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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.
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 12th century, the Knights Templar had possession of the manor of Dartford. The 14th century, produced a priory, and two groups of friars - the Dominicans and the Franciscans – who built hospitals for the care of the sick. At this time, Dartford became a small, although important, market town.
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.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Dartford like this: Dartford, market town and par. with ry. sta., W. Kent, on river Darent, 17 miles E. of London by rail, 4251 ac. and 183 ac. tidal water and foreshore, pop. 10,163; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 3 newspapers.
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 ...
Jul 29, 2024 · Henry VIII, his wife Anne of Cleves, and Elizabeth I all had private residences in Dartford. Some of the first English experiments in papermaking were made in Dartford during the 16th century. That industry declined and then ceased in the district, as did chalk quarrying and cement making.
