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Jan 13, 2024 · During the 15th century, Dartford was graced by the presence of two English monarchs, leaving an indelible mark on its history. In the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt, Henry V led his troops through Dartford in November 1415.
In the 15th century, two kings of England became part of the town's history. Henry V marched through Dartford in November 1415 with his troops after fighting the French at the Battle of Agincourt; in 1422 Henry's body was taken to Holy Trinity Church by Edmund Lacey, Bishop of Exeter, who conducted a funeral.
History of Dartford. Dartford comes from the Old English ‘ford’ as a ‘ford’ combined with a river name; therefore, a ‘ford over the River Darent’ – a Celtic name meaning ‘river where oak-trees grow. The Domesday Book records Dartford as Tarentefort.
Some of the iron made in the Kentish Weald found its way to Dartford where, in 1590, Godfrey Box, an immigrant from Liege, set up the first slitting mill in England for cutting iron bars into rods. The engineering industry at Dartford claims a long ancestry. Dartford was also a pioneer town in paper-making.
Dartford was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Axton and the county of Kent . It had a recorded population of 156 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in Domesday.
We have transcribed the entry for Dartford from the following: Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dartford (Holy Trinity))
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The 16th century was particularly remarkable and important as regards the manufacturing interests of Dartford, for in 1590 the process of rolling and slitting iron was first established in England in this town by Godfrey Box, a native of Brabant; and in the same century Sir John Spielman knt. introduced at this place the process of paper making.
