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Up the creek for a history lesson
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March 26, 2006| Author:
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Locals like to regard Faversham as one of Kent's hidden treasures.
This small market town and sometime port, tucked away in the
orchards and flatlands of the north Kent marshes, is one of the South
of England's most historic settlements.
Dating from Saxon times, the Cinque Port with its hundreds of
listed buildings, many of which are medieval, cobbled streets,
ancient pubs and winding alleyways oozes history at every turn.
In medieval times, Faversham was a port and industrial town with
prosperous brewing, boatbuilding and gunpowder-manufacturing
industries and today it still boasts the ...
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