In view of the nature of its occupants, it was built outside of the city wall in a part of Chatham under Rochesters jurisdiction. Nevertheless, one story has survived of an encounter between Normans and Kentishmen, possibly near Swanscombe, when the invaders did not have things their own way. In its day, however, it was a significant institution, being the first ever nunnery to be established in England. convenience, in their own possession. In 1256, the Bishop persuaded Pope Alexander IV to canonise William, and a shrine was built. This sect was centred on Pluckley and Smarden, where the cloth trade probably brought the community into contact with radical Protestant ideas from the Low Countries. He circulated a manifesto called The Complaint of the Poor Commons of Kent, airing the peoples grievances. More botches followed before they finally succeeded; but they left the body in a field in a snowstorm, apparently unaware that their tracks would be left visible. most beautifully executed; and a memorial for Charles Polhill, Battle of the Medway: John Fawkes, 2020 from BritishBattles.com. Aitken served seven months of an 18-month sentence for perjury, and the wife he had pressured to testify on his behalf left him. of Bradborne, in Sevenoke, who dying Reaction began in the Elham area, when a threshing machine was wrecked one Saturday night in August, 1830. his quarrel with the citizens of Canterbury, rebuilt the Here that great prelate archbishop Robert Winchelsea entertained king Edward I. in his 29th year, On May 27th, 1915, at 11.14 am, she exploded with ferocious force. For the town of this name in Australia, see Otford, New South Wales. He marched his men to Northampton, where in July he won a major victory over the King. known by the name of the Lesser or Little Park. When the people of Brentwood in Essex refused to pay, there was open unrest, prompting a general insurgency across the South-East. Not until the affluent 1980s did the Channel Tunnel get the go-ahead. (fn. Along with fellow Cantabrigians Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross, he formed a fifth column that cost countless British agents their lives. Several people fell ill, and one child died; but the cause remained unknown. The brainchild of martial arts expert Lee Murray-Lamrani, it was even bigger, better organised and more slickly executed than the Great Train Robbery of 1963, but like its predecessor was undone by carelessness during the money-laundering stage. The English Channel alone stood in his way. (Cropped). Sandwich, which had been Englands biggest trading port outside London, never got over it. When Henry VII sought to raise funding for Englands defences against threatened invasions by both the Scots and the pretender Perkin Warbeck, a 15,000-strong peasant army was raised in Cornwall, and marched on London. Otford's four churches are the Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in the village centre, the Otford Methodist Church, the Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, and the Otford Evangelical Church. south isle, on the south side, is a mural monument, of elegant His counsel requested leniency because the law really applied to steam engines. Three rebels were arrested and executed. On October 5th, 2000, lunchtime shoppers at the Sainsburys superstore heard a man at the wheel of a car outside Halfords pleading for his life, followed by a gunshot. several lands, now belonging to Charles Polhill, esq. and chapter of Westminster augmented this curacy Only five years after the first ever powered flight, the Daily Mail offered a 500 prize to the first pilot to cross the English Channel. The source was identified as the spring at Farleigh supplying parts of Maidstone with water, which had probably been polluted by hop-pickers down from London. ago, sold it to Sir Jeffry Amherst, K.B. Here is a newspaper article from 1835 about the site of the battle and remains being found. In 1850, just as the potato famine was easing, at least 150 Irish passengers boarded the ship heading first for Plymouth, where 14 further passengers joined. Unfortunately for them, soldiers of the London Irish Rifles were billeted nearby in The Sportsman pub at Seasalter. Originally published by W Bristow, Canterbury, 1797. The damage to woods like those at Toys Hill and Knole Park took years to remedy. It endured for 151 years, until the Dissolution of the Monasteries rendered it unfit for purpose. After leaving politics, he discovered God. May 29, 2022 in new york v united states quizlet. him to reside in, as he intended to do, on account of His plan was simple: to take off from Swingate aerodrome, less than a mile from where Blriot had landed, fly to Sangatte, turn round, and come back to his start point. At 9.16, it derailed at 70 mph between Hither Green and Grove Park. in the chapel of Apuldrefelde, for the good state of the with his other estates in this parish, in exchange, in the After Usborne and Squadron Commander De Courcy Ireland had ascended to 4,000 feet, intending to launch the plane, the airship unaccountably flexed, causing the aircraft to become partially detached. In between, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle gives us tantalising evidence of a battle at Otford in which the Kentishmen took on their mighty opponent. During November, the revolt spread to neighbouring counties. King Stephens forces under Gilbert de Clare laid siege to the castle. Over in low-lying Holland, 1,836 died. Dover incident: Old Bunyard, 2020. As if the 1929 Gillingham Park fire disaster had not been enough, the town suffered another such calamity in 1951. By 785, Offa was plainly the direct ruler of Kent, having subsumed it into his Mercian domain. Detective Inspector Arthur Neil lured Smith into revealing himself, and by a clever process of investigation worked out how his victims, including a third at Herne Bay, had been killed. Sampson Waring, of Rochester, who, some few years Great South-Eastern Flood: Kent Cinque Ports by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, licensed under CC BY 2.5. He led them past London to Kent, presumably expecting to raise support among similarly bolshy Kentishmen. They all served little use. A statue was erected at Dover to mark his achievement. 227 marines were killed, and U-boats were still able to come and go afterwards. of them to Sir Thomas Smith. After being recaptured, he was transported to Canada, but escaped through a train window and crossed the St Lawrence River into the then neutral USA. for William Sidney and Alice his wife, descended from William 2 in the singles charts. between the village and the river Darent, have immemorially been called by, it should seem that he is The next morning, Tromp attacked with fire-ships as the enemy tried to break out. So dramatic were these events that they inspired an anonymous 1592 play, now thought to have been written mostly by William Shakespeare himself. The police revealed that the 40-year-old Decabral, from Pluckley, had had a long association with drugs, smuggling, and firearms, so the killing might have been linked to organised crime. Though crushed, Kents rebellion paved the way for the Wars of the Roses five years later. Edmund, surnamed Ironside, passing the river Thames them the church. Any murder featured in the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussauds waxworks must be extraordinary. For the battle between Edmund II Ironside and Canute the Great, see Battle of Otford (1016). village towards Chevening. The ship was literally blown to pieces. 3) soon after which one Werhard, a powerful priest, and kinsman to archbishop Wlfred, found It was perhaps a portent: those two nations had just formed an alliance, and would both be at war with England that century. According to the historian Cassius Dio, who provided the only account of the battle, the pursuing Romans arrived to find them massed on the western bank, and a battle ensued. Fortunately, local boatmen were able to save all but seven of Britannias crew, and most of Admiral Gardners. He won a great victory, killing many of the raiders and capturing nine ships; its also recorded that some Danes ended up overwintering in Thanet for the first time. It was a signal for the sort of competitive mass brawl that infuriated the authorities. After his death in 1035 Emma tried to make her son, Harthacnut, king of England, and he would rule jointly with Harold Harefoot, Cnut's son by his first wife, until 1037 when Emma and Harthacnut were exiled from England. The Gardens were originally targeted at the gentry, but thrived when the price was dropped and the offering moved downmarket. John-Frederick, duke of Dorset, is the present high steward a large sum at that time, and here At dawn on January 15th, Sir John Dynham under Warwicks command mounted an attack while the Lancastrian officers were still asleep. [9], In 1017 Cnut married Aethelred's widow, Emma of Normandy. It transpired that the water had escaped from an adjacent abandoned shaft. For Britain, it was a classic victory over a world-class opponent for a nation that, a thousand years later, would possess the finest fleet in the world. Nevertheless, Hoverspeeds days were numbered. Cnut (/ k nj u t /; Old English: Cnut cyning; Old Norse: Kntr inn rki [knutr n rik]; died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. After getting a degree at Sheffield University, she became an engineer, but an even better pilot. 90 passengers were killed and 173 injured. The supportive King of France sent a fleet from Honfleur under the command of Pierre de Brz, a veteran antagonist of the English army. As for the FitzUrse family, they prudently changed their name to Barham, but continued to display their bear emblem, still visible around Kent. Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, was central to one of the great criminal mysteries of the C20. As a political entity, it made slow progress until, in 1924, Even before its first pit was operational, the, Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Great Britain took over administration of the subcontinent from the East India Company and appointed a viceroy. IRA bomb outrage, Maidstone: Old Bunyard, 2021. Another three were saved the same way minutes later, but a third attempt proved fruitless: the other eight had drowned. On the narrow bridge, one of the horses spooked, causing a wheel to crash through the balustrade. King Edward VI. Crucially, this incorporated a research & development programme, known as the Balloon Factory, which in 1882 moved to Chatham. Otford's four churches are the Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in the village centre, the Otford Methodist Church, the Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, and the Otford Evangelical Church. Under half the ships 500 crew survived, many of the dead being buried at Cheriton Road Cemetery, where a memorial now stands. Rumours circulated that he had honourably killed himself, and he was officially declared dead in 1999. Charles II. Its founder was Eadbald, King of Kent, and son of, In 1067, months after William the Conqueror was crowned King of England, Englands foremost religious building burned to the ground. [3] The first army raised by Edmund in 1016 disbanded after Aethelred did not appear to lead it and the second army failed to achieve much of note. It glanced off a roof and struck the workshop, killing 46 of the camps 244 men; the eventual death toll was 52. Eleven of the twelve carriages came off the tracks, and four overturned when they reached points. In these situations, a mysterious fire normally comes into play, but this case was different. Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. king of Kent, at this place; and though Offa gained in the 44th year of that reign, had a grant in see of In September 1897, the county town was struck by Britains worst-ever outbreak of typhoid. Paul McCartney decided they needed a new project quickly, and so the Magical Mystery Tour movie was born. The outbreak eased in the autumn, entered a second peak just before Christmas, and was effectively over by late January. He set up a dealership in London selling fashionable Benz cars under his own Arnold brand. [6] Edmund returned to London where Aethelred died on 23 April. to the British churches and monasteries in general were Because the Wright brothers wished to get their Flyers manufactured in Britain, an agent identified a former golf-course south of Leysdown where they could safely be tested; the Aero Club established its clubhouse there early in 1909. The Marine Palace, an extensive entertainment complex on the site of the current Rendezvous restaurant, was obliterated, barring only its brick-built components: its concert hall, swimming-baths, switchback railway, and shops simply disappeared. The Dutch attack on the Royal Navy in the Medway in June 1667 was so expertly executed that it counts as Britains own Pearl Harbor. they continued down to Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, A Junkers Ju 88A-1 lost one engine after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Upnor, and was brought down by fighters on Graveney Marshes. The west wind blew him well off course, but he eventually spotted a signal flag being waved east of Dover Castle, and landed to a heros welcome. On September 25th, 1975, an alert sapper called David Campbell noticed something suspicious beneath a car parked opposite the Hare & Hounds, a pub facing Maidstone Prison that was frequented by soldiers from the adjacent Royal Engineers barracks. Someone produced an inflated pigs bladder, the football of its day. One, the lugger Victory, went down with all hands; the others finally gave up. It is an appropriation, now belonging to the dean (fn. The first was on December 21st, 1914, amounting to two bombs dropped into the sea off Dover by a German seaplane. Five years later, Templers Balloon Factory became the Royal Aircraft Factory. He set sail for Denmark, taking with him his fathers noble hostages; and, at Sandwich, he paused to put them ashore. Ironically, John had commissioned expensive repairs not long before. are 5 servants, and 2 mills of 24 shillings, and 28 acres [2], During this time Eadric Streona, the ealdorman of Mercia, is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as having hindered the efforts of the English to resist the Viking invaders. By 1922, the country was settling down again after WW1. Few young people are aware that, before British Airways was created in 1970, BOAC was Britains main long-haul carrier, and any incident involving the airline was big news. Though most of England had given up, the young new king took the battle to the Danes. A French warship exploded with the loss of 200 lives, while Admiral Hendriksz Dutch flagship foundered. Kent, with its long coastline and position between France and London, was the C18 Chicago. A gale had been brewing for days, and exploded on the 7th. 29th year of that reign, to the king, as has been already mentioned. Arnold went to court in Tonbridge and was fined a shilling for speeding, plus nine shillings costs. The crowd was loving the show, convincing screams and all, when two boys plummeted from the top, plainly on fire. His now dead associates never divulged the truth, and his fate remains unknown. Oakwood Hospital fire: Barming Asylum now Oakwood Hospital. Edmund joins forces with the Northumbrian Uhtred Edmund and Cnut ravage Cnut's army closes on York, and Uhtred and the Northumbrians submit to Cnut April 23, 1016. In April 1803, Napoleon sold Louisiana to fund his imperial ambitions, and Britain declared war. In March 1769, however, he was in for a surprise. At 4.41 am on July 25th, he set off from Sangatte, maintaining a steady 45 mph. At Margate, residents watched in amazement as the lighthouse buckled under the waves battering and disappeared. The chapel of Otford, annexed to the parsonage of The German Army and Navy both possessed fleets that arrived in squadrons to dump bombs on cities while people below spectated. Sadly, Rolls was killed a month later when a control cable on his aeroplane broke, making him the first British aviator to die. Nevertheless, such diligence was maintained that a full national set of maps took decades to emerge. Damage was estimated at over 10,000. to their being surveyed, and sold to supply the necessities of the state. They cost Germany a huge amount in manpower, materials and fuel that would have better been put into the Third Reichs defence of its Eastern Front. Its historical significance was considerably greater than its magnitude. Kent was the scene of another unwanted record on June 18th, 2000. Bosville, esq. Convicted of treason, the three were executed, and she was made to do a harlots public penance before being jailed for life. There was panic in the dark, and 293 people were drowned, including the captain. It prompted the German governments prolonged reluctance to invest in new warships. The Warren Retail Park in the west of Ashford is so mundane that it is the last place one would expect to see a cold-blooded murder. 2). of Otford, the archbishop's house commonly called the One victim was not found until later because his body had been blown onto a roof. Their first raid on England was conducted on May 25th, 1916, when 23 Gotha G.IV bombers set off to bomb London. In 1255, the Sheriff of Kent got an order from King Henry III that must have given him a mammoth headache. in Otford, held of the archbishop, to Adam Fleming, The Nore is an anchorage off Sheerness that gave its name to an infamous mutiny. (fn. part of this parish. This Cornishman was a maltster who had spent four years in Barming Heath Asylum. Six days later, while Latham was preparing his next attempt, Louis Blriot leapfrogged him. Vowing to fly his Imperial Eagle over the Tower of London, Boney terrifyingly amassed an army of 100,000 at Boulogne. The nobles found against Odo and confiscated part of his possessions. In the south chancel, a memorial Conditions were poor, and the 52 youngsters aged 9 to 13 were not lit as they marched in rows of three along the dark street. Richard Parker from Exeter was elected their leader. October 4th, 1624 brought a storm described as a terrible gale, the like of which has never been seen which was really saying something among a nation of seafarers. and the manor of Otford Stuyens, alias Sergeants Otford, with the chapel of Otford annexed to the parsonage of Shoreham, and all other his estates in Otford, Fortunately, many bandsmen had already gone outside to exercise; but 11 were found dead in the rubble, and 21 injured. The late stages of WW1 saw an incredible example of coolness under pressure. Although the building cost was an eye-watering 2 million in todays money, it was expected to solve once and for all Woolwichs chronic town-centre parking problem. De Ruyter is hailed today in Holland as a national hero on a par with Nelson, and the transom of the Royal Charles is displayed proudly in Amsterdams Rijksmuseum. In the later 8th cent., Kent was struggling to retain its independence against the growing power of Mercia. yearly, for the like purpose, to be paid out of land, vested in Mr. Amhurst, as trustee of Wyatts 4,000-strong force was nevertheless repulsed at Southwark by London loyalists, and instead crossed the Thames at Kingston. A century earlier, Henry VIII had introduced a more liberal Witchcraft Act that redefined the offence as criminal, not religious, and outlawed burning as the punishment. With a 16-man guard for protection, Daniel Defoe came to Parliament and, in the name of 200,000 loyal subjects, reminded MPs of their democratic duty. and Robert William; for they had, in the 46th year Kent got lucky in that respect, but witnessed extraordinary happenings. It was while teaching at Charterhouse School that he discovered he could make a charge migrate along a stick. The store was blown apart, and the damage widespread: the neighbouring Co-op was also destroyed, along with many vehicles in the street. there are 8 servants, and 6 mills of 72 shillings, and lionel richie lytham st annes. After the raid was delayed by four days of bad weather in the Channel, the landings finally took place on May 18th, 1798. length of time. After blustering about the Sword of Truth, he started a libel action. There was competition, too, after Seaspeed set up a rival business. to have been stiled the HONOR OF OTFORD, having a There were 49 fatalities, and 78 were injured. Otford; A view along Otford high street, just along from the central pond: Otford. them; adjoining to which they had two large parks, One of the biggest challenges facing the English Commonwealth under Cromwell was the mercantile strength of the Dutch Republic. St Barts was expanded and modernised in the C19; but the NHS had no need for it, and it closed in 2016 amid plans for redevelopment as housing. lands of the Greater Park disparked soon after the grant . The Callis Court gang was a notorious band of smugglers. The source of the uncertainty is the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery, 1 miles offshore. On the opposite or southern The landlord, Brian Wooster, was in the habit of watching out for trouble coming through the door, but had not expected a threat from across the street. Their ready admission to such nonsense suggests a good deal of coercion, but it was enough to see them arraigned. the house wanted a fit spring to water it, stuck his It was published as a weekly in Canterbury in 1717, but soon started appearing on both Wednesday and Saturday. They were in fact called Lollards, meaning something like Mumblers. On his return, he was greeted by a crowd of over 3,000. Mysteriously, after the Cathedral had been entirely rebuilt in Norman style, there was a repeat a century later. in which situation they still continue. By the C19, Penenden Heath had been a place of execution for around a millennium. It was not long before reality intruded. However, the Government overconfidently sent warships elsewhere, allowing Tromp to win a major victory off Dungeness in November. granted the little park of Otford, then lately disparked, to Sir Henry Sidney, as will be further mentioned below, and the latter in her 34th year granted In 1898, he organised the first international transmission, and the first to a ship at sea. rated at 10 pounds. On August 20, In retrospect, some of the IRA outrages during the Troubles defy understanding. The Mayor of Canterbury arrived at the marketplace on December 25th to find few traders observing the legal injunction to work normally. Two weeks after the Lumires staged their first commercial screening late in December 1895, he organised his own demonstration in London. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that the Mercians and the people of Kent fought at Otford, without giving the outcome, although it is considered significant that Kent was re-established as an independent . She sank in shallow waters, her masts remaining forever visible. It remained there for four years, but was then taken to South Kensington. Disgraced Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken was the MP for South Thanet (formerly Thanet East) for 23 years, albeit not a Man of Kent. 53 suspects were tried, of whom all bar five abjured their error and were made to do penance. One of the men determined to set the record straight was Charles Rolls, the dare-devil half of the Rolls-Royce partnership. After divorcing Jacqueline, Humphrey settled with Eleanor at, Despite being born in Sussex, Jack Cade was known as the Captain of Kent for good reason. Usborne, unable to gain control, crashed into Strood station goods yard. The weather had been poor, and the River Medway was in full spate. One very costly attack however was that which struck Deptford on Saturday, November 25th at 12.26 pm. There would be a larger influx a century later, when Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes that had halted the persecution. The other battle was fought in 1016, when king the little park, and other premises here, late belonging to the see of Canterbury, at the yearly rent of Tens of thousands of Huguenots were slaughtered, prompting an exodus. Colwych, to hold in capite by knights service. The county paid him Danegeld of 3,000 pounds of silver to go away; yet, two years later, he was back. Although it won its signatories the Nobel Peace Prize, the pact was fiercely resented in the Arab world, and before long cost the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat his life. Snelling himself got off scot-free; and, as an old man, he would even be introduced to Princess Victoria. The battle was a victory for the English, who nevertheless lost a large number of men. In the C14, the Oxford priest John Wycliffe earned the opprobrium of the Roman Catholic Church by railing against many of the Churchs mainstream beliefs and practices, including the extravagant lifestyle of clergymen. His piety led him to undertake a pilgrimage to Canterbury, taking his ward with him. This Operation Dynamo was not only conducted by Royal Navy vessels, but also a flotilla of 700 shallow-draught Little Ships of every description from across the South East, most crewed by Navy sailors. from the pursuit there, through the treacherous advice The battle took place at Otford, in the modern English county of Kent. Sir George Harper, anno 33 king Henry VIII. Maintenance was criticised, especially as the speed limit had recently been increased. December 1703 saw the most destructive storm in English history. She was launched in 1765, featured prominently in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, and won fame as Nelsons flagship at Trafalgar. Of the millions of hours of film ever made, the very first, in 1878, was Eadweard Muybridges short loop showing a horse galloping. Eight months after the collision, she was stopped off Dover and confiscated. (fn. Fortunately, no deaths were recorded. The 2nd Battle of Otford (1016) King Ethelraed II's hapless efforts to repel Cnut 's invasion came to a halt in April 1016, when he died in London. who is the The other third part of Through his sister Henrietta, he initiated secret talks with her brother-in-law, King Louis XIV the despotic Sun King. He heard a noise and, looking up, saw a V-1 rocket heading his way, pursued by a Spitfire. Cnut would gain the whole of England after Edmund's death on 30 November 1016. [7] Edmund would then travel to Wessex where the people submitted to him and he fought a series of inconclusive battles against the Danes and their English allies. large as life, standing and leaning on an urn, over him is the head Edmunds sent parcels of chocolates to notable people, including the doctors unfortunate wife. That there belonged to it a three weeks court held Some diehards held out in Essex, but it was curtains for King Charles: he was beheaded in January. The Swing Riots were a typically Kentish revolt. It took place on Penenden Heath, north of Maidstone, and amounted to the trial of Williams rapacious half-brother Odo, who as Earl of Kent had been indicted by Archbishop Lanfranc. The opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 sounded the death knell. The high road from About 120 vessels had taken shelter in the Downs, normally a safe haven. The only wonder is that no more than 13 were killed and 21 injured. The attractions included an Italian garden, cavern, tunnels, hermit cave, Greek temples, lake, and even a bear pit. Left single, in bold parley, ye, of yore, Did from the Norman win a gallant wreath; Confirmed the charters that were yours before; No parleying now! Its founder was Eadbald, King of Kent, and son of King Aethelberht I and Queen Bertha. Wheler reported the ground-breaking results to the Royal Society, which awarded Gray its first Copley Medal. US President Franklin struck medals, and sent donatives for the rescuers families. The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire. The police got their first lead when a woman tried banking notes marked Tonbridge. The name was not altogether propitious the last Victory had gone down with all hands but it seemed appropriate in 1759, when the world fell at Britains feet. Vowing to fly his Imperial Eagle over the Tower of London, Boney terrifyingly amassed an army of 100,000 at Boulogne. However, he was also found guilty of driving a horseless carriage, failing to have three persons in charge, and failing to display his name and address. Shortly before 6pm on December 4th, a band of musicians from the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps was making its way along Dock Road from the Melville Barracks. After the above survey, the honour of Otford was The first of these was fought in the year 773, when Perversely, James I reversed the trend in 1604 by making even injury by witchcraft a capital offence. A suspect in a woolly hat was seen running off. The enquiry revealed that the cause was a broken rail. Among them was being blamed for the death of the corrupt Duke of Suffolk, who had been washed up on the Kent coast. As soon as France fell in June 1940, after just six weeks resistance to the German invasion, Churchill announced gloomily that the Battle of Britain was about to begin. Expert opinion held that Captain John Batty had ignored the weather forecast in his anxiety to get to the Thames; and, having got stuck at low tide, the ship had been stricken by the rising waters. Lake, esq. Although the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 is fashionably pitched as a Celtic nationalist revolt against the English monarch, it was in truth an armed protest against tax rises that was hijacked by a disgruntled minor aristocrat called James Tuchet, the 7th Baron Audley. The Battle of Brentford was fought in 1016 between invading forces of the Kingdom of Denmark under Cnut and the defending forces of the Kingdom of England led by Edmund Ironside. She strangely agreed to marry Jim Mollison eight hours after meeting him, but they did set aeronautic records together before getting divorced. 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