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O’Brien, Admiral Sir William 37 3:4-5 P

O’Brien, Lieutenant-Colonel Donatus 37 3:5

O’Brien, Major William 37 3:5

O’Coigly, Rev John James 19 281-6

O’Connell, Daniel 36 5:44

O’Connor, Arthur 19 281-6

O’Dea, Lieutenant Patrick 37 1:23-24

O’Donovan, Patrick 36 3:54

O’Hea, Jack 37 6:17-23 P

O’Neill, George Bernard 35 6:30

O’Rourke, Frances Eliza 5 390-4 P

Oak barking 2 111-3 P, 192 L, P

Oakwood hospital, Maidstone 14 401-3 P

Oakwood hospital, Maidstone 18 257

Oare 23 248 R, 439 R, 622 P

Oare Creek 21 563–5 P

Oare Creek 26 188-92 P

Oare, Castle pub 37 6:36-37 P

Oare, church 19 683

Oare, church 20 No 1 IBC P

Oare, gunpowder works 19 204-8 P

Oast houses 1 545

Oast houses 16 510 P

Oast houses 19 500 R

Oast houses 25 190-2 P

Oast houses 26 248 L

Oast houses 27 301 P

Oast houses 29 3:16-22 P, 34:8

Oast houses 6 503-4 R

Oath of supremacy 10 35

Oatridge, William 22 301-3

Obama, Barack (US president) 43 1:47 P

Obelisks 16 74

Obelisks 22 132-3 P, 472 P, 477

Obscenity prosecutions 43 6:40-47

Observation balloons 16 444-7 P

Occupations, former 21 120 R

Ocean Queen 16 469-70 P

Ocean, figurehead 20 111 P

Oceanic, HMS 31 1:36-37

Octa, King 16 482

Octopussy 41 6:10-11 P

Odd, Ebenezer 23 391-2

Oddfellows 19 154

Odds, George (publican) 41 4:26

Odeon Cinema, Rochester 30 6:37

Odin, HMS 12 446-7 P

Odo (Earl of Kent) 44 1:22-24 P

Offa of Mercia 37 5:40-41 P

Offa, King 12 591-5, 647-51

Offham, quintain 34 4:37 P

Offham, quintain 9 434 P

Oglander, Sir John 13 73, 76 P

Oil to calm rough seas 21 641–3

Oil to calm rough seas 22 311-2 P, 439 L

Oisc, Jutish king See Aesc

Okenlane, Dormand 26 243-4

Okering and pencilling 15 488

Olantigh 24 96-7 P

Olantigh Towers, Wye 10 284-9 P

Olantigh Towers, Wye 19 443

Old age pensions 18 354

Old age pensions 23 267

Old Bexley Church, sundial 32 5:40 P

Old Bill (bus) 35 5:18-21 P

Old Dane House, Cranbrook 31 2:14 P

Old Eastbourne Church, sundial 32 5:42 P

Old Endeavour Inn 18 37, 40 P

Old England Inn, Hollingbourne 34 6:24-25

Old Kent Road gasworks 17 288-9 P

Old Maidstone, Volume 2, book 2 573 R

Old Romney church 32 3:34-35 P

Old Romney, James Arter, epitaph 32 3:34

Old Romney, Rose and Crown 20 560 P

Old Romney, St Clement’s Church 21 304 P

Old Soar Manor, Plaxtol, Jenny the milkmaid 30 1:44-45, 30 2:11

Old Tonbridge in Postcards 2 575 R

Old Weavers House, Canterbury 34 3:31-32 P

Oldbury Hill 6 644-7 P

Oldbury Hill Fort 44 1:33-39

Oldcastle, Sir John 6 217-9

Oldfield, Dr Josiah 15 693 L

Olive May 16 596 P

Olive May 18 304 P

Olive May 19 4 P

Olive May 23 534-40 P

Olive May 24 378-86 P, 564-5 L, P

Olive, Rev Edward Robert 22 513-8, 600 P, 669-70 P

Oliver family 18 383-390 P, 477-483, 545-551

Oliver Twist 42 3:22-24 P

Oliver, Adelaide 36 4:40

Oliver, Eric 42 4:33-35 P

Olivier, Laurence (at Smeeth) 41 6:7

Olley, Maurice 36 4:54-55

Olorenshaw, Arthur John 41 5:39

Olver, Kate 16 381

Olympic Games 2012 32 1:9, 32 4:8

Olympic Games 2012, tourism toolkit 32 6:8

Olympic Games, 2008 29 4:7

Olympic Games, 2012, Dover 29 4:7

Olympic Games, Kent County Council 34 1:9

Omer, Andrew 12 145

Omnibus services 18 471-475 P

Omnibus Society 43 6:30-31

Omynden, Robert 24 209

On the Marshes 38 4:9 R

One in a Million Project, Turner Contemporary 34 5:8

Ono, Yoko 43 5:24-27 P

Ontario military hospital 19 252-3

Open House Scheme, Faversham 32 3:11

Opera House, Tunbridge Wells 31 4:12-13 P

Operation Channel Stop 13 199-205 P

Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk evacuation 18 83-92 P

Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk evacuation 31 3:26-28 P

Operation Sea Lion 12 269

Opium 17 84-5, 19 387

Oram, Daphne 38 3:28-35 P

Orcades, motor sailer 20 18-21 P

Orcades, SS 20 23 P

Orchard hospital, Dartford 32 2:31

Orczy, Baroness 21 667–8 P

Orczy, Baroness 22 97

Orczy, Baroness 30 3:14-20 P, 30 4:15-16

Ordnance Survey 15 181 R

Ordnance Survey 9 501-2 R

Ordnance Terrace, Chatham 35 3:44-49 P

Organ, Tom 39 4:5

Organists at Maidstone 18 423-426

Organs, Baptist Chapels 24 542 P, 544 P, 550-1

Organs, Bromley 25 613-7 P

Organs, St Mary, Lamberhurst 24 284-6, 365-9 P

Orgar, Samm 41 6:5

Orinoco 22 81-4 P, 85-9 P

Orion 22 429-437 P

Ormond, Richard 39 5:8

Orphanages 16 177-81

Orpington 16 117 R

Orpington 6 610

Orpington, agricultural riots 13 30

Orpington, arson attacks, 1830 23 239-40

Orpington, Baptist Church 17 546 P

Orpington, Brow Crescent 32 3:46 P

Orpington, Canadian Corner 22 55 R

Orpington, cemetery 10 6 P

Orpington, cinemas 21 552–5 P

Orpington, Crundale Tower 32 3:46 P

Orpington, documents online 34 2:11

Orpington, Downe House 27 127 P

Orpington, Eldred Drive 32 3:48-49 P

Orpington, First World War casualties and memorials 22 758 R

Orpington, Green Street Green 26 685-89 P

Orpington, Hodsoll’s Dairy 35 1:45

Orpington, Holy Innocents Church 26 467

Orpington, hospital 19 252-3

Orpington, Ontario military hospital 16 39-41 P

Orpington, orphanages 16 177-81

Orpington, Pavilion Cafe 26 685-89 P

Orpington, poultry farm 8 97-102 P

Orpington, priory 2 362

Orpington, public library 22 743

Orpington, Ramsden council estate 32 3:46-50 P

Orpington, St Andrew’s Cottages 25 128-9

Orpington, street names 20 421-2

Orpington, waterworks 42 1:14-15 P

Orpington, William Petty Way 32 3:48

Orrick, Walter 22 261-2, 334-5, 338

Ors British Cemetery 39 6:48-51 P

Orwell, George 40 1:45

Orwell, George 44 3:48

Orwell, George 7 523-4

Orwell, George, tuberculosis 43 4:5

Osborne, A.L. 37 6:19

Osborne, B. and Co, Faversham 7 218-22 P

Osborne, Stephen 26 155

Ospringe 14 125 P, 180 R

Ospringe 15 131-7 P

Ospringe 25 180 P, 644

Ospringe 5 51-4 P

Ospringe 6 130-5 P

Ospringe, brickworks 1 655-6 P

Ospringe, church 1 667

Ospringe, church 15 130 P, 133-5

Ospringe, church 19 684 P

Ospringe, church 5 53-4 P

Ospringe, church, monuments 24 82-3 P

Ospringe, King Stephen’s Castle (Judd’s Hill) 23 111-16 P

Ospringe, Maison Dieu 15 222-3 P

Ospringe, Maison Dieu 16 427, 429 32 P

Ospringe, Maison Dieu 17 97 P

Ospringe, Maison Dieu 18 No 7 IBC R

Ospringe, Maison Dieu 2 362-3

Ospringe, Maison Dieu 20 630 R

Ospringe, mission 19 481

Ospringe, Model Laundry 20 616 P

Ospringe, Mount hospital 17 15

Ospringe, Queen Court 25 422 P, 644

Ospringe, Roman camp 23 111-16 P

Ospringe, Roman finds 16 431-2 P

Ospringe, Swing Riots 22 181

Ospringe, Syndale 16 78-9 P, 431-2

Ospringe, Water Lane 16 428-9 P

Ospringe, watermill 6 132 P, 133-4

Ospringe, windmill 15 136 P

Ospringe, windmill 25 642 P

Ospringe, windmill 5 54-5 P

Ospringe, windmill 6 132 P

Oswald, Elsie 36 3:14

Oswin of Kent, King 41 3:29

Otford 1 290-4 P

Otford 12 748-50 P

Otford 13 345

Otford, Battle of 12 594

Otford, Becket’s Well 22 184 L

Otford, Castle / Palace 19 29-36 P

Otford, Castle / Palace 21 654 P, 657–8

Otford, Castle / Palace 30 2:30 P

Otford, Church Monuments 21 340 P, 343

Otford, Corpus Christi pilgrimages 17 390-4 P

Otford, duck pond 16 694-5 P

Otford, duck pond 22 481 P

Otford, hospital 2 363, 3 312, 5 733-5

Otford, Mount 19 287

Otford, Nightingales 22 No 2 IBC L

Otford, railway station 16 691-5 P

Otford, stations 22 396-7, 482-3 P

Otford, tunnel 21 115

Otham, Stoneacre 2 10-15

Other Canterbury Tales, The 38 4:8-9 RP

Ottaway family 36 4:19-20

Ottaway, Cuthbert 36 4:18-23 P

Ottaway, James 36 4:19

Otterden Place 30 4:48-51 P

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

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

Otterden, Bunce Forstal Cottage 34 2:50 P

Otterden, Hannah Giles 40 2:32-42 P

Otterden, murder of Hannah Giles 34 2:50

Otterham 36 1:42-43 P

Otterpool Camp, Lympne 11 685

Otterpool Park plan 40 6:14

Ottinge, King of Siam visit 44 5:31

Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (artist) 43 5:36-41 P

Ouless, Walter William 43 3:21 P

Our Boys, galley 18 23, 25, 27

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

Our Lady’s Sand 16 70

Outraged of Tunbridge Wells 42 1:18-25 P

Outward Bound Trust 31 1:8

Ovenden, William 14 539-41 P

Overland 20 405

Overseers 19 86-7

Overyssel 17 711-6

Ovynden, Robert 23 606

Owen, John 40 3:22

Owen, Lynton (Cliftonville) 40 6:46-50

Owen, Wilfred 39 6:45-49

Owletts, Cobham 32 1:44-50 P

Owling 13 587, 14 40

Oxenden, Rev Ashton 17 25

Oxenden, Sir George 14 83-7 P

Oxenhoath 19 227, 20 657, 660 P

Oxford Movement 12 545-7

Oxford Movement 20 209

Oxford Movement 22 519-20

Oxford, All Souls College 39 1:29

Oxford, Queen’s College 39 4:26

Oxford, University of 36 5:27-28

Oxney, Isle of 1 689-97 P

Oxney, Isle of, boring for coal 23 123-5

Oxo 39 4:19-23 P

Oxo 43 5:44-51 P

Oxon Hoath, Transcendental Meditation 42 5:23

Oxon Hoath, Welch, Denton 42 4:30 P

Oyer and terminer, court terminology 19 109

Oyster Beds at Whitstable, J.M.W. Turner 32 4:6 P

Oyster Festival, Whitstable 34 4:38-41 P

Oyster Festival, Whitstable, 2011 32 4:9

Oyster fishing 14 27, 157-8, 215 P, 309 R

Oyster fishing 15 311 R

Oyster fishing 177 6 P

Oyster fishing, dredging 23 649

Oyster fishing, Faversham 14 123, 191

Oyster fishing, Herne Bay 17 92-4 P, 161

Oyster fishing, Queenborough 10 242

Oyster fishing, Queenborough 14 432-6

Oyster fishing, Queenborough 17 727-8

Oyster fishing, Queenborough 3 425-8 P

Oyster fishing, Rochester 2 617

Oyster fishing, Sheppey 11 163, 166

Oyster fishing, Sheppey 8 452-4

Oyster fishing, Whitstable 2 371-2 P, 740-1 P

Oyster fishing, Whitstable 32 5:46-50 P, 32 6:16-17

Oyster fishing, Whitstable 8 79-84 P, 140-6 P

Oyster fishing, yawls 1 126 P, 2 370-2 P

Oyster yawls 44 2:36-40 P

Oysters 22 462-3

Oysters, Faversham 26 189-91

Oysters, Herne Bay 26 177-82

Ozengell 19 171