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Faversham
Faversham (Kent)
Faversham

Faversham shown within Kent
Population 17,710 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference TR015615
 - London 54mi
District Swale
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FAVERSHAM
Postcode district ME13
Dialling code 01795
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Faversham and Mid Kent
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°19′02″N 0°53′27″E / 51.3173, 0.8908

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History and features

Faversham, established as a settlement before the Roman conquest, was held in royal demesne in 811, and is further cited in a charter granted by Kenulf, the King of Mercia. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. Generally the head of a royal family is a king or queen regnant In the Feudal system demesne (also spelled desmesne pronounced /dəmeɪn/ or /dəmiːn/; via Old French demeine from Latin dominium) was all the land For the Telephone number N11 code see 8-1-1. Events By Place Byzantine Empire July 26 — Mercia (ˈmɝsiə was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Favreshant. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey The town has regularly throughout its history obtained curious royal privileges and charters.

In 1148 Faversham Abbey was established in Faversham by King Stephen, who with his consort Matilda of Boulogne, and his son, Eustace, the Earl of Boulogne was buried there. Faversham Abbey was a Cluny style Monastery immediately to the north-east of the town of Faversham, England. Stephen often referred to in history as Stephen of Blois (c 1096 &ndash 25 October, 1154) was the last Norman King of England Matilda I or Maud (1105? &ndash 3 May, 1152) was Suo jure Countess of Boulogne. Sir Thomas Culpeper was granted Faversham Abbey by Henry VIII of England during the Dissolution of the Monasteries about 1536. Thomas Culpeper (executed 10 December 1541) was a Courtier of Henry VIII. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded The abbey was demolished directly after the dissolution and much of its masonry taken to Calais to reinforce that town's defences against French interests. Calais (kaˈlɛ in English often kæˈleɪ traditional English pronunciation /ˈkælɨs/ Kales is a town in northern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In 1539, the ground upon which the abbey had stood, along with nearby land passed to Sir Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Sir Thomas Cheney, KG (c 1485 - December 15 1558) or Cheyne was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in South-East England The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is a ceremonial official in the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School has been built on the abbey site.

Although the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII the nearby St Mary of Charity, Faversham Parish Church remains. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of St Mary of Charity Faversham Parish Church is one of the most immediately recognisable buildings in the town of Faversham in Kent. It has an unusual 18th century flying spire, known as a crown or corona spire, which is visible for long distances. The interior was restored and transformed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, known for his St Pancras Station, the Foreign Office and many college and cathedral buildings, in 1874. Sir George Gilbert Scott ( 13 July 1811 &ndash 27 March, 1878) was an English Architect of the Victorian Age St Pancras railway station is a major railway station situated in the St Pancras area of Central London between the British Library and King's Cross The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting (His son, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, designed the classic 1930s phone boxes and the Faversham Society has one in its collection at the Fleur de Lis heritage centre). Notable features of the church include the reputed tomb of King Stephen (the church is thus one of only a few churches outside London where an English king was interred), nationally important misericords in the quire, a rare medieval painted pillar and a recently installed altar dedicated to Saints Crispin and Crispinian. Stephen often referred to in history as Stephen of Blois (c 1096 &ndash 25 October, 1154) was the last Norman King of England MisericordiaJPG|thumb|Misericord from Magdalen College Oxford. See also Crispin of Viterbo, Capuchin Franciscan Blessed Crispin and Crispinian are the Christian Patron saints of cobblers The church supports a strong choral tradition with a choir of adults and children who sing Anglican matins, evensong and communion.

The town is known as a harbour and market community and is also at the centre of the county's brewing industry, being home to Britain's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame. A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored Brewing is the production of Alcoholic beverage and Alcohol fuel through fermentation. Shepherd Neame is an English Regional brewery founded in 1698 by Richard Marsh in Faversham, Kent. The town formerly also housed Fremlins and Whitbread breweries. Abbey Street and the centre of the town include a remarkable collection of original medieval houses. Much of it was intended for demolition as recently as the 1960s, until the value of the buildings, now listed, was recognised and local people began a determined fight to restore and preserve the area.

The historic central area, especially the part-pedestrian parts between the station and the creek, attracts visitors, who can learn about the town's history and features at the Fleur-de-Lis centre, which provides tourist information and houses a museum. There is still a regular market several days each week in the market square where the Guildhall stands. In the same part of the town there is an early and largely unchanged but functioning cinema and the modern Arden Theatre, named after Arden of Feversham, a domestic drama set in the town's Abbey Street. All the nearby streets feature old pubs, almshouses, shops and a growing collection of art galleries and restaurants. Almshouses are charitable Housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay

Old sail-powered Thames barges are repaired, rebuilt and moored along the creekside and the works of local artists is revealed in open houses linked to the Canterbury Festival each autumn. A Thames sailing barge was a type of commercial Sailing boat common on the River Thames in London in the 19th century The Canterbury Festival is Kent's international festival of the arts

The years during the First World War saw an uncertain time for the breweries. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In the first instance, there was the scarcity of labour from 1915 which soon became evident, as a number of employees turned to offers of higher wages elsewhere, including the local ammunitions works. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which The explosion at the gunpowder works (see below) and subsequent changes in the local economy have, however, meant that Shepherd Neame is now one of the area's more promising industries despite a decline in consumption of traditional bitter beer. It now also makes Indian and other beers under licence and, in common with many other "gastro-pubs", its largely-Kentish pub franchise is as noted for its food as its owner's beers, following trends in food consumption and drink-driving laws. It is both one of the most profitable breweries in Britain and also claims to be its oldest.

By contrast, the ammunition industry in the area is now extinct and the part of the Oare Marshes where the 1916 gunpowder explosion (see below) took place is now even more isolated and has been an important reserve for birds, attracting binocular-toting enthusiasts to view the many species of migrants. The Oare Marshes on the north coast of Kent to the north west of Faversham bordering The Swale. There is an interesting information centre (as well as other bird hides) near the site of the former Harty ferry over the Swale to the Isle of Sheppey. This article is about the Isle of Sheppey in northern Kent not to be confused with Shepway in south-eastern Kent

Faversham has a rigorous approach to exploring its past – it has a highly active archaeological society and a series of community archaeology projects are run every year. Community archaeology is Archaeology by the people for the people Most recently the town’s medieval tannery was located in back gardens of quite normal houses, and evidence from the Saxon period was uncovered during the Hunt the Saxons project in 2005.

Faversham explosives industry

Main article: Faversham explosives industry

Gunpowder

Faversham was the cradle of the UK’s explosives industry: it was also to become one of its main centres. The Faversham explosives industry: Faversham, in Kent, has claims to be the cradle of the UK’s explosives industry it was also to become one of its main centres The first Gunpowder plant was established in the 16th century, possibly at the instigation of Faversham Abbey. Gunpowder is a an explosive mixture of Sulfur, Charcoal and Potassium nitrate (also known as saltpetre/saltpeter that burns rapidly producing volumes Faversham Abbey was a Cluny style Monastery immediately to the north-east of the town of Faversham, England. With their estates and endowments monasteries were keen to invest in promising technology. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism.

The town was well-placed for the industry. It had a stream which could be dammed at intervals to provide power for watermills. On its outskirts were low-lying areas ideal for the culture of alder and willow to provide charcoal — one of the three key gunpowder ingredients. Alder is the common name of a Genus of Flowering plants ( Alnus) belonging to the Birch family (Family Betulaceae) Willows, sallows and osiers form the Genus Salix, around 400 species of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs found primarily Charcoal' is the blackish residue consisting of impure Carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from Animal and Vegetation The stream fed into a tidal Creek where sulfur, another key ingredient, could be imported, and the finished product loaded for dispatch to Thames-side magazines. Sulfur or sulphur (ˈsʌlfɚ see spelling below) is the Chemical element that has the Atomic number 16 The port was also near the Continent where in warfare demand for the product was brisk.

The first factories were small, near the town, and alongside the stream, between the London-Dover road (now A2) and the head of the creek. By the early 18th century these had coalesced into a single plant, later to be known as the Home Works, as it was the town’s first. In 1759 the British government nationalised the Works, upgrading all the machinery. From this phase dates the Chart Gunpowder Mill, the oldest of its kind in the world. This was rescued from the jaws of the bulldozer, and then restored, by the Faversham Society in 1966. (It is now open to the public on weekend and bank holiday afternoons from April till the end of October. )

A second factory was started by Huguenot asylum-seekers, towards the end of the 17th century; and became known as the Oare Works. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth It became a leading supplier to the East India Company. The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or The third and last gunpowder factory to open was the Marsh Works, built by the British government 1 km northwest of the town to augment output at its Home Works and opened in 1787. This also had access to the sea via Oare Creek.

All three gunpowder factories shut in 1934. ICI, then the owners, sensed that war might break out with Germany, and realised that Faversham would then become vulnerable to air attacks or possibly invasion. They transferred production, together with key staff and machinery, to Ardeer in Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir ʃir̴əxg̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ is a Registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland,

Guncotton

Main article: Guncotton

Guncotton, the first “high explosive”, more useful for its destructive powers, was invented by Dr Christian Schonbein, of the University of Basel, in 1846. Nitrocellulose (also cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by Nitrating Cellulose through exposure to Nitrocellulose (also cellulose nitrate, flash paper) is a highly flammable compound formed by Nitrating Cellulose through exposure to Christian Friedrich Schönbein ( October 18, 1799 &ndash August 29, 1868) was a German - Swiss Chemist who is The University of Basel (German Universität Basel) is located at Basel, Switzerland. It was first manufactured, under licence from him, at Faversham’s Marsh Works in 1847. The manufacturing process was not fully understood and on 14 July 1847 a serious explosion killed 18 staff, only 10 of whose bodies could be identified. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Discretion being the better part of valour, the factory owners shut the plant. Guncotton was not made again in Faversham till 1873, when the Cotton Powder Company, independent of the gunpowder factories, opened a factory on a remote new site. Near Uplees, about 4km northwest of the town centre but still within the parish, this was alongside the Swale, the deep-water channel that divides mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey. Uplees is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Deliveries of raw materials — cotton waste and sulphuric and nitric acids — could readily be made, and the product readily dispatched by water.

The factory rapidly expanded, producing new high explosives as they were formulated. Adjoining it, on the west, in 1913 an associate venture, the Explosives Loading Company, built a plant to fill bombs and shells. Both plants were high-tech state-of-the-art, with a power station, hydraulic mains, and internal telephone and tramway systems. Together they occupied an area of 500 acres (2km²) — almost as large as the City of London.

When the First World War started in 1914, the two factories were requisitioned by the Admiralty and armed guards were mounted. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Production facilities were further expanded and many new staff recruited from Faversham and elsewhere in East Kent. Road access for the workers was poor, so the Admiralty built a metre-gauge railway to transport them from a terminus at Davington, near the Home Works, to Uplees.

On Sunday 2 April 1916, a store of TNT and ammonium nitrate (used to “stretch” the TNT) exploded. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Trinitrotoluene ( TNT) is a Chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO23CH3 More than 100 staff were killed in this explosion and in other “sympathetic” ones that followed. It was a Sunday, so no women were at work (see below).

The owners of both Swale-side factories closed permanently in 1919. The Davington light railway track was lifted, and its three steam locomotives found new homes in South America, where at least one is thought to survive. Light railway refers to a Railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail"

However, in 1924 a new venture, the Mining Explosives Company, opened a factory on the east side of Faversham Creek, not far from the site of Faversham Abbey — hence its Abbey Works name. Its Mexco telegraphic address led to it being known as “The Mexico” by local people. After a fatal accident in 1939 the proprietors decided to abandon the manufacture of high explosives and instead make an explosive-substitute based on a large reusable steel cartridge filled with carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide ( Chemical formula:) is a Chemical compound composed of two Oxygen Atoms covalently bonded to a single The premises still needed to be licensed under the 1875 Explosives Act, as gunpowder was used in the initiator. Under the name Long Airdox, production continues today. Unusually, the company is owned by its main customers. Its appearance is still that of a traditional high explosive factories, with no big buildings but many small ones widely spaced for safety. It has one of the UK’s few surviving manumotive railways.

The Great Explosion at Faversham

At 14:20 on Sunday 2 April 1916, a huge explosion ripped through the gunpowder mill at Uplees, near Faversham, when 200 tons of TNT ignited. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 105 people died in the explosion, and many were buried in a mass grave at Faversham Cemetery.

The weather might have contributed to the origins of the fire that followed on the morning of Sunday 2 April 1916. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The previous month had been wet but had ended with a short dry spell so that by that Sunday the weather was "glorious" . . . but provided perfect conditions for heat-generated combustion.

The munitions factory was in a remote spot in the middle of the open marshes of North Kent, next to the Thames coastline, which explains why the great explosion at about noon on 2 April was heard across the Thames estuary as far away as Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Southend-on-Sea, where domestic windows were blown out and two large plate-glass shop windows shattered. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of History Roman The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a Coastal Town in Norfolk, England.

The East Kent Gazette of Sittingbourne reported the explosion on 29 April. Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles (129 km east of Gillingham, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in The Swale Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Although recognising the need for some censorship, it referred to the reply given in Parliament to the question as "mystifying and ambiguous" and called for the fullest precautions to be implemented to "prevent another calamity of the kind" occurring again.

Although not the first such disaster of this kind to have happened at Faversham’s historic munitions works, the April 1916 blast is recorded as "the worst ever in the history of the UK explosives industry", and yet the full picture is still somewhat confused. The reason for the fire is uncertain. And considering the quantity of explosive chemical stored at the works — with one report indicating that a further 3,000 tons remained in nearby sheds unaffected — it is remarkable, and a tribute to those who struggled against the fire that so much of the nation's munitions were prevented from contributing further to the catastrophe.

The Secretary of State for War, Earl Kitchener, had in 1914 written to the management of the CPC, and it is presumed the ELC, instructing the workforce on "the importance of the government work upon which they (were) engaged". Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM "I should like all engaged by your company to know that it is fully recognised that they, in carrying out the great work of supplying munitions of war, are doing their duty for their King and Country, equally with those who have joined the Army for active service in the field," Kitchener said.

The sites today

The Marsh Works then became a site for mineral extraction, as it remains today, and almost all its buildings were destroyed. Except for Chart Mill, Stonebridge Pond, and a few other buildings, most of the Home Works site was redeveloped for housing in the 1960s.

The Oare Works is now an attractive country park, open to the public free of charge all year round. Remains of process houses have been carefully conserved. From an informative visitor centre, signed trails radiate in various directions. An early 20th century electric-powered gunpowder mill which was transferred to Ardeer in 1934 has been repatriated and is on display. The 18th-century works bell has also been repatriated and is on display at Faversham’s Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre. With their streams, watermills and forest trees planted to minimise blast damage in the event of an accident, all traditional gunpowder factories were places of beauty, even during their working lives, and this one is no exception.

Hottest temperature

Faversham holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 38. 5C (101. 3F) was recorded at the Brogdale Horticultural Trust on 10 August 2003. Brogdale is a hamlet in Kent, England, located beside the M2 motorway two Miles south of Faversham. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Demographics

Faversham Compared
2001 UK Census Faversham Swale District England
Total population 17,710 122,801 49,138,831
Foreign born 3. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 6% 3. 6% 9. 2%
White 99% 98% 91%
Asian 0. 5% 0. 7% 4. 6%
Black 0. 1% 0. 3% 2. 3%
Christian 76% 76% 72%
Muslim 0. 3% 0. 4% 3. 1%
Hindu 0. 1% 0. 2% 1. 1%
No religion 15% 15% 15%
Over 65 years old 17% 16% 16%
Bachelor's degree or higher 17% 12% 20%

As of the 2001 UK census, Faversham had a population of 17,710. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 [1]

The ethnicity of the town was 98. 6% white, 0. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. 6% mixed race, 0. The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. 1% black, 0. The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse 3% non-Chinese Asian and 0. 4% Chinese or other. The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China (including Hong [1]

The place of birth of residents was 96. 4% United Kingdom, 0. 5% Republic of Ireland, 0. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. 3% Germany, 0. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. 7% other Western Europe countries, 0. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' 4% Far East, 0. The Far East is a term often used by people in the Western world to refer to the countries of East Asia. 4% Africa, 0. 3% North America, 0. 3% South Asia, 0. 3% Oceania, 0. 2% Eastern Europe and 0. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. 2% Middle East. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. [1]

Religion was recorded as 75. 6% Christian, 0. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth 3% Muslim, 0. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion 1% Hindu, 0. A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical 2% Buddhist and 0. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices 1% Jewish. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ 15. 4% were recorded as having no religion, 0. 4% had an alternative religion and 7. 8% didn't state their religion. [1]

For every 100 females, there were 92. 0 males. The age distribution was 7% aged 0-4 years, 14% aged 5-15 years, 5% aged 16-19 years, 33% aged 20-44 years, 24% aged 45-64 years and 17% aged 65 years and over. [1]

17% of residents aged 16-74 had a Bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 20% nationally. [1]

Government

Faversham is in the parliamentary constituency of Faversham and Mid Kent. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures goals or loyalty Faversham and Mid Kent is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 2001, the constituency's Member of Parliament has been Hugh Robertson of the Conservative Party. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Hugh Robertson (born 9 October 1962, Canterbury) is a politician in the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. [2]

Faversham is within the Swale local government district. The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The town contains the four electoral wards of Abbey, Davington Priory, St Ann's and Watling. In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district These wards have seven of the forty seven seats on the Swale Borough Council. As of the 2007 Local Elections, all seven of those seats were held by the Conservatives. The 2007 UK local government elections were held on 3 May, 2007. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. [3]

Economy

As of the 2001 UK census, the economic activity of residents aged 16-74 was 42. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 2% in full-time employment, 13. A permanent full-time job usually has benefits (such as health insurance however temporary full-time jobs usually do not have benefits 8% in part-time employment, 7. A part-time job carries fewer hours per week than a Full-time job and usually pays less than a full-time job 3% self-employed, 2. Self-employment is the individual pursuit of Capitalism. To be self-employed an individual is normally highly skilled in a trade or has a niche product or service 7% unemployed, 2. Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. 4% students with jobs, 2. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" 9% students without jobs, 14. 2% retired, 7. 2% looking after home or family, 4. Homemaker is a mainly American term which may refer either to the person within a family who is primarily concerned with the management of the household whether 6% permanently sick or disabled and 2. 5% economically inactive for other reasons. The rate of unemployment in the town of 2. 7% was below the national rate of 3. 4%. [1]

The industry of employment of residents was 19% retail, 14% manufacturing, 11% real estate, 10% health & social work, 10% education, 9% construction, 7% transport & communications, 5% public administration, 4% hotels & restaurants, 4% finance, 2% agriculture and 5% other community, social or personal services. Social work is a discipline involving the application of Social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people groups and societies Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood the same way Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy. Compared to national figures, the town had a relatively high number of workers in agriculture and construction and a relatively low number in finance, public administration and hotels & restaurants. [1]

As of the 2001 UK census, 6,210 people were employed within the town and 8,166 of the town's residents were in employment. [1]

Transport

Trains travel from Faversham railway station to London, terminating at Victoria. Faversham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves the town of Faversham, 52 miles (84 km from London Victoria London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. London Victoria is a major London Underground, National Rail and Coach station in the City of Westminster. In the other direction, trains travel to Dover Priory (via Canterbury East) and Ramsgate (via Margate). The Priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Martin of the New Work or Newark, commonly called Dover Priory, was a Priory at Dover, Canterbury East railway station is one of two stations in Canterbury in Kent. Ramsgate railway station serves the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent, England. Margate railway station serves the town of Margate in Thanet in Kent, England.

From 2009 a proposed new fast link may connect Faversham to High Speed 1, Ebbsfleet, and London's Stratford and St Pancras stations. Ebbsfleet Valley is a new town and redevelopment area in Kent, South East England; and part of the Thames Gateway. Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. St Pancras railway station is a major railway station situated in the St Pancras area of Central London between the British Library and King's Cross

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Neighbourhood Statistics. Statistics. gov. uk. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King
  2. ^ Hugh Robertson. HughRobertson. org. uk. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King
  3. ^ List Councillors By Ward. Swale Borough Council. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King

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