, William 25 546

Baldwin, AH, and Sons 43 4:40-41 P

Baliol, John 20 521

Ball, Albert 37 2:6

Ball, Arnold 9 176-8 P, 499-501 P

Ball, John 11 576, 577 P, 578

Ball, Nathaniel 37 3:35

Ballads 12 205-8, 14 33-6 P, 371-6 P, 20 32-6 P

Ballard family, Canterbury 5 568 L

Ballard, Francis 22 659-61, 23 141, 143

Ballooning 1 376-380

Ballooning 14 299

Ballooning 16 277, 444-7 P

Ballooning 2 293-8

Ballooning 35 6:48-49 P

Ballooning 43 4:22-24

Ballooning 8 48-52 P, 552-6 P

Ballooning, first crossing of Channel 32 1:5

Balloons 11 682-9 P

Balston, William, papermaker 14 753

Balston, William, papermaker 16 88-91

Balston, William, papermaker 3 644-8

Baltic Saw Mills, Tunbridge Wells 35 2:28-32 P

Band of Brothers 35 4:40

Band of Hope 6 369-71, 415-7

Bands 21 624 P, 631 R

Bands, Brompton Boys 25 440 P

Bands, Faversham Gospel Mission 25 179 P

Bandstand, Deal 21 474 P

Bandstands 17 699-702 P

Bandstands 22 3-6 P, 58-63 P

Bangay, Frank 37 1:4-5 P

Bank holiday, 1871 32 4:5

Banking 36 1:54-55 P

Banking 36 5:10-11 P

Banking 40 3:44-51 P

Bankruptcy 24 71

Banks, Delamark 26 155-6 P

Banks, Edward 21 166-7, 527

Banks, Edward RRG 5 133-7 P

Banks, Joseph 43 6:13

Banks, Sir Edward 22 613

Banks, Sir Edward 9 514-20 P, 601-7 P

Banks, Sir Joseph 25 434

Bankside, Phoenix Gasworks 20 270 P

Banty, Captain 21 193-196

Bapchild, Holywell 4 709

Baptist denomination, Belvedere 36 4:13-15 P

Baptist denomination, Gillingham 36 1:15 R

Baptists 17 323-31 P

Baptists 21 243 R

Baptists 23 665-73 P

Baptists 4 581-4 P

Baptists, baptism 24 547-9

Baptists, Canterbury 35 2:38-39 P

Baptists, Deal and Walmer 35 2:46-50 P

Baptists, Elmsted 35 4:36-41 P

Baptists, Eythorne 13 130-7 P, 27 37-46 P

Baptists, Faversham 8 103-7 P, 248 L

Baptists, Folkestone 21 421-9 P

Baptists, history of 24 485-94 P

Baptists, Lamberhurst 24 719-20 P

Baptists, Maidstone 10 35-41

Baptists, meeting places 24 486-94 P, 541-51 P

Baptists, music 24 550-1

Baptists, Sunday schools 17 483-90 P

Baptists, Sunday schools 24 541-3

Baptists, Whitstable 14 386-92 P

Barbarous ignorance in Kent 1840s 25 457-61

Barber, Alfred (photographer) 42 4:14-15

Barber, Colin (printing) 38 5:21

Barbier, Euphrasie 36 1:26-28 P

Barcham Green family, papermakers 2 267-71

Barcham Green family, papermakers 3 648

Barclay, Charles 12 199

Barclays Bank 40 3:44-51 P

Barden, Marjorie (ATS) 44 6:23-28 P

Bare-knuckle fighting 15 67, 611

Barfield, Robert 15 350

Barfreston, church 5 754-5 P

Barfreston, church 8 474-7 P

Barfreston, sweet shop 8 632 L

Barge life 25 250-5 P

Barge Owners Society of Kent 27 59

Barge-building 25 693 R

Bargemen’s strike, 1890 21 627-8, 27 60

Barges 1 582-6 P, 587-92 P, 608-11 P, 765 R

Barges 11 186-93 P, 344, 346 P, 347

Barges 13 67-72 P, 84, 361, 561

Barges 16 118 R, 565 L

Barges 18 284 P, 239-246 P, 299-304 P, 355-360 P, 422

Barges 19 2-6 P, 197-203 P

Barges 2 601-6,

Barges 21 384-90 P

Barges 23 117 R, 567 R

Barges 24 759 R

Barges 26 14-15 P, 183 R, 204-10 P, 251-59 P, 337-47 P

Barges 27 107-110 P

Barges 36 2:34-37 P

Barges 4 504 R

Barges 5 120 R, 181-2 R, 182-3 R

Barges 6 55-6 R, 310 R

Barges 8 248 L, 526-32 P, 567 L

Barges on Medway 35 3:30-34

Barges, as living accommodation 26 83-88 P, 369-73 P

Barges, ballast trade 23 222-5 P

Barges, Barge Owners’ Association 26 251

Barges, blacking 2 372

Barges, builders 22 81-84, 85-89 P

Barges, building, Greenwich 10 87-94 P

Barges, Cambria 28 251 P

Barges, Cambria, restoration of 32 3:9 P

Barges, cargoes 14 199

Barges, cargoes 15 713-5 P

Barges, cargoes 18 239-247 P, 298-304 P

Barges, cargoes 19 696 L

Barges, cargoes 22 433-7

Barges, cargoes 23 538-9 P

Barges, colour schemes 19 390-6 P

Barges, conversion from sail to power 24 187-92 P

Barges, Crazy Gang 19 699

Barges, design and rigging 19 93, 95

Barges, Dolphin Yard Barge Museum 27 120 L, 122-123 P

Barges, doubling or sheathing 23 No 1 IBC L

Barges, Edith Mary 32 6:44-47 P

Barges, Everards 16 260-5 P

Barges, Faversham-registered 25 522-3 P

Barges, Handbook for Bargemen, Lightermen, and Tugmen of the Thames, Medway and Swale 26 251-59 P

Barges, Hoo St Werburgh 31 3:48

Barges, hulks 26 84-88 P, 368 P

Barges, invasion 13 571

Barges, launching 13 12-15 P

Barges, life aboard 15 141-4 P

Barges, life aboard 17 No 1 IBC R

Barges, life aboard 19 501-2 R

Barges, life aboard 20 375 R, 440-1 L, P, 503 R

Barges, life aboard 22 759 R

Barges, life aboard 24 632 R

Barges, lighthouse barges 6 621-5 P

Barges, Lloyd’s 24 707-13 P

Barges, mast cases 23 78-80 P

Barges, matches 16 265-7 P

Barges, matches 25 417-9 P, 504 L

Barges, May Flower 31 3:46-50 P

Barges, Medway 31 1:12/3:48

Barges, Milton Creek 23 739-43 P

Barges, moorings at Queenborough 25 137-40 P, 519

Barges, museum, Sittingbourne 1 314 P

Barges, operation 23 535-40 P

Barges, pay and conditions 15 747-8

Barges, pay and conditions 18 407-414 P

Barges, pay and conditions 19641

Barges, Pinks and Hoys 19 37-43 P

Barges, powder barges 21 760 R

Barges, races 24 707

Barges, remains 23 75-80 P, 744-5 P

Barges, remains, Lower Halstow 16 412-8 P

Barges, repairing of 26 209

Barges, requisition, Second World War 21 385-7

Barges, Rochester, Sittingbourne, Faversham and Maidstone Bargemen and Watermen’s Barges, Protection Society 27 60

Barges, Second World War 17 295-302 P

Barges, Shipowners’ Protection Association 27 63

Barges, smack-rigged 19 91-96 P

Barges, stackies 24 709

Barges, strike 11 104-10 P

Barges, strike 18 283 P

Barges, strike 24 381, 707

Barges, Thames and Medway Craft Owners’ Protection Society 27 59

Barges, Whitstable smacks 23 649-51 P

Bargrave family 26 651-53 P

Bargrave, John 37 5:17

Bargrave, Robert Tournay 37 4:53

Barham Down, King Arthur 32 1:42-43

Barham Downs racecourse 36 5:16-18 P

Barham, Broome Park 14 320-5 P

Barham, church 17 25

Barham, crematorium 10 7

Barham, Downs 20 489-96 P

Barham, Downs 24 389-91

Barham, Eisenhower, Dwight, visit 35 2:44-45

Barham, floods 1937 24 374 P

Barham, John 26 245

Barham, Richard Harris 16 151

Barham, Richard Harris 19 407

Barham, Richard Harris 38 5:37

Barham, Richard Harris 9 547-53 P

Barham, Richard Harris, at Warehorne 29 5:17

Barham, Roosevelt, Eleanor, visit 35 2:44

Barham, Sir George 37 4:27

Barham, windmill 6 634-5 P

Barilla 18 756

Baring, Poppy 41 3:20

Barker, Lilian 23 467-9, 472 P

Barling, Harry 16 383, 559

Barlow, EP 21 736-9

Barming 15 153-4

Barming Heath, Oakwood Hospital 37 1:50

Barming Heath, St Andrew’s Church 37 1:46-51 P

Barming, asylum 13 720-4 P

Barming, asylum 15 295

Barming, asylum 16 346-50, 419-27 P, No 10 IBC L

Barming, asylum 19 85, 89, 137

Barming, asylum 5 218 P

Barming, Cale’s Charity 17 527-8

Barming, charity 21 749

Barming, church barrel organ 17 23

Barming, memories 14 401-5 P

Barming, St Helen’s Bridge 6 214-6 P

Barming, station 4 88 P

Barnard, Captain CH 16 504 L

Barnard, Michael 42 1:47

Barnato, Woolf 37 3:44

Barnes Close Cricket Club 24 639

Barnes Cray 23 562

Barnes, Dr 25 683

Barnett, John & Joseph Alfred 19 624

Barnett, Josephine 19 635-30 P

Barnum and Bailey Circus 36 5:46

Barnum, Phineas T 36 5:36-39 P

Barometers 1 206-210 P

Baronial Uprising (1258-66) 38 2:22-23

Barons’ War, First 34 2:45

Barquentines, Ramsgate 1 268-72 P

Barr, Hazel, Hamilton-Piercy, Eric 38 4:26-33 P

Barr, Hazel, Joyce, William 38 3:46-47 P

Barrage balloons 15 491-3 P

Barrage balloons 16 No 12 IBC L

Barrage balloons 17 459

Barrage balloons 24 337

Barrel organs 17 23-8 P

Barrett Heggs, Dr Thomas 41 4:28-30

Barrett, Christopher 22 447-54

Barrett, George Robert 20 119-20

Barron, Frederick 37 2:28-29

Barron’s Falcon Cement Works 15 388-90

Barrow Deep 18 456, 530-538

Barrow Green 25 600, 604 P

Barrow, Cecil H 23 711-12 P

Barrow, Jesse 19 9

Barrow, John 24 43-5

Barrow, William 42 4:51

Barrows, east Kent, Round 8 647-50, 15 414-7 P

Barrs, John (miner) 44 3:19-25

Barry, Sergeant 34 5:49-50

Bart, Bernard (printing) 38 5:19

Bart, Sir Thomas Fairbairn 10 5

Bartholomew, John 38 1:32-33

Bartlett, Caz (Sanger family) 41 5:27

Barton, Elizabeth, Holy Maid of Kent 16 372-3

Barton, Elizabeth, Holy Maid of Kent 2 23, 165-8

Barton, Elizabeth, Holy Maid of Kent 29 2:29

Barton, Freda 25 535-8 P

Barton, Freda 35 3:28

Barton, Matthew 39 4:30-37

Bartram, William, Brewer 3 677

Baseball 18 253

Basilisk, HMS 15 433-9

Baskcomb, George Henry 8 561-4, 585-8

Basketmaking 42 4:18-19 P

Basket-making, Newington 1 7-8 P

Bassompierre, Marshal De 15 519

Bastendorff, Peter 39 2:18-19 P

Bastendorff, Severin 39 2:17-19 P

Bat and Ball station 22 482-3 P, No 9 IBC L

Bat and trap 20 458

Batcheller, William, Printer 2 501-3

Batchelor, Albert Spot 25 397-9

Batchelor, Gladys, Aviatrix 4 347-51 P, 378 P

Batchelor, Henry 14 537-9

Bateman, Audrey 35 5:29-30

Bateman, James, innkeeper 18 19

Bateman, Peter (Rentokil) 44 4:38

Bates, H.E.  32 6:13

Bates, H.E.  35 4:17-18

Bates, H.E.  8 439 R, 758 R

Bates, H.E. 21 669–72

Bates, H.E. 29 5:26-31

Bates, H.E. 32 3:40-45 P

Bates, H.E. and Marjorie 42 6:42-43 P

Bates, Isaac 20 140

Bates, Marguerite Marion 20 140 P

Bath, Hubert 22 347

Bathe, Henry De 17 515

Bathing machines 1 456-62 P

Bathing machines 10 82 P

Bathing machines 11 129, 723

Bathing machines 12 44-52 P

Bathing machines 15 348 P

Bathing machines 20 383

Bathing machines 22 315-7, 554 P

Bathing machines 25 2-5 P

Batho FW 23 645-6

Baths and bathing 17 532-40 P,

Baths and bathing 22 529

Baths and bathing 24 689-92 P

Baths and bathing, Deal 22 315-21 P

Baths and bathing, Herne Bay 22 234-6 P

Baths and bathing, hydrotherapy 22 714-9 P

Baths and bathing, Margate 22 556 P, 682-4 P

Baths and bathing, Ramsgate 22 294-5 P, 297-8

Baths and bathing, Walmer 22 385-6 P, 391

Batsch, Admiral Karl 43 4:14-20

Batt family, singers 17 552-9 P

Battiscombe, Irene 39 1:14-17 P

Battle of Britain 10 15, 557

Battle of Britain 11 309-12 P, 506-13 P

Battle of Britain 12 384, 689-94, 722

Battle of Britain 2 318 R, 446-7 R

Battle of Britain 31 3:26-28 P 31 4:14 R 31 6:10 R

Battle of Britain 35 4:11 P

Battle of Britain 6 553-7

Battle of Britain 9 607-12 P

Battle of Britain memorial event, July 2006 27 190

Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne 27 issue No 4, PFC

Battle of Chatham, The 38 4:36-37 P

Battle of Maidstone, exhibition 29 3:8

Baugh, Bernadette 24 260-1

Baumgartl, Nomi 41 1:38-39 P

Bawden, Edward 43 1:20-27

Bawleymen, Medway 30 1:12 P 30 2:10 P

Bawleys 12 312 R, 20 524 P, 26 16 P, 28 17-19 P

Bax, Arnold Ridley 12 419

Bax, John 40 5:20-22

Bax, Mary 30 1:44-46

Bax, Mary, murder 24 533

Bayeux Tapestry 39 2:7

Bayeux Tapestry 44 1:22-29 P

Bayford Castle, Sittingbourne 30 2:27

Bayham Abbey 13 390

Bayham Abbey 20 729 P

Bayham Abbey 25 51, 53

Bayham Abbey, L’Eglise 24 721 P

Bayham Abbey, riot 1525 23 605-l0 P

Bayleaf Farmhouse 12 250-1 P

Bayleaf Farmhouse, Chiddingstone, Weald and Downland Museum 34 1:42-45 P

Bayley, Thomas 17 473-4

Bayliss, Mr 31 2:18-19

Baylock, George 16 227-9

Bazalgette, Sir Joseph 35 5:9

Bazalgette, Sir Joseph 41 3:36

Bazalgette, Sir Joseph 42 1:9

Bazalgette, sludge vessel 18 450-455 P

BBC Orchestra 9 695

BBC Radiophonic Workshop 38 3:28-33

BBC, television launch 43 4:29

BBC, Watch with Mother 38 5:18-20

BE2C biplane 37 2:6

Beach barrages 14 19-24

Beach huts 22 195

Beach huts 25 4-10P; 101-11 P, No 3 BC L, P

Beach, Fletcher 14 367-9

Beach, The, Walmer, home Joseph of Lister 30 2:44-45 P

Beachborough 19 467

Beachborough 26 698-710 P

Beachstars, The (band) 42 1:41-42 P

Beachy Head lighthouse 12 572-3 P

Beacons 14 71

Beacons 21 709–11 P

Beacons 9 451, 453

Beacons, aircraft 16 504

Beadle, Charles 26 123

Beadle, Ethel Emily 36 3:15

Beadle, John C (Coachbuilders) Ltd 4 318-9

Beale, Benjamin 1 456-462, 20 383

Beale, James, 19 12

Beale, John and Joshua 37 2:55

Beale, John and Joshua, inventors 18 329-332 P, 512

Beam-Trawling 14 253

Bean, Alfred 28 22-23

Bean, Alfred 29 6:42-45 P

Bean, Alfred 36 2:33

Bean, Esther, epitaph, Great Chart 32 3:34

Beane, Anne and Elizabeth, epitaph, Hythe 32 3:32 P

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge 34 3:7

Beaney Institute, Canterbury 35 1:14 R

Beaney, James 44 2:43 P

Beaney, James George 17 81

Beanfeasts 15 754-5

Bear public house, Faversham 19 13

Beard, Dr Charles 37 4:15

Beard, Dr Frank 41 3:6-10

Beardsell, Sir William 42 6:34-35 P

Beardsley, Aubrey 38 2:15 P

Bearsted 1 730-4 P

Bearsted 13 714-6 P

Bearsted 19 621

Bearsted 34 1:5

Bearsted, bakery 21 700-704 P

Bearsted, Baroness Orczy 30 3:16-17

Bearsted, church window 25 265 P, 268

Bearsted, Green 21 698-704 P

Bearsted, Mynn, Alfred 39 2:50-51 P

Bearsted, school 25 118-9 R

Bearsted, Scouts 21 667

Bearsted, Snowfield 21 667, 669 P

Bearsted, Tudor House roadhouse 21 241

Bearsted, writers 21 667–8, 670-1 P

Beat groups 42 1:40-47 P

Beater family 17 687, 689-90

Beater, Orlando 17 579-80, 688

Beating the bounds 22 94

Beatles, The 38 3:32

Beatles, The 39 3:19-21

Beatles, The 42 5:20-23 P

Beatles, the 43 5:18-27 P

Beaton, Cecil 41 6:7-9 P

Beatrice Maud 25 137-40 P

Beatson, John 38 1:36

Beatson, William 38 1:36-37 P

Beatty, Alma 37 6:49-50

Beatty, Sir Chester 42 1:38 P

Beatty, training ship 18 574

Beauclerk, Lord Frederick 39 2:48 Beeching, Lord

Beaufoy, Rev S 19 479

Beaulieu 17 711-18 P

Beaumont, Sir Basil 22 465

Beaune 17 51-2

Beauty contests 24 689-92 P

Beaverbrook, 1st Lord 42 6:14

Beaverbrook, 1st Lord, Betteshanger pit strike 41 3:47

Beaverbrook, 1st Lord, Coward, Noël, letters 41 3:22-23

Beazley, Samuel 30 1:14-15

Bebbington, Dave 42 2:44-46

Becher, Captain Alexander 43 5:18

Beck, Ernest 40 2:6-7

Beck, Sir Adam 36 4:23

Beckenham 14 758 R

Beckenham 17 373 R

Beckenham 23 756 R

Beckenham 8 632 R

Beckenham, Abbey School 17 342-6 P

Beckenham, Avenue Hall Masonic Lodge 36 3:14

Beckenham, Balgowan school morris team 21 584 P, 589

Beckenham, Bowie, David 42 2:42-51 P

Beckenham, Cator estate 22 32

Beckenham, cinemas 21 486–9 P, 22 146-7 P

Beckenham, coal merchants 18 208-209 P

Beckenham, Cricket Club 9 472

Beckenham, Croydon Road Recreation Ground 22 34-6 P

Beckenham, Elmers End 3 701 R

Beckenham, flood 1968 22 35

Beckenham, flower show 22 36

Beckenham, lock-ups 19 106

Beckenham, parks 22 29-36 P

Beckenham, Place 22 29-32 P

Beckenham, public library 22 742-3 P

Beckenham, St Barnabas’ Church 26 374 P, 376

Beckenham, St Edmund’s Church 26 464 P, 467

Beckenham, St Michael’s Church 26 376

Beckenham, street names 20 415-7

Beckenham, Three Tuns 42 2:42-51 P

Beckenham, tradesmen, late Victorian 17 668-74 P

Beckenham, war preparations 11 434-9 P

Becket family 12 103

Becket, Thomas 11 471, 475, 556-9

Becket, Thomas 12 259, 263

Becket, Thomas 19 29

Becket, Thomas 21 18

Becket, Thomas 24 436 R

Becket, Thomas 32 6:5

Becket, Thomas 37 2:7

Becket’s Well, Canterbury 18 19

Becket’s Well, Canterbury, wine 7 21-4

Beckton 24 353

Beckton, gasworks 14 6 P

Bede 20 471

Bede, the Venerable 37 1:29

Bedford van 34 5:42

Bedgebury 6 9-12 P

Bedgebury, estate 20 657

Bedgebury, Lady Well 19 46-8 P

Bedgebury, Pinetum 24 715

Bedo, George 36 3:38-39

Bedwell Park, Hertfordshire 36 4:14-15

Bedwell’s Swivel 19 222 P, 224

Bee boles 12 451 P

Bee wine 19 415

Beeching, Dr Richard 40 6:20

Beer 18 482-483

Beer, act 21 447

Beer, delivery by barge 19 5

Beer, Ellie (artist) 43 5:16-18 P

Beer, Hans and Gretel 22 77-8

Beer, making 29 3:16-22 P

Beer, making, Royal Tonbridge Wells Brewing Company 31 3:8 P

Beerbohm Tree, Herbert 22 456

Beerhouse Act (1830) 41 1:15

Beeton / Mayson, Isabella 32 2:24-27

Beeton, Isabella (Mayson) 32 2:24-27

Beeton, Samuel 32 2:24

Behenna, Betty 41 5:29-34 P

Bekesbourne 2 37-43 P

Bekesbourne Lane Oast House, Littlebourne 29 3:22

Bekesbourne, aerodrome 11 228-34 P

Bekesbourne, aerodrome 2 212, 214 P

Bekesbourne, aerodrome 7 420, 422 P

Bekesbourne, as Cinque Port limb 29 1:36-38 P

Bekesbourne, church 2 38-41 P

Bekesbourne, Cobham Court 29 1:38

Bekesbourne, Daniel De Foe 29 1:38

Bekesbourne, Hugh de Bec 29 1:37

Bekesbourne, Kent Flying Club 10 540-6 P

Bekesbourne, Old Palace 23 551-2 P

Bekesbourne, St Peter’s Church, monument to Sir Henry Palmer 26 753-57 P

Bekesbourne, St Peter’s Church, monument to Sir Henry Palmer 29 1:36-38 P

Bekesbourne, Swing riots 22 181

Belcher (Adams), Sarah Ann 27 69-73

Belcher, George (Gad’s Hill) 41 3:6-13

Beldham, William ‘Silver Belly’ 29 2:15

Belgian refugees 35 3:34-35 P

Belgian Relief Fund 26 59

Belke family 3 177

Bell family, diving pioneers 21 110-114 P

Bell Harry 18 269-271

Bell Inn, St Nicholas-at-Wade 30 5:36-37

Bell, David, VC 22 170-1 P

Bell, Edward Ingress 41 6:14-15 P

Bell, Emily Isabella 41 3:23

Bell, George 32 5:49

Bell, George, Dean of Canterbury 9 691-5 P

Bell, JA 18 7

Bell, John Amy Bird 29 2:25-26

Bell, John Amy Bird 3 347-8

Bell, John Amy Bird 5 618

Bell’s Forstal Farm 24 10 P

Bellenden, Mary 14 43

Bellerophon 16 603-5

Bellerophon, HMS 38 2:9

Belleville boilers 23 177, 181

Belloc, Hilaire 42 6:47

Bells, bell-founding and bell-ringing 13 97-9 P, 112, 529, 554-5

Bells, bell-founding and bell-ringing 14 347-52 P, 611, 649, 50

Bells, bell-founding and bell-ringing 17 351-4 P, 424

Bells, bell-founding and bell-ringing 18 267-71 P

Bells, bell-founding and bell-ringing 20 483

Bells, bell-founding and bell-ringing 21 233, 237–238

Bells, bell-founding and bell-ringing 5 22-6 P

Bells, Dover 15 110

Bells, Ospringe 15 133-4

Bells, sheep 14 39 P

Belmont Folly 22 132-3 P

Belmont House, Throwley 36 3:8-9 P

Belmont House, Throwley 4 36 9 P

Belmont Park grotto 18 606-607 P

Belmont, cricket pitch 23 378 P, 381

Belosselsky-Belozersky, Prince Sergei 42 4:32-35 P

Belsey, Francis Flint 37 4:39

Belsey, Sir Francis Flint 36 6:18-21 P

Beltinge 5 347-51 P, 517-20, 7 713-7 P

Beltinge, Baptist Church 5 350 P

Beltinge, Reculver Lodge 7 716 P, 717

Beltring 21 579

Beltring, Hop Farm 19 513-8 P,

Beltring, Hop Farm 29 3:20

Beltring, Hop Farm 9 566-7 R,

Belvedere 11 223-7 P

Belvedere 13 736-40 P

Belvedere 20 459-62 P

Belvedere 21 706 P

Belvedere 36 4:12-17 P

Belvedere, All Saints’ School 22 641-5

Belvedere, bands 19 209

Belvedere, Baptist Church 11 299-305 P

Belvedere, cinemas 21 187–188

Belvedere, Eardley Arms 11 224 P, 227

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Belvedere, memories of wash day 26 597-600 P

Belvedere, policing 19 570 P, 574

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Beneke, Mr 20 333

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Benenden, cricket 21 493–9 P

Benenden, green 21 462 P

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Benenden, Paper Mill Farm 43 5:50-51 P

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Benenden, trade tokens 6 18-9 P

Benenden, Wage Riot 1830 23 283-5

Benenden, William Cobbett 32 2:48

Benevolent clubs 15 749-51 P, 19 150-4 P

Benge, Frederick William 15 694 R

Ben-Gurion, David 19 437

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Benham, Richard Kenyon 25 210

Benham, the Rev William 43 2:4-13 P

Benjafield, J Dudley 37 3:44

Benjamin, Georg 41 6:38-39 P

Benjamin, ship sale, Margate, 1791 6 136-9 P

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Bennett, Sir John 12 212-3

Bennett-Goldney, Francis 18 No 2 IBC R

Bennett-Goldney, Francis 24 215, 222

Bennett-Goldney, Francis 35 1:14 R

Benson, Edward, archbishop 39 2:25

Benson, Frank 22 455

Bensted, Alan 28 118-119 P

Bensted, Richard (blacksmith) 40 2:40-41

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Benton, William 36 6:15

Benvenue 42 2:32-34

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Beowulf 20 56 R, 473

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Berens, Henry Hulse 31 5:22

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Beresford, Tristram 37 6:13

Beresford, Viscount 6 10-11

Beresford-Hope, A.J.B., MP 39 2:41-45

Bermuda, Kent workers in 43 6:5-10

Bernard, Sidney 36 3:28-31 P

Berndt, Louis 10 429-32 P

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Berry, Robert 26 174

Berry’s Maple, School 12 11, 15 P

Bertha, Queen 12 105

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Bestall, Alfred (illustrator) 42 6:18

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Bethell, W.E. 37 2:44-48

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Bethersden Baptist Church 17 23

Bethersden, church 3 391-2 P

Bethersden, Dorothea Hayward, epitaph 32 3:31

Bethersden, folk music 16 380-1, 17 555

Bethersden, Lovelace Place 25 28, No 2 IBC P

Bethersden, Low Wood Manor House 24 142-3 P

Bethersden, pubs 17 555

Bethersden, St Margaret’s Church 25 22 P, 24 P

Bethersden, W.H. Colt 37 6:16-22 P

Bethlem Hospital 35 2:37-38

Bethune, William 41 3:21

Betjeman, Sir John 36 5:54

Betjeman, Sir John, Margate 42 6:50

Betsey, diving smack 21 No 5 IBC L

Betteshanger Colliery 17 183 R

Betteshanger Colliery 21 635–6 P

Betteshanger Colliery 23 195-206 P, 330-2 P

Betteshanger Colliery 27 298, 225 P,

Betteshanger Colliery 28 4, 111,114 P

Betteshanger Colliery 32 1:10 R

Betteshanger Colliery 32 4:42-43 P

Betteshanger Colliery 36 5:6-7 P

Betteshanger Colliery 41 3:42-51 P

Betts, Edmund (pilot) 41 5:28-35 P

Betts, Edward 4 84-6

Betts, Edward, ‘Jumbo’ 18 23

Betts, Freddie 24 202 P, 204 P, 206

Betty, Master 31 6:12 R

Bevan, Aneurin 32 3:47

Bevan, Frank (barge skipper) 40 5:14-15

Beverley Cricket 24 216

Beverley Cricket Club 23 379, 381

Beverley Farm, Canterbury 36 6:12-13 P

Bevin boys 23 323-5

Bevin Boys 41 3:48-49

Bevin, Ernest 41 3:45-51 P

Bexley 17 311 R

Bexley 4 112-6 P

Bexley Civic Society 35 5:54

Bexley Heritage Trust 36 2:33

Bexley, Baldwyn’s Park 42 6:44-49 P

Bexley, Baldwyns Park 2 277-9

Bexley, Barn Theatre 15 711

Bexley, butterfly farm 25 594

Bexley, butterfly farm 26 645-50 P, 711-18 P

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Bexley, Charter Day, 1937 32 5:14-16 P

Bexley, cinemas 21 187–192 P

Bexley, civil Administration 22 93-4

Bexley, Cricket Club 24 579-83 P

Bexley, Danson Hall 29 6:42-45 P

Bexley, Danson House 36 2:32-33 P

Bexley, Danson Park miniature railway 22 690-4 P

Bexley, Deneholes 7 608-13 P, 23 383-5 P

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Bexley, Gothic Bath-House 20 52-4 P

Bexley, Great Estates 22 120 R

Bexley, Hall Place 17 No 9 IBC R

Bexley, Hall Place 22 120 R, 739

Bexley, Hall Place 25 233-4 P

Bexley, Hall Place 29 4:10 R 29 4:6:10

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Bexley, John Slater, Epitaph 32 3:30

Bexley, Lord 14 665-8

Bexley, May Place 22 120 P

Bexley, Medieval period 15 567 R

Bexley, Pageant 10 801-8 P

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Bexley, public libraries 22 738 P, 739-41

Bexley, Rose Bruford College 15 709-12 P

Bexley, Second World War 8 55 R

Bexley, sludge vessel 18 534 P

Bexley, St Mary’s Church 1 102-3

Bexley, Tramways 9 13-16 P, 59-63 P

Bexley, Vale Mascal Estate 20 52, 54

Bexleyheath 17 311 R

Bexleyheath 19 575, 578 P

Bexleyheath, 1930s 30 3:48-51 P

Bexleyheath, A History 34 3:12 R

Bexleyheath, Broadway Cinema 30 4:15

Bexleyheath, church 21 237

Bexleyheath, cinemas 21 186 P, 188–189

Bexleyheath, cinemas 22 26 P

Bexleyheath, Cottingham’s Grammar School 23 60-62

Bexleyheath, Ellesdon House School 23 58-60 P

Bexleyheath, National School 22 24-27 P

Bexleyheath, railways 18 247 R

Bexleyheath, railways 22 487

Bexleyheath, railways 29 6:42-45 P

Bexleyheath, Red House 36 3:18-21 P

Bexleyheath, Regal Cinema 31 3:51 P

Bexleyheath, station 19 574

Bexleyheath, the Red House 36 3:18-21 P

Bexleyheath, University School 23 62-64 P

Bexleyheath, Uplands Board School 22 27-28

Bexleyheath, Upton College 23 58 P

Bible, ‘Breeches’ 39 4:30-31 P

Bibliography of Kent 1 383 R

BICC plc (British Insulated Callender’s Cables) 19 210, 214 P

Bickersteth, Edward, bishop 39 2:24

Bickley, coal yards 18 207

Bickley, Crooked Billet, V2 Attack 32 3:6 P

Bickley, St George’s Church 16 337-40 P

Bickley, St George’s Church 20 68 P, 70

Bickley, St George’s Church 26 376-77 P

Bickley, station 21 22 P

Bicknell, John 20 271-4 P

Bicycles 18 332 P

Bidborough, Court, “Mac” 41 2:12-13 P

Bidborough, St Laurence Church 34 6:21

Biddenden 8 192-6 P

Biddenden historians 37 5:6

Biddenden, Cakes 11 156 P, 157

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Biddenden, Chulkhurst Charity 21 749–50 P

Biddenden, church 8 192 P, 194-5

Biddenden, church, barrel organ 17 27-8

Biddenden, conjoined twins 32 6:41

Biddenden, deaths from syncope 36 4:40-41

Biddenden, Maids 19 291-6 P

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Biddenden, murder 1899 36 4:36-43 P

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Biddenden, school 9 487-93 P

Biddenden, station 3 556 P

Biddenden, tithe objections 16 205-7

Biddenden, village sign 32 6:42 P

Biden, Joe (US president) 43 1:45

Bifrons, Bridge 26 651-58 P

Biggin Hill, Acoustical Design Experimental Establishment (ADEE) 10 635-9 P

Biggin Hill, Black Horse 2 67 P

Biggin Hill, Bristol Fighters First World War 22 300

Biggin Hill, bus 41 1:41

Biggin Hill, ghosts 22 757 R

Biggin Hill, Memorial Chapel 26 626-27 P

Biggin Hill, Old Jail Inn 19 105-6

Biggin Hill, policing 20 636 P, 639-43

Biggin Hill, RAF 36 4:8-9 P

Biggin Hill, RAF Station 1 518-9 P, 641 R

Biggin Hill, RAF Station 10 687

Biggin Hill, RAF Station 7 740-3

Biggin Hill, RAF Station 8119-20 L, 612-3

Biggin Hill, Spa 18 17

Biggin Hill, Spirit of Kent Spitfire 28 53 P

Biggin Hill, Tea Garden 19 509

Biggin Hill, White Hart 10 13

Biggles (fictional character) 44 4:30

Biggs, Clive 22 50 P

Bigham, Sir John 39 5:26

Bignell, Alan 26 137

Bigsworth, Arthur 44 4:30-31 P

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Billeting 16 37

Billing, Robert, epitaph, Wye 32 3:31

Billingsgate Dock, Greenwich 24 87-95 P

Billy Bunter 22 623-5 P

Bilsington 7 657-61 P

Bilsington, church 7 659-61 P

Bilsington, obelisk 22 472 P, 477

Bilsington, Priory 1 753

Binbury, Castle 30 2:27

Bing family, Lavender Growers 14 571-8 P

Bingham, Rev Richard 26 297-99

Binnie, Sir Alexander 37 5:19

Binns, John 19 282

Birch, CH & Sons, Steam Threshers 5 186-97 P

Birch, Eugenius 35 2:24

Birch, Eugenius 36 4:27-28

Birchington 10 535-9 P, 581-5 P

Birchington 13 246-7 R

Birchington 3 143-8 P

Birchington 5 683-7 P

Birchington Heritage Trust 44 4:29-31

Birchington, Beatles, the43 5:21-22 P

Birchington, Birchington Patchwork, A 39 5:20-23 P

Birchington, Campbell, Henry 39 5:23 P

Birchington, Captain Digby public house 24 48 P, 51

Birchington, church 3 143-4 P

Birchington, Diamond Jubilee Celebrations 12 559

Birchington, Evans, Bill 39 5:20-23

Birchington, Fire Brigade 18 203

Birchington, Gardner, Bill 39 5:21-22

Birchington, Gates, Tudor 39 5:21-22 P

Birchington, Grenham House (school) 43 3:41-42

Birchington, Grenham House School 39 5:22-23

Birchington, Home Guard 28 38 P

Birchington, Hudson’s Mill 4 760 L

Birchington, Inns 4 258-9

Birchington, Le Mesurier, John 43 3:41-42

Birchington, Memories 1920-45 26 29-36 P

Birchington, Millen, Ernest 39 5:20-23 P

Birchington, Quex Park 25 166-7 P

Birchington, Quexpo 27 316

Birchington, Ritz Cinema 30 6:35

Birchington, Rossetti, epitaph 32 3:31

Birchington, Second World 31 2:48-51 P

Birchington, Second World War 25 373 R

Birchington, Solomon, S. J. 42 5:4-15 P

Birchington, station, Second World War 23 405-9 P

Birchington, Thurgood’s Drapers 4 120 L

Birchington, windmills 2 345

Birchwood, Bull public house 7 532 P

Bird scarers 25 95 P

Bird, Brigadier 3 341-5

Birds nesting 16 293

Birds nesting 21 52–3,

Birds nesting 25 337

Birling 3 570-1 R

Birling, All Saints’ Church 34 6:21

Bishop, Charles (miner) 44 3:19-25

Bishop, George (Maidstone) 40 3:5-8

Bishop, William (miner) 44 3:19-24

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Bishops of Rochester 20 343-5

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Bishopsbourne, ARP warden 40 2:30-31

Bishopsbourne, Bourne estate 9 33-39 P

Bishopsbourne, Bourne Park 36 5:14-19 P

Bishopsbourne, letters from 32 2:12 R

Bishopsbourne, letters from 32 3:17

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Black Death 3 52-4

Black Death 42 3:47-48

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Black Prince 14 562 P

Black Prince 15 399

Black Prince 20538

Black Prince 6 536-9 P, 696 L

Black Prince, The 38 5:5 P

Black Robin 15 726

Black Star Minstrels 23 321

Black, James Stuart 26 247

Black, Thomas 17 731-2 P

Black’s Guide to Kent 13 669-70 P

Blackadder 23 82-83 P

Blackfen 36 1:14

Blackfen Cinemas 21 189–190 P

Blackfen, Rotosound factory 39 3:18-22

Blackfriars, Canterbury 34 3:30 P

Blackham 30 4:17

Blackheath 15 180 R

Blackheath 5 138-43 P

Blackheath, archery 10 485

Blackheath, archery 25 233

Blackheath, Babiole 15 149-51 P

Blackheath, burglary 1878 23 43-7 P

Blackheath, cave 20 727

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Blackheath, Green Man public house 10 680-5 P

Blackheath, Green Man public house 19 236 P

Blackheath, Green Man public house 25 233

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Blackheath, lock-ups 19 97-101

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Blackheath, policing 22 108-111 P

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Blackheath, railway accident 1864 18 484-488

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Blackheath, Wricklemarsh House 21 74 P

Blackman, Reginald Alex 15 713-5

Blackmanstone 3 708

Blackshaw, Mary 40 3:28-29

Blacksmith 23 508 P, 510 P

Blacksmiths 13 293, 431-4 P, 489

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Blackwall Point Dry Dock 20 527-32 P

Blackwall Tunnel 20 531

Blackwall Tunnel 23 415 P

Blackwall Tunnel 42 1:9

Blackwell, Frank (Chatham) 41 5:34

Blackwose Priory 1 753

Blades, Sir Rowland 44 6:37

Blain, Gordon 22 303-10 P

Blair Atholl aeroplane syndicate 10 449

Blair, William 1 123

Blake, A. E. (rector) 44 5:21

Blake, Sir Peter 43 5:26

Blake, Susannah (Faversham) 40 3:22-25

Blake, Tony 32 4:14

Blake, William 34 2:20

Blake, William 35 4:5

Blakeley Works, Greenwich 19 386-9 P, 20 39

Blakely, Alexander Theophilus, gun manufacturer 19 386-9

Blanchard, Jean-Pierre 32 1:5 P

Blanchard, Jean-Pierre 35 6:48-50 P

Blanche, HMS 15 433-9 P

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Bland, Hubert 28 182-184

Bland, Hubert 34 4:20-24 P

Bland, John (parson) 44 3:39

Bland, John 29 1:18-22

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Blaxland, George 37 5:34-39 P

Blaxland, Henry Vick 37 5:36-39

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Blean 22 381

Blean Beagles 12 353-8 P

Blean Forest 16 755 R

Blean Forest 24 65

Blean heritage museum 37 5:6

Blean Union Workhouse 37 4:13

Blean, black dog sightings 19 79, 82 P

Blean, District Register Office 20 184 L

Blean, folly 22 133

Blean, Union Workhouse 12 739, 743 P

Blean, Union Workhouse 14 423-7 P, 477-82 P

Blean, Union Workhouse 15 43

Blean, Union Workhouse 16 711

Blean, Union Workhouse 17 731

Blean, Union Workhouse 19 138 P, 140 P

Blean, Woods 25 454 P, 459, 26 25

Blee, Michael and Susan 26 581-86

Blendon Hall 1 101-2 P

Blenkiron, William 11 29-33

Bleriot monoplane 14 306

Bleriot monoplane 15 36-7 P

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Bleriot, Louis 3 186 P

Bleriot, Louis 30 4:10-11 P

Bleriot, Louis 31 6:17

Bleriot, Louis 35 6:50-53 P

Bleriot, Louis, Landing at Dover 26 497-99

Bleriot, Louis, memorial cross 19 704 P, 708

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Bligh Bros, Canterbury 30 5:14-21 P 30 6:20-27 P

Bligh, Captain 17 263, 501-3 L, 568 L

Bligh, General Edward 29 2:15-16 P

Bligh, Ivo (cricketer) 38 1:20

Bligh, Ivo (cricketer) 43 3:32

Bligh, Ivo 31 2:40

Bligh, John Brewer 7 529-31

Bligh, John of Rathmore 31 2:38-39 P

Bligh, John, 4th Earl of Darnley 31 2:39

Bligh, Maurice 36 5:20-25

Bligh, Sidney 35 3:6

Bligh, Sidney 37 3:42

Bligh, Sydney 34 3:6

Bligh, William 36 5:20-25 P

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Blocksidge, Walter William 36 1:15 R

Blogg, Frederick George 18 571-572

Blomfeld, Sir Reginald 35 5:12-13 P

Blomfield, church architect 22 588

Blomfield, Rev George 15 278-9

Blomfield, Sir Reginald 27 111-115 P

Blomfield, Sir Reginald 36 2:24

Blondin 17 70-1 P

Bloodhounds 19 100

Bloor / Blower family 24 129-34 P

Bloor / Blower family 25 70-71

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Bloor, William 24 132-3 P

Bloors Place, Rainham 25 68-75 P

Blore, Richard de 28 89-93

Blount, Richard 6 52-3

Blower, John 24 130-2

Blue Bell Hill, phantom hound 31 6:43-44

Blue Bird 25 362-4 P

Blue Circle Cement 37 2:29

Blue Motor Car Service, Ashford 36 6:48-51 P

Blue Town 9 325-30 P, 418-425 P

Blue Town Heritage Centre, Sheerness 32 4:9

Bluebell Hill, ghosts 34 6:45-46 P

Bluebell, galley 18 23, 26

Bluewater Bus Station 25 85

Blundell / Blundle, Richard 23 589-97 P

Blundell family 30 3:38-41 30 4:16

Blundell, Joseph 30 3:38-41 30 4:16

Blunden family 11 218-23 P

Blunderbuss 24 147 P

Blunt, Anthony, Kent, Prince George, Duke of 41 3:20

Blunt, Anthony, Wilson, Peter 41 6:4-12

Blunt, Herbert Edward 24 161-5 P

Blunt, Reginald Herbert 24 193-99 P, 256-62 P

Blunt, Thomas 43 6:12

Blythe, Colin 31 3:24

Blyton, Enid 19 639

Boadicea, HMS 42 2:37

Board, John William 30 2:13

Boat-building by machine 19 277-80 P

Boatmen at Deal 18 23-28 P

Bobbing church 11 431

Bobbing, Rose Hill 42 4:41-43 P

Bobby, Frederick J 22 713, 720

Bodiam, hop-pickers’ weekend 2013 34 5:5

Bodunni tribe 23 115

Bodysnatchers 15 287-90 P, 752

Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar 40 3:33

Boer Memorial, Brompton Barracks 31 4:24-29 P

Boer War 10 33,

Boer War 12 398, 403

Boer War 19 687, 693

Boer War Memorial Arch 41 6:14-19 P

Boer War Memorial, Canterbury 26 462 P

Boer War, Medway towns 5 479-84 P

Boer wars 40 1:20-23

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Bogart, Humphrey 35 5:52

Bogart, Humphrey 40 4:16-25 P

Bogshole Bridge 12 235

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Bolaine, Betty 5 619-22 P

Bolaine, Elizabeth 40 5:17-20

Bolaine, Noah Jr 40 5:17-20

Bolaine, Noah Sr 40 5:17-18

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Boleyn, Anne 32 6:27-29

Boleyn, Anne 34 1:28

Boleyn, Anne 34 6:28-33 P

Boleyn, Anne 35 5:7

Boleyn, Anne 36 4:10 R

Boleyn, Anne, Combe Farm, Greenwich 26 425

Bolling, Alexander 44 5:40-41

Bolotoff, Prince Serge De 8 319-21

Bolt in Tun Coach Office 18 232 P

Bolton, John 20 561-5

Bolton, Sir William 37 4:32-33

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Bomb disposal 25 691-2

Bombs 14 105, 15 552

Bombs, First World War 14 508

Bombs, First World War 20 583

Bombs, First World War 24 519-23 P

Bombs, First World War 25 708 P

Bombs, First World War 7 544-6 P

Bombs, Second World War 12 122-31, 643-6

Bombs, Second World War 16 460, 464-8 P

Bombs, Second World War 25 19, 141

Bomford, Laura 37 1:12

Bonaparte, Napoleon, chair of 30 5:8 P

Bonar, Anne 29 3:42-45

Bonar, Thomas 29 3:42-45

Bond Head, Sir Francis 26 143, 144 P

Bond, James (007) 41 6:4-11 P

Bond, James, novels featuring 23 549-53 P

Bond, James, Vicar of Ashford 31 2:11

Bones, John 42 4:32

Bones, William 23 743

Bonetta, Sarah Forbes 38 2:26-33 P

Bonfield, Brian 38 5:21-22

Bonfire Boys 17 644-9 P

Bonner, J 31 2:18-19

Bonnie, Sir Alexander 42 1:9

Bonnington Oak 19 619

Bonnington, church sundial 1 664 P

Bonnington, farmhouse 3 306 P

Bonnington, Ford Maddox Ford at 5 166-8

Bonnington, Goldenhurst 20 31, 33, 35 P

Bonnington, St Rumwold’s Church 29 1:14 P

Booker, Stanley 42 5:38-45 P

Boorman family 6 632 L

Boorman, H.P. 10 39

Boorman, Jack 18 43-50 P

Boorman, Jack 21 562 P

Boosey, Charles and John 22 254-5

Boosey, Joyce 38 5:19

Boot repairing 24 443-7 P

Booth notebooks (poverty in SE London) 22 247 R

Booth, General William 16 661, 20 58 P

Booth, Samuel Barker 36 3:24

Booth, Sophia 36 4:24, 26-27

Booth, Sophia 37 3:8-15 P

Booth, Sophia Caroline 35 2:26-27

Booth, Sub-Lieutenant RS 28 237-238

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Borden 36 6:34-37 P

Borden 5 492-500, 7 456-62 P

Borden Grammar School 39 4:38-39

Borden, Barrow Trust 42 4:51

Borden, Barrows House 7 456 P, 462

Borden, church 7 456 P

Borden, emigrants 7 515-8

Borden, Eyhorne Hatch Farmhouse 7 460 P

Borden, Plough and Harrow public house 7 459 P, 462

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Borden, Westlands Farm 3 250

Borden, workhouse 4 29-35 P

Borgest, Alfred 15 396-7

Borough (Southwark), George Inn 8 753-6 P

Borough Green 14 744 P, 747 P

Borough Green 37 1:4

Borough Green, Baptist Chapel 17 484 P

Borough Green, Baptist Chapel 24 547 P

Borough Green, Farm 7 491-2 P

Borough Green, Fire Brigade 2 239-44 P

Borough Green, Red Lion Inn 5 268 P

Borough Green, Rex Cinema 30 6:35

Borrow, George 12 337-8

Borsholder 1 313, 19 106

Borstal 1 113-4

Borstal 16 2-8 P, 222-6 P

Borstal 36 3:22-27 P

Borstal 4 523-5 P

Borstal Hill, Whitstable, sundial 31 5:40-41

Borstal House, Borstal 36 3:26-27 P

Borstal Institution 16 225 P

Borstal, Canopus public house 18 375 P

Borstal, church 4 524-5 R, 17 382

Borstal, Labour party 18 373-376 P

Borstal, Maxwell, Donald 44 4:4-13 P

Borstal, school 16 223 P

Borstal, St Matthew’s Church 44 4:12-13 P

Borussia (Artemis) 25 137-40

Boscawen 2 578

Boscawen, Arthur Griffith 17 427

Bossenden Wood, 20 225

Bossenden Wood, Battle 3 754-60 P

Bossenden Wood, Riots 7 588

Bossingham 21 310 R

Bosville family 1 441-2, 7 293-4

Boswell, Albert, Levi and Urania 25 124 P, 127

Boswell, Levi and Urania 30 2:13

Boswell, Margaret, Lady 39 6:25

Botanical expedition 1629 5 161-3

Botany 44 1:4-11 P

Botany Bay, Battle of 13 176

Boteler, Henry 37 1:12-13 P

Boteler, William Fuller 43 6:38

Botley, Jack 37 3:37-38

Bottles and collecting 1 593-7 P

Bottles and collecting 12 687-8 P

Boughton 16 384 P, 510 P

Boughton 25 339, 456 P, 458 P

Boughton Aluph, Boughton’s Charity 17 528

Boughton Aluph, Perry Court Farm Oast House 29 3:19 P

Boughton Hill 20 644 P, 646 P

Boughton Hill 24 59-66 P

Boughton Malherbe 24 716

Boughton Malherbe, Boughton Place 34 1:8 P

Boughton messiah (William Courtenay) 22 243-5

Boughton Monchelsea 1 450

Boughton Monchelsea 42 1:36-38 P

Boughton Monchelsea 44 2:8-10 P

Boughton Monchelsea, church monuments 21 344

Boughton Monchelsea, fruit 43 6:23-28

Boughton Monchelsea, Rider mausoleum 23 302-3 P

Boughton Monchelsea, school 3 384-5 R

Boughton Monchelsea, St Peter’s 34 6:18

Boughton Monchelsea, Wierton Place 6 210-11

Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe 34 1:8 P

Boughton Pottery 2 728-34 P

Boughton Pottery 3 702 R

Boughton Street 24 58 P

Boughton Street, bier house 20 371, 373 P

Boughton-Under-Blean 1 754, 22 323-5 P

Boughton-Under-Blean, Millers 23 309 L

Boughton-Under-Blean, school 7 677, 680

Boulden, Rev Charles 40 4:20-21 P

Boulonge, Attack of 29 4:28-30

Boult, Sir Adrian 21 100–108 P

Boulton, Matthew 27 206-207

Boundaries, administrative 15 490 P

Boundaries, Beltinge 25 549

Boundaries, county and parish 12 625-6 P, 696 L P

Boundaries, county and parish 13 296 P, 560-7 P

Boundaries, county and parish 14 8-9

Boundaries, county and parish 17 141

Boundaries, county and parish 20 642

Boundaries, Greater London 24 469

Boundaries, Kent 21 351

Bounds, Rev Stanley 16 483, 486

Bourchier, Archbishop Thomas 35 5:8

Bourchier, Thomas 3 6

Bourdon, John De 19 81

Bourne Estate, Bishopsbourne 9 33-39 P

Bourne family, Bekesbourne 2 37, 41

Bourne, William 15 667

Bournes, Arthur 42 6:28

Bousfield, George 19 278

Bousier, Robert le 22 37-40

Bow Street horse patrols 15 65, 609, 751

Bow Street horse patrols 18 518-519

Bow Street horse patrols 19 715

Bow Street horse patrols 21 197–198 P

Bow Street horse patrols 22 103, 107

Bow Street Runners 12 27

Bowbyes, Harriet (Heron) 37 5:46-51

Bowbyes, Robert 37 5:46-48

Bowden, Captain Charles 22 659-63

Bowdler, Dr Thomas 43 3:24-28 P

Bowdler, the Rev Thomas 43 3:24-28 P

Bowie, Angie 42 2:45-51 P

Bowie, David 42 2:42-51 P

Bowkett, Albert Harold 22 555-9 P

Bowles, Herbert 38 5:19

Bowles, John (Deal) 37 5:46-48

Bowles, Phil and Mervyn 17 386-7

Bowles, Thomas, George and Allen 18 607

Bowles, Toby 26 362-65

Bowling green, Sheerness 25 718 P

Bowling, Jim 22 48 P, 52

Bowls at Faversham 15 187-93 P

Bowls at Faversham 18 44, 48, 50 P

Bowls in Thanet 7 No 2 IBC L

Bowra, Maurice 2 156, 158-9 P

Bowsening Pools 22 90 P, 92

Boxall, Commander Kenneth 19 No 1 IBC L

Boxgrove 24 568 P

Boxley 20 692-2 R

Boxley, Abbey 1 754

Boxley, Abbey 11 663, 666

Boxley, Abbey 4 79-81 P

Boxley, church 1 312

Boxley, Overloppe Mill 16 85

Boxley, Parkhouse 17 137

Boxley, William Alexander 32 4:50

Boxley, Wyatt Monument 21 338–9 P

Boxley. Warren Farm 43 2:31-38 P

Boy Scouts 12 396

Boy Scouts 14 106 P, 309 R, 323

Boy Scouts 16 39, 251

Boy Scouts 21 436 P

Boy Scouts, Leysdown tragedy 1912 14 533-8 P

Boy Scouts, Manston 30 1:12 P

Boy Scouts, Northfleet First Group 30 2:8 P

Boy soldiers 10 777-82 P

Boyd, John 28 20-24

Boyd, Sir John 36 2:32-33

Boyer, William Henry 40 4:20

Boyer, William Henry 42 4:14-23 P

Boykett, Francis 4 495

Boyle, Nina 37 1:43-44

Boys, Catherine 36 1:24-29 P

Boys, John Harvey 37 4:52-55

Boys, Major Henry 22 525

Boys, Samuel 15 365

Boys, Sir John 29 2:44

Boys, Thomas Shotter 36 4:4

Boys, William 21 29–33 P

Boys, William, Surgeon 1 232

Boys’ Brigade 11 304 P

Boys’ Pastimes 1920s 14 691

Brabazon, Elizabeth 21 93–99

Brabazon, Elizabeth Jane 20 477

Brabourne Lees 19 344 P, 419-22

Brabourne Lees, Orpins 41 6:5-7 P

Brabourne, barracks 17 237

Brabourne, barracks 19 465

Brabourne, chapels 19 342-6 P

Brabourne, chapels 6 96, 100-1 P

Brabourne, church 24 557

Brabourne, Conley Farm 19 415-6 P

Brabourne, hospital 17 237

Brabourne, hospital fields 19 343

Brabourne, Lord 11 634-43 P

Brabourne, Lord 19 465-8 P

Brabourne, milk production 20 130-7 P

Brabourne, musical families 18 745-750

Brabourne, St Mary’s Church 20 520-1 P

Brabourne, Warren Farm 20 132-7, 304 P

Bracegirdle, William George 22 533-6

Brachet, James 22 747

Bradbourne, windmill 3 15-18

Braddick, Captain John 43 6:23

Braddick, John (orchardist) 43 6:23-29 P

Braddick, John Wilbraham 43 6:25-29 P

Braddon 4 482-3, 485

Bradford, Rev John 35 2:50

Brading church 13 76 P

Bradley, Ralph William Thomas 34 2:10 P

Bradley, William (Sandwich) 42 4:17

Bradshaw timetable 21 19

Bradsole Abbey 1 755

Bradstow chapel 15 46-50 P

Bradstow chapel 21 269 P

Brady, Francis 41 3:42

Braems family 18 539-544

Braems family 20 No 5 IBC L

Brake Estates 19 193

Brake light vessel 14 326-32 P, No 8 IBC L, P

Brake, Henry 39 1:18-21

Bramah, Emma 44 2:50

Bramah, Joseph 37 1:21

Bramston, Rev William 16 269-75 P, 493-501

Branden near Sissinghurst, supernatural cat 22 756

Brandenburg 17 5 P

Brandenburgh, Hauptman Ernst 29 3:34-40

Brando, Marlon in Kent 32 6:12

Brands Hatch 27 143, 176-179 P

Brass bands, Callender cable works 13 739

Brass bands, Callender cable works 19 209-15 P

Brass bands, Woodchurch 19 143-50 P

Brassey family 4 60-62, 86-89

Brassey, Peter 28 270-274

Brasted 11 No 2 IBC R

Brasted 13 97-9 P, 421-3 P, 526-9 P, 693-5

Brasted 8 175-7, 407-9

Brasted Chart 14 43

Brasted Chart, Foxwold 8 674-5 P

Brasted church 11 538-42 P

Brasted church 12 41

Brasted church 17 354 P

Brasted church 6 406

Brasted Place 10 11

Brasted Place 11 751-4 P

Brasted Place 12 37-43 P, 153-5 P, No 7 IBC L

Brasted Place 6 325

Brasted, Alderson, GH and Son 6 324-7 P

Brasted, butchers 10 796-800 P

Brasted, Church End 6 324-5 P

Brasted, Courts, Baron and Leet 8 522-5 P

Brasted, Crawshay grave 8 464-7 P

Brasted, First World War 14 501-2

Brasted, garden finds 9 731-4 P

Brasted, parish charities 5 468-72 P

Brasted, railway 6 118

Brasted, school 11 No 2 IBC R, 375, 45

Brasted, school 14 500

Brasted, school 17 311 R

Brasted, Shorey, AG, butchers 6 597-603 P

Brasted, social life 1908 7 333-6 P

Brasted, station 5 359

Brasted, swimming pool 6 471-4 P

Brasted, Turnell’s, chemists 6 117-9

Brasted, White Hart inn 10 10-13 P

Brasted, Women’s Institute 10 643-6

Brasted, Women’s Institute 11 25, 245-8, 306-8, 372-5 P, 454-8 P

Brasted, Women’s Institute 7 171-4 P

Brazier, Alfred 42 2:17-18

Brazier, James and Sarah 42 2:16-21 P

Breach of promise 15 263-8

Brearey, Frederick William 8 235-41 P

Bredgar 18 693 R

Bredgar House 27 294 P

Bredgar, agriculture 34 3:46-47

Bredgar, Burnham House 34 3:44 P

Bredgar, college 1 755

Bredgar, crime and punishment 34 3:47

Bredgar, Gore Pond 34 3:42 P

Bredgar, Parsonage Farm 30 6:8 P

Bredgar, spotlight on 34 3:42-47 P

Bredgar, village school 34 3:45-46

Bredhurst 24 54 R

Bredhurst 36 3:32-37 P

Bredhurst, church 24 54 R

Bredhurst, May Day celebration 27 69-76 P

Bredhurst, National School 27 70

Breeze block making 24 627-31 P

Breeze, Charlotte (Louisa) 23 396-404 P

Bremen, Alstadt school exchange 19 353-7

Brenan, Canon Eustace 29 6:20-22

Brenchley 10 19-26 P, No 1 Index R

Brenchley 18 No 6 IBC R

Brenchley 19 178 R

Brenchley 22 566 R

Brenchley, All Saints’ Church 10 23

Brenchley, Coldharbour Farm 2 114-20 P, 557 P

Brenchley, Coldharbour Farm 3 458-61 P, 727-35 P

Brenchley, hop gardens 1 541

Brenchley, Julius 38 1:8-9 P

Brenchley, Knowle Castle 30 2:27

Brenchley, lock-up 20 371

Brennan torpedo 1 573 R

Brennan torpedo 14 384 P, 490-2 P,

Brennan torpedo 18 440 R, 758 R

Brennan torpedo 23 613, 615 P

Brennan, Heather (Dreamland) 41 5:27

Brennan, Louis 2 717

Brennan, Louis 44 3:4-15 P

Brent, Leslie (immunologist) 44 1:44-45

Brenzett 27 199-202

Brenzett church 32 2:46-47 P

Brenzett, airfield 31 4:46 P

Brenzett, RAF airfield 1 359, 363, 364

Brenzett, William Cobbett 32 2:46

Brenzett, windmill 16 312

Brett family 22 543, 545

Brett, John 21 393

Brett, Robert & Sons 17 566 R

Brett, Robert (quarryman) 41 6:32-33

Brettingham the Younger, Matthew 35 6:32

Bretts (aggregates company) 41 6:32-33

Breweries 13 65

Breweries 14 92-6, 163-7, 187-9

Breweries 3 676-81 P

Breweries 7 529-34 P

Breweries, Culverstone Green 18 483

Breweries, Deal and Walmer 24 613-20 P, 635-41 P

Breweries, Dover 9 209-14 P

Breweries, Fremlins 18 193

Breweries, Hadlow 23 735-8

Breweries, Hythe 13 45

Breweries, Maidstone 1 593, 669-72 P

Breweries, Medway 23 705-10 P

Breweries, Ramsgate 2 51-3

Breweries, Ramsgate 4 36-43 P

Breweries, Ramsgate 5 663-7 P

Breweries, Shepherd Neame 13 643-6 P

Breweries, Shepherd Neame 20 247 R

Breweries, Tunbridge Wells 4 122-8 P

Breweries, Wateringbury 2 457-8 P,

Breweries, Wateringbury 5 265-8 P

Breweries, Westerham 13 182 R

Brewers’ company 12 373-4

Brewers’ Society, The 36 2:10-11 P

Brewing 36 1:14 R

Brice, Mr 17 215

Brice’s fruit farm 24 337-8 P

Brick industry, Faversham 38 2:44-51 P

Brick industry, Sevenoaks 38 1:42

Brickfields and brickworks 11 407-9 P

Brickfields and brickworks 15 161

Brickfields and brickworks 26 682-84

Brickfields and brickworks 27 29-36 P, 58-64 P

Brickfields and brickworks, Dunton Green 12 169

Brickfields and brickworks, Elmley 11 363, 365 P

Brickfields and brickworks, Faversham 25 523

Brickfields and brickworks, Funton 18 337-338

Brickfields and brickworks, High Brooms 15 442-53 P

Brickfields and brickworks, Lower Halstow 18 186-191 P, 281-286 P, 333-339 P

Brickfields and brickworks, Pluckley 9 369-74 P, 397-402 P

Brickfields and brickworks, Plumstead 25 347

Brickfields and brickworks, Sevenoaks 12 169

Brickfields and brickworks, sites c1800 24 406 P

Brickfields and Brickworks, Swalecliffe 19 132

Brickfields and Brickworks, Woodnesborough 12 469-75 P

Brickmakers’ Association 11 109

Brickmaking 1 652-6 P

Brickmaking 11 327

Brickmaking 12 169, No 5 IBC

Brickmaking 19 247-8

Brickmaking 25 79-80 P, 273, 647-52 P

Brickmaking 26 682-84, 27 31-33

Brickmaking 36 1:42-43 P

Brickmaking, Deal 24 257

Brickmaking, Deptford 22 343-4

Brickmaking, Faversham 21 564-6, 623-30 P

Brickmaking, Gillingham 31 1:14-18 P

Brickmaking, Kent and Essex Brickmasters’ Association 27 59

Brickmaking, pug mill 27 34 P

Brickmaking, Union of Thames and Medway Brickmasters 27 60

Brickmaking, wages 21 628

Brides in the bath murders 27 209-210

Bridge colliers 19 729-30, 734 P

Bridge construction 42 2:8-11 P

Bridge of boats across Thames 14 115

Bridge Place 18 539-544 P

Bridge, Bifrons 26 651-58 P

Bridge, Bridge Hill House 15 592 P

Bridge, Higham estate 35 6:13 P

Bridge, Higham House 15 592-3 P

Bridge, Higham Park 37 3:42-47 P

Bridge, Poor Law Union and Workhouse 26 143-52 P

Bridge, racecourse 20 489-90

Bridge, racing cars 15 591-6

Bridge, Red Lion public house 19 649

Bridge, Sir John 36 4:19

Bridge, Union 19 138 P

Bridge, William 32 6:49

Bridgen, Frogs Island 4 112 P, 113

Bridger, Charlie 15 29-35 P

Bridges 36 6:44-47 P

Bridges 41 3:32-39 P

Bridges, Rev John 19 296

Bridgland, Edward, farmer 3 727

Bridon Ropes 43 2:27

Brief Encounter 43 4:26

Briggs family, bakers 24 250-5 P

Briggs, Doris 31 6:48-51

Briggs, Miss Enid 28 30-35 P

Briggs, Raymond 31 6:48-51P

Bright, Mary (nursemaid) 43 3:30-31

Brighton poisonings 37 4:12-15

Brignell family, smugglers 10 275

Brill, Dr Winston 41 6:36 P

Brill, Walter and Irmgard 41 6:36 P

Brilliant, paddle steamer 19 524 P, 609

Brimble, Sergeant 31 6:10 R

Brimstone 12 371-4

Brine, Colonel Frederick, balloonist 8 48-52 P

Brisley, George and Gordon 18 349-354 P, 433-439 P

Bristol Aeroplane Co 38 6:45-49 P

Britain, 100 Amazing Places 34 1:12 R

Britain, Battle of 41 4:36-41 P

Britain, Battle of 42 3:40-44 P

Britain, Battle of, Corbett, Pilot Officer George 36 5:52-55 P

Britain, Battle of, Marchand, Pilot Officer Roy 36 6

Britain, Battle of, Men of the Battle of Britain 36 5:13

Britain, Battle of, Williams, Flight Sgt Eric 36 4:7 P

Britannia 2 3, 7, 24 55 L

Britannic 23 222 P

Britcher, Peter (barge mate) 40 5:14-15

British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1924 26 616-19 P

British Fruit Company 21 678–9

British Oil and Cake Mills 18 239

British Printing Corp. 38 5:21

British Railways, engines 20 600-3 P

British Railways, ferries 11 651-6 P

British Restaurant, St Anne’s Home, Herne Bay 32 1:32-33 P

British Saw Sharpening Machine Co 36 6:48-51

British Seaside, The 38 4:34-35 RP

British Sergeant, tanker 20 158 P

British Standard Cement Works 15 388-90 P

British Sundial Society 31 5:40

British Workman, tanker 19 643

Brittain’s Engineering, Peckham 36 4:8-9

Brixham fishing boats 8 119 L

Broad Salts, First World War airfield 7 421

Broadcasting 31 2:42-47 P

Broadoak 7 463-4 P

Broadsides 20 34 P

Broadsides, ‘Uncle Mack’ 6 725-8 P

Broadsides, Canterbury Bellman 6 725-30 P

Broadstairs 10 762-70 P

Broadstairs 12 163-70 P, 184 R

Broadstairs 14 No 1 IBC L

Broadstairs, 19th century 36 1:18-21 P

Broadstairs, Baptist Chapel 24 488 P

Broadstairs, baths 12 163-4 P

Broadstairs, Bleak House 2 2-7 P, 585

Broadstairs, Bleak House 30 3:7 P

Broadstairs, boatbuilding 12 730

Broadstairs, bombs, unexploded 10 14-18 P

Broadstairs, Boyer, William Henry 42 4:15-16

Broadstairs, Bradstow Chapel 21 269 P

Broadstairs, Bradstow Mill public house 3 411

Broadstairs, Broadstairs, windmills 2 347

Broadstairs, Broadstairs, windmills 3 411-4 P

Broadstairs, Callis Court 7 119 L

Broadstairs, Catholic church 10 14 P

Broadstairs, cavern 3 469-72

Broadstairs, census, 1841 9 459-66 P

Broadstairs, Chinese Lantern Café murder 12 612-6 P

Broadstairs, Collins, Wilkie 8 591-3

Broadstairs, convalescent homes 22 329-30, 398-405 P

Broadstairs, Crampton Water Tower 12 170 P

Broadstairs, Culmer family 13 106-12 P

Broadstairs, Dane Court Farm 5 685

Broadstairs, Diamond Jubilee celebrations 12 558

Broadstairs, Dickens Int 9-11, 4 746-51 P

Broadstairs, Dickens, Dorothy 40 1:10-16 P

Broadstairs, Dr Arthur Albert Tester 28 209-213P

Broadstairs, Dumpton Gap 30 3:32-37 P

Broadstairs, Eagle House 9 364-8 P

Broadstairs, East Kent garage 2 196 P

Broadstairs, election 1906 8 110

Broadstairs, excursion 1866 3 737-8

Broadstairs, fire service 10 15, 17

Broadstairs, fishing 21 265

Broadstairs, fortifications 3 589-92 P

Broadstairs, harbour 2 4 P, 13 107, 21 266 P

Broadstairs, Hermitage 4 63-7 P

Broadstairs, Heydays & Nowadays 29 1:BC R

Broadstairs, High Street 28 212 P

Broadstairs, Highland chief figurehead 28 142-145 P

Broadstairs, Holy Trinity Church 12 167-8 P

Broadstairs, Holy Trinity Church 15 46-50 P

Broadstairs, Holy Trinity Church 7 39-43 P

Broadstairs, Hugin Viking ship 26 234-41 P

Broadstairs, Hugin Viking ship replica 20 423-8 P

Broadstairs, inns 4 257-8 P

Broadstairs, John Buchan and The Thirty-Nine Steps 30 1:24-29 P

Broadstairs, Jubilee clock tower 29 1:10 P

Broadstairs, Laking, Sir Francis 41 3:16-19 P

Broadstairs, lifeboat station 2 583-5 P

Broadstairs, lifeboat station 7 560, 562-3 P

Broadstairs, local government 21 269

Broadstairs, Louisa Bridge 12 166

Broadstairs, Memorial Theatre 32 4:30-31

Broadstairs, Mockett, Henry 42 4:15-16

Broadstairs, Morelli’s cappuccino 31 3:6

Broadstairs, murder 1807 15 346-51 P

Broadstairs, Naldera 28 209-213 P

Broadstairs, Napoleonic Wars 3 587-92 P

Broadstairs, Neptune’s Hall public house 15 346-9 P

Broadstairs, Northcliffe, Lord 43 3:4-13

Broadstairs, Northern Belle shipwreck 6 110 7 P

Broadstairs, Our Lady Star of the Sea 34 3:8 P

Broadstairs, photographic history of 28 204-205 R P

Broadstairs, Pier 2 4-5 P, 7 559-63 P

Broadstairs, Pierremont Hall 15 173-80 P, 215-9 P

Broadstairs, Port Regis 22 622 P

Broadstairs, Port Regis 44 3:44-47 P

Broadstairs, Preachers Knoll 7 40 P

Broadstairs, Prince of Wales’ Visit 11 11, 13

Broadstairs, public library 23 235-6

Broadstairs, Rose Inn 6 111, 113, 115-6

Broadstairs, Royal Albion Hotel 30 1:27-28 P

Broadstairs, Royal pupils 41 3:14-23

Broadstairs, royal visits 15 215-7

Broadstairs, sands 24 268 P

Broadstairs, schools 9 463-4, 15 49

Broadstairs, shipbuilding 19 179 R

Broadstairs, shipbuilding 21 265

Broadstairs, shipbuilding 6 343-7 P

Broadstairs, smuggling 1 20-1 P, 9 710-14

Broadstairs, Southern Railways poster 32 4:PFC

Broadstairs, spies in 10 601-4 P

Broadstairs, St Cuby 7 405-6 P

Broadstairs, St Mary’s Chapel 1 365-9 P

Broadstairs, St Mary’s Chapel 13 107-8 P

Broadstairs, St Peter’s Church 11 586-91 P

Broadstairs, St Peter’s Church 9 66 P

Broadstairs, St Peter’s Court school 41 3:15-23 P

Broadstairs, the Ranch 28 30-35 P

Broadstairs, Thomas Crampton 38 1:38-43 P

Broadstairs, tramways 22 247 R

Broadstairs, Wellesley House school 41 3:23

Broadstairs, Whitfield Tower 3 471-2 P, 765-6 P

Broadstairs, York Gate 10 14 P, 18, 492-5 P

Broadstairs, York Gate 9 454 P

Broadstairs, York Gate House 41 3:14-19 P

Broadway Cinema, Bexleyheath 30 4:15

Broc, Ranulf de 12 262-3

Brocklebank, Captain 17 715-6

Brocklebank, Thomas 35 2:23

Brockley police station 21 202 P

Brockman family 26 703-07

Brockman family, Newington 7 396-7

Brockwell, Richard (miner) 44 3:18-19

Brodrick Report on coroners 19 470

Broke Bell, Patricia 36 4:23

Brome, James (travel writer) 42 6:8

Bromley 1 575 R

Bromley 12 54 R, 439 R, 626

Bromley 15 116 R

Bromley 23 660 P

Bromley 4 374 R

Bromley 9 438-9 R

Bromley College almshouse 42 2:22-23 P

Bromley Football Club 40 2:20-24 P

Bromley Green, poultry farming 7 11-15 P

Bromley Hill Place 19 111-4 P

Bromley Register Office 42 2:46

Bromley South station 19 635

Bromley, ‘Governor’ Dewey 23 354-5 P

Bromley, air raid, April 1941 25 141-2

Bromley, almshouse 20 343

Bromley, ballrooms 22 149

Bromley, Baptist church 17 488 P

Bromley, Barron, FC 37 2:28-29

Bromley, Bishops’ Palace 16 621-5 P

Bromley, Bishops’ Palace 20 172-7 P, 346 P

Bromley, Bishops’ Palace 22 635, 640 P

Bromley, brickmaking 16 335

Bromley, British Legion 23 355-7 P

Bromley, British Legion entertainments for orphans 20 43-5 P

Bromley, Broadway 19 347-52 P

Bromley, Bromley High School 41 2:47

Bromley, Bus services 41 1:41

Bromley, Canadian war graffiti 16 37-44 P

Bromley, Central Hall 22 250-2 P, 345-50 P

Bromley, charity committees 23 352-4 P

Bromley, cinemas 21 486–92

Bromley, cinemas 22 143-51 P

Bromley, coaching inns 18 232

Bromley, coal posts 16 71-5 P

Bromley, Common 18 236 P, 4 156-61 P

Bromley, Congregational church 19 252-5

Bromley, Congregational church 25 145, 239-43 P

Bromley, County Grammar School for Girls 21 34-41 P

Bromley, court dressmaker (Miss Cakebread) 21 211–215

Bromley, Cricket 39 2:46-51

Bromley, Crompton, Richmal 41 2:44-51 P

Bromley, denehole 7 No 11 IBC L

Bromley, Environment Bromley 7 656

Bromley, Filby, Elmer 25 359-60

Bromley, fires 16 333-40 P

Bromley, fires 20 65-71 P

Bromley, Football Club 17 43, 45-6

Bromley, Football Club 23 357-8

Bromley, Frederick “Toby” 41 5:42-43

Bromley, ghosts 20 245

Bromley, great freeze 1962-3 17 42-7 P

Bromley, heritage walk 1 505-6

Bromley, High Elms ice well 1 505-6 P

Bromley, hospitals 8 135-9

Bromley, housekeeping expenses, 1930s 16 143-50 P

Bromley, hurricane of 1987 28 222-225 P

Bromley, inns 4 301-3 P, 306

Bromley, Iszard’s ironmongery 20 65-6

Bromley, Ivy Bridge rail disaster 1882 15 226-32 P

Bromley, Justice, James Robertson 41 5:36

Bromley, laundries 17 740-4 P

Bromley, lock-ups 19 106

Bromley, Market Square 2 647-50 P, 707-9 P

Bromley, memorial inscriptions 31 2:6-7

Bromley, memories of 26 616-22 P

Bromley, Methodist church 25 241-4 P

Bromley, Morley Pianos 39 3:18

Bromley, Morleys pianos 25 353-4 P

Bromley, music scene 22 251-5, 345-50 P

Bromley, New Church (Swedenborgian) 22 630-9 P

Bromley, New Theatre 20 69

Bromley, New Theatre 22 149

Bromley, orchestras 22 147-9 P

Bromley, policing of 15 752-3, 758

Bromley, policing of 18 67-73 P

Bromley, policing of 20 640 P

Bromley, Presbyterian church 16 334-7 P

Bromley, public libraries 22 741-43 P

Bromley, pubs and inns 20 174, 240-6 P

Bromley, races 18 71

Bromley, railways 15 183 R, 226-32 P

Bromley, railways 8 85-91 P

Bromley, Ripley and its musical activities 21 101–108 P

Bromley, Royal Bell Hotel 38 4:12-14 P

Bromley, Salvation Army Citadel 25 246-8 P

Bromley, Second World War air raids 2 126-7 R

Bromley, shopping 25 353-60 P

Bromley, shops, 1890s 19 347-52 P

Bromley, shops, 1920-40 23 215-21 P

Bromley, Singer sewing machines shop 22 637

Bromley, soldiers’ clubs 16 38-9 P

Bromley, soldiers’ clubs 19 251-5 P, 504 L

Bromley, Sparkes’ (Sanfield) Cottage 4 303-6 P

Bromley, SS Peter and Paul Church 25 141-5 P, 248 P

Bromley, SS Peter and Paul Church 35 4:20 P

Bromley, SS Peter and Paul Church, organs 25 613-7 P

Bromley, St Andrew’s Parish 4 246 R

Bromley, St Blaize’s Well 16 621-6 P

Bromley, St Blaize’s Well 20 174 P, 341

Bromley, St Mark’s Church 16 410-11 P

Bromley, St Mark’s Church 25 244-7 P, No 6 IBC L

Bromley, St Mary’s Rectory 22 741

Bromley, station 15 226-8 P, 230 P

Bromley, station 18 69

Bromley, station 20 173

Bromley, street names 20 341-9 P, 415-22 P

Bromley, the Glades 25 239, 242 P

Bromley, the Rookery 12 464-6 P

Bromley, toll-gate 18 70

Bromley, town pump 16 230 P

Bromley, trains through 20 599-604 P

Bromley, Union workhouse 19 103, 425

Bromley, Union workhouse 20 45

Bromley, Victorian times 7 247 R

Bromley, Viola House School 22 253

Bromley, volunteers 12 466

Bromley, Wells, HG 38 4:10-17 P

Bromley, Widows’ College 18 235 P

Bromley, Wilberforce’s Oak 19 619-21 P

Bromley, windmill 6 87-91 P, 184 L

Bromley, Young’s motor works 23 659-62 P

Brompton, Barracks 10 586 P, 587

Brompton, Barracks 18 489-492, 610 P

Brompton, Barracks 3 23-8 P, 276-7 P

Brompton, Barracks, Boer memorial 31 4:24-29 P

Brompton, Barracks, Crimea Gate 26 460 P, 462

Brompton, Holy Trinity Church 39 5:24-33 P

Brompton, Martin, Rev HJ 39 5:24-33 P

Brompton, Royal Engineers’ Museum 26 478

Bronze Age 39 6:4-5 P

Bronze Age, boat, Dover 18 35

Bronze Age, in Thanet 1 153-4

Brook 1 397 P

Brook Archaeology 34 5:5

Brook near Wye 23 207-14 P, 286-93 P, 339-45 P

Brook near Wye, Baptist chapel 23 289-91 P

Brook near Wye, Collins’ nurseries 23 343

Brook near Wye, Honest Miller public house 23 339-42 P

Brook near Wye, mills 23 287

Brook near Wye, school 23 286-8 P

Brook near Wye, St Mary’s Church 23 209-12 P

Brook near Wye, village characters 23 342-5

Brook, Anne 37 1:39

Brook, Baptist Chapel 24 488-9 P

Brook, Baptist church 12 591, 24 545 P

Brook, Court Lodge Farm Oast House 29 3:20

Brooke House PoW Camp, Ash 34 6:47

Brooke, Alan (Field Marshal) 44 6:18

Brooke, Henry, Lord Cobham 31 2:37

Brooke, Jocelyn (author) 42 4:34

Brooke, Jocelyn 32 2:12

Brooke, Jocelyn 38 4:49

Brooke, Lieut-Gen Alan 40 3:40

Brooke, Ralf 25 389-92 P

Brooke, William, Lord Cobham 31 2:37

Brooker, Gertrude 44 6:7-8

Brookfield, Ann 42 5:33-37 P

Brookland 10 272-8 P

Brookland 14 371, 374 P

Brookland 27 199-202

Brookland, Battle of 10 273

Brookland, Battle of 27 262-263

Brookland, Brenzett and District Friendly Society 19 153

Brookland, church 10 272-7 P

Brookland, church 22 588

Brookland, church 8 208 P

Brookland, church, font 2 758-63 P

Brookland, Flying Club 11 36

Brookland, Pear Tree House 8 206 P

Brookland, smuggling 8 205

Brookland, St Augustine’s Church 21 236–7 P

Brookland, St Augustine’s Church 27 262-263 P

Brookland, surgeons 8 205-8 P

Brookland, trade tokens 6 17 P

Brookland, Woolpack 11 592 P

Brooks, Dr Helen 40 4:46-47 P

Brooks, Oliver 25 175

Broome Park 41 6:18-19 P

Broomfield, First World War airfield 7 421

Broomfield, Goldfinches Farm 1 525, 527 P

Broomfield, Goldfinches Farm 3 331-4

Broomfield, history of 28 258-259 R

Broomfield, St Margaret’s Well 18 428 P

Broomstick parades, Maidstone 18 323

Brough, Arthur (FA Baker) 20 513-8 P, 577-81 P

Broughton, FW 15 419

Brow Crescent, Orpington 32 3:46 P

Brown, Ann Turner 37 1:37-40 P

Brown, Dudley Wasdale 42 6:18

Brown, Fred 25 584

Brown, Henry 31 3:33

Brown, John, dairyman 8 722-6 P

Brown, John, dairyman 9 120 L

Brown, John, orphan 16 94

Brown, Samuel, inventor 18 393

Brown, Stephen (Deal) 37 5:50

Brown, William, sailor 10 265, 269

Browne, Dr John Collis 14 177-9 P

Browne, Dr John Collis 17 84 P, 86

Browne, General Sir James 31 4:27

Browne, Mary 29 2:29

Brownie uniform 1939 20 334 P, 338 P

Brownie, The 16 598 P, 603

Browning, William and Mary 15 613-7

Bruce Ward, Robert and Lillie 36 2:

Bruce, Fringle 42 2:33

Bruford, Rose 15 709-11

Brummitt, Kathleen 35 2:44-45

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 19 563

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 32 5:30

Brunel, Marc 22 602-12 P

Brunel, Sir Marc 38 1:39

Brunel, Sir Marc and Isambard Kingdom 35 2:22-23

Brunger, Alice 22 230 P

Brunner Mond 42 2:12-15 P

Brunt, George (Gad’s Hill) 41 3:6-12

Brunt, John (blacksmith) 43 1:22-23 P

Bryan, Frank 22 153-4 P

Bryant, George 26 155-6

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton 4 326-9

Bubb, Robert, historian 13 551-5 P

Buchan, Andrew 37 6:51

Buchan, John 30 1:24-29

Buchan, John 40 3:37

Buchan, John 7 405-6, 10 157

Buchanan, Jack 36 4:32

Buckenham, CP 31 3:21

Buckland, church near Luddenham 17 182 R

Buckland, Dover 10 698-705 P

Buckland, Dover, brewery 9 208-14 P

Buckland, Dover, Bridge 11 418 P, 421

Buckland, Dover, Bridge 18 39 P

Buckland, Dover, Chequers beer shop 10 193

Buckland, Dover, Hospital 19 187-90

Buckland, Dover, paper mill 13 683 P, 689 P, 641

Buckland, Dover, paper mill 21 733–41 P

Buckland, Dover, paper mill 24 609

Buckland, Dover, school 11 254 P

Buckland, Dover, school 13 637

Buckland, Dover, school 19 No 4 FC P

Buckland, Dover, St Andrew’s Church 10 705 P

Buckland, Dover, St Andrew’s Church 18 23

Buckland, Frank 26 178-179

Buckland, Frank, naturalist 14 156-62 P, 248 L

Buckley Theatre, Chatham 39 6:27-29 P

Buckley, Sidney Earl 43 2:20-22

Bucknall, Colin, teacher 18 181

Budd Brothers, boatmen 18 106

Budden, Austin Frederick 36 6:42

Buffalo Girl 9 714

Buffie, Margaret 41 2:50-51

Buffs 14 277

Buffs 4 453-8 P

Buffs Regiment, Harbledown First World War memorial 32 6:22-25 P

Buffs, in Tenterden 35 3:12 P

Buffs, Regimental Badge 19 704 P, 707-8

Buffs, The 40 1:21

Bugsby’s Hole 16 242

Bugsby’s Hole 17 146 P

Building trade, Martin, WW 38 4:44-51 P

Building trade, Rochester renovation 38 1:26-31

Buildings, Medieval 34 1:42-45 P

Bull, Rev Reginald 25 289-90

Bulley, James 38 3:33

Bulli 20 632

Bullock, Captain 8 456-7

Bullock, Captain Frederick 43 5:28-29 P

Bullock, Mary Ann 38 4:11

Bulmer, Frank (busman) 43 6:30-35 P

Bulwark, HMS 21 521, 23 642

Bunce Court 10 547-53 P, 623-31 P, 652-9 P

Bunce Court School, Otterden 44 1:40-45 P

Bunce Forstal Cottage, Otterden 34 2:50 P

Bungalows 42 5:7

Bungalows, Origin 23 145

Bunker for civil defence 18 507-510 P

Bunn, William (Benenden) 42 4:6-10

Bunny Hill, Sheppey 18 399-405 P

Bunter, Billy 44 3:40-49 P

Bunyan, John 42 4:5

Bunyard family, nurserymen 12 176-81 P, 228-32 P, 275-80 P, 307

Burden, Sir Frederick, MP 10 141, 142 P

Burdett-Coutts, Angela 42 3:28-31 P

Burdon, Jane 36 3:18-21 P

Burford, Jack, Waterman 14 213

Burge, George 12 49

Burge, George 22 231-8, 277-81

Burge, George 37 2:28-29

Burge, George 5 585

Burgess family, Linton 27 161-165 P

Burgess, Elizabeth 40 5:16-25

Burgess, George Nether 42 6:30-41 P

Burgess, Guy, Defection 41 5:51

Burgess, Guy, Wilson, Peter 41 6:9-12

Burgess, Richard 37 5:49-50-51 P

Burgess, TW, Channel swimmer 2 559-64 P

Burgess, William 43 3:16-17

Burgess, William, artist 11 416-21 P

Burgh, Hubert de 10 489, 490

Burgh, Hubert de 25 499-503, 531-4

Burgh, Hubert de 4 19

Burgoyne, Captain Alan, MP 35 6:46-47

Burgoyne, General Sir John 14 379-80

Burham Cement Company 3 105

Burham church 1 312, 468 P, 471

Burham church 16 718 P

Burham, ancient trackways 7 468 P, 471-2

Burham, Hawkwood Stone 15 260 P

Burham, Parochial Charity 17 527

Burham, Roman villa 21 18

Burial clubs 19 153

Burial in wool 21 231

Burke, Walter 1 311

Burke, William 16 596 P

Burkites (bodysnatchers) 15 289

Burley, Elizabeth 29 5:25

Burlington Hotel, Dover 30 5:40-45 P

Burmarsh 9 642, 21 404 P

Burn, Lieutenant John 17 713-8

Burnaby-Atkins, Thomas 43 4:50

Burne-Johns, Edward 36 3:18-20

Burnet, Sir John 38 4:48

Burnett, Frances Hodgson 37 5:26-33 P

Burnett, Richard and Katrina 39 3:5

Burnett, Swan 37 5:28-32 P

Burnett, William, physician 13 611-5 P

Burney, Frances 2 330, 331 P

Burnham House, Bredgar 34 3:44 P

Burning at the stake 15 560

Burns Amending Bill 18 33

Burnside, Canon Walter 40 2:30-31 P

Burntwick Island 36 3:28-31 P

Burr, Arthur 23 125, 127, 131

Burr, Arthur 28 66

Burr, Arthur and Malcolm 12 29-33 P

Burr, Terry 42 1:45

Burra, William Pomfret 27 111-113

Burrell (traction engines) 41 6:33

Burroughs Wellcome and Co, Dartford 32 2:29 P

Burroughs Wellcome Materia Medica Farm 15 589-91 P

Burroughs, Silas 32 2:29

Burroughs, William S. 42 4:35

Burrows, Henry 23 315-22 P

Burrows, Henry 24 285-6 P

Burslem, A, & Sons 39 6:50

Burt, John Robert 36 6:42

Burton Elizabeth (or Harvey) 36 2:30-32

Burton, Robert 29 2:25

Burton, William 28 281

Bus operators 38 3:9 R

Bus services 41 1:41

Bus services 43 6:30-35 P

Busbies 22 445

Buses 13 154-7 P, 312 L, No 5 IBC L, 333-5, 565, 646-7 P

Buses 14 690 P

Buses 21 81

Buses 22 67

Buses 31 2:11 31 1:10 R

Buses 4 314-9 P, 570-5 P, 629-30 R, 7 162-70 P

Buses and depots 37 2:36-41 P

Buses in Medway towns 40 4:34-41 P

Buses, Bedford 23 710 P

Buses, Brabourne 20 306

Buses, bus stations 25 82-8 P, 150-6 P

Buses, Chartham 28 260-263 P

Buses, clippie’s uniform 25 20 P

Buses, East Kent 44 3:29-30

Buses, East Kent Road Car Company 27 3-9 P, PFC No 1, 356-360 P

Buses, First World War 21 289

Buses, First World War requisition 17 336 P

Buses, garages 12 660

Buses, Herne Bay 7 No 5 IBC R

Buses, Herne Bay Bus Rally 27 269 P

Buses, Hythe 25 197-200 P

Buses, Maidstone 32 3:12 R

Buses, Margate station 23 711-14 P

Buses, Second World War 12 122-31 P

Buses, Second World War 16 321, 465

Buses, Second World War 2 194-8 P

Buses, Tilling-Stevens 22 139-41 P

Buses, Tunbridge Wells 13 470-5 P

Buses, Tunbridge Wells 14 143-8 P

Buses, Tunbridge Wells 23 261-3 P

Buses, West Kent 8 640-6 P

Bush, William 8 456-8

Bushell, Ben 36 4:9

Bushy Rough, Battle of 7 70-75 P

Bushy Rough, paper mill 21 733

Bushy Ruff 18 35-42 P

Buss, Benjamin 15 555-60

Buss, James 23 51, 53

Buss, Kate 37 2:14-21 P

Buss, Thomas (coroner) 38 5:34

Butcher, Charles 15 213

Butcher, Edward 16 484-5

Butcher, George and Mary 36 2:38-40

Butcher, Mary (baskets) 42 4:18-19

Butchers 13 58-64 P

Butchers 25 726-7 P

Butler, Frank Hedges 35 6:49-51

Butler, Frederick Charles 13 486-91 P

Butler, James 23 285

Butler, John Robert 13 288-95 P

Butler, Jonathan 34 3:46

Butler-Johnstone, HAM 35 5:29-33

Butlin, Billy 41 5:21

Butterfield, William 22 523

Butterfield, William 28 186-190 P

Butterflies and moths 26 645-50 P, 711-18 P

Butterfly collecting 25 593-7 P

Butterfly Farm, Bexley 26 645-50P, 711-18 P

Butterick, May 18 461-2

Buttermarket Theatre, Canterbury 32 5:18-20 P

Buttermarket Theatre, Canterbury 32 6:14 P

Buttifant, Archibald George 24 67-70

By Steamer to the Kent Coast 34 4:10 R

Byford, Thomas 26 3-4

Bygone Kent ownership 35 1:3

Bygone Kent, 40 years of 40 6:26-31 P

Bygone Kent, Kent Press Awards 37 5:9 P

Bygone Kent, Launch 40 1:5

Bygone Kent, press award 39 5:6-7 P

Bygone Kent, website 37 6:5

Byng, James Master Owen 19 691

Bywater, Witham Matthew 35 4:18-19

Bywater, Witham Matthew 35 6:25-26 P

Bywell Castle paddle steamer 34 5:46-50 P