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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.
The human settlement of the Darent Valley dates to more than 400,000 years ago. On the outskirts of the scheme area, the remains of the so-called ‘Swanscombe Skull’ were discovered close to Dartford. These were identified as being from a woman in her early twenties, and were dated as being some 300,000 years old.
The sixteenth century saw significant changes to the hitherto agricultural basis of the market in Dartford, as new industries began to take shape (see below). The priory was destroyed in 1538 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and a new manor house constructed by King Henry VIII.
Take a look at the writing on the right side of the 15th century A.D. image. The person who did it started the numbers one line too high and then had to write darker and scribble out a bit to put the correct dates on the lines.
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. The first people appeared in the Dartford area around 250,000 years ago, a tribe ...
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.
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Historical Description. Dartford, a town and a parish in Kent. The town stands in a narrow valley, between two steep hills, on Watling Street, and the river Darent, and has a station on the S.E.R., 16 miles from London. It was known to the Saxons as Darentford, and at Domesday as Tarentford, and it got its name from a ford or ferry-passage on ...
