Kent's Transport Heritage

Kent's Transport Heritage

Author: James Preston

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2017-09-15

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1445669927

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James Preston explores the transport heritage of Kent.


Kent's Industrial Heritage

Kent's Industrial Heritage

Author: James Preston

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781445662169

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James Preston looks at the industrial heritage of garden of England. It illustrates what remains extant in what is now essentially a post-industrial era.


The Kent State Forum on the City: MADRID

The Kent State Forum on the City: MADRID

Author: Paola Giaconia

Publisher: dpr-barcelona

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 8461664663

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This project for the Kent State University, Florence Program goes beyond the traditional concept of a book: it is a manual, a tool to understand the transformation of Madrid in the past years. It will allow the reader to get to know the projects which represent such transformation and locate, classify, activate and even transform this content. As a tool to enhance conversation and exchange of knowledge, The Kent State Forum on the City: MADRID is a multi-platform project: Book + Web + App, all of them complementary and inter-connected, reflecting new trends in publishing practice through the acts of research, archive and exchange. It won't be static: it will grow by expanding its contents with new projects and transformations in the years to come. This way all the books and cities will be interconnected and will make it easier to understand transformations underway in a wider territory: Europe.


Kent in the Twentieth Century

Kent in the Twentieth Century

Author: Nigel Yates

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780851155876

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This is the sixth volume of the ten-volume history of the county of Kent. Each of the 10 chapters begins by evoking a picture of Kent on the eve of World War I and looks at the changes between then and the present day in the area under construction.


The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex and Surrey

The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex and Surrey

Author: Rough Guides

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-06-20

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 0241314747

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This in-depth coverage of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey's local attractions, sights, and restaurants takes you to the most rewarding spots - from countryside walks to breweries to historic churches - and stunning color photography brings the land to life on the pages. With a beautiful new cover, amazing tips and information, and key facts, The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex & Surrey is the perfect travel companion. The locally based Rough Guides author team introduces the best places to stop and explore, and provides reliable insider tips on topics such as driving the roads, taking walking tours, or visiting local cathedrals. You'll find special coverage of history, art, architecture, and literature, and detailed information on the best markets and shopping for each area in this fascinating area. The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex & Surrey also unearths the best restaurants, nightlife, and places to stay, from backpacker hostels to beachfront villas and boutique hotels, and color-coded maps feature every sight and listing. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex & Surrey.


The Kent & East Sussex Railway, 1974-2004

The Kent & East Sussex Railway, 1974-2004

Author: Nick Pallant

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2025-03-30

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1036102262

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Over thirty years ago Nick Pallant told the story of the struggle to save one of Britain's best loved heritage railways in Holding the Line – Preserving the Kent & East Sussex Railway (Alan Sutton Publishing). That book concluded its detailed coverage with the partial reopening of the K&ESR in 1974. This new account continues the story over the thirty years which followed. The first 12 chapters mainly rely on secondary sources, particularly the K&ESR's house journal, the Tenterden Terrier. Later chapters describe the years after he returned as a volunteer following over two decades as an 'armchair' member and includes his subsequent experiences as a K&ESR employee and Company Secretary. The key points in the story are the extensions to the line which followed the reopening of a short section in 1974. There is also coverage of the scheme to rebuild the 'lost' section between Bodiam and the national network at Robertsbridge. The growth of passenger traffic is detailed along with all the problems and achievements encountered along the way. The narrative is intertwined with anecdotes of heritage railway life in all its hopes, frustrations, humour and comradeship. Having begun by briefly recalling the K&ESR's history prior to 1974, the book puts matters into further perspective by concluding with a summary of the major events from 2004 to the third decade of the 21st century.


The Companion Guide to Kent and Sussex

The Companion Guide to Kent and Sussex

Author: Keith Spence

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9781900639262

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This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of KEITH SPENCE's essential guide to two of the most beautiful - and often still unspoiled - counties in England, which on its first publication quickly established itself as the best available guide to the area. Mr Spence shows how much as yet survives and how rich, varied and fascinating this part of England still is. He writes sensitively and knowledgeably about buildings and architecture, and has a keen sense of the detail that gives identity to a place. There is much to be learned from this book, which maintains the high standard of the Companion Guide series. OBSERVER


The East Kent Railway

The East Kent Railway

Author: John Scott-Morgan

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2021-07-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1526726882

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The East Kent Railway was one of Britain's less well known light railways, a part of the Colonel Stephens group of lines, the East Kent Railway was meant to open up the newly discovered Kent coal field and help to make its shareholders wealthy, however things took a different turn, when the projected colliery's along the line did not materialise the way the promoters had first envisaged. The only colliery to produce quantities of coal being Tilmanstone near Shepherdswell, which opened in 1912. There were other pits started along the formation of the line from Shepherdswell to Wingham, but in the cases of the other pits, only the surface buildings or test shafts were constructed, before the work was abandoned. This was largely due to flooding and the poor calorific quality of East Kent coal, which had to be mixed with other coal to be effectively used. There were four colliery's completed in Kent, the East Kent Railway only served one of them and this together with the other three lasted until the latter part of the 20th century. The railway operated a loss making passenger service to Wingham and for a few years to Sandwich Road halt on the line to Richborough Port line, however the service to Wingham Canterbury Road came to an end in October 1948, after British Railways had taken control. The East Kent Railway lasted through two world wars and was nationalised in 1948, becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways, it closed to traffic in 1984, during the coal strike.