Dartford has a large number of boarded up shops and the town is suffering due to the competition from Bluewater Shopping Centre. There is a regular bus Service between these places including an express bus.

Dartford is an important town in Kent, about 16 miles east of London.

Photo of Dartford, General View c.1955 from Francis Frith

Opened 2006 replacing former Travel Branch within the former Dartford Department Store

Brass of John Beer, d. 1572, and his wives Alyce and Joan, his son Henry, and grandson William.

""Here under lyeth buryed, the bodye of Willyam Death, Gentylman, Principall of Staple Inne, and one of the Attorneys of the Common Pleas at Westminster, who had two wives Elizabeth and Anne, and had yssue by Elizabeth X sons and five daughters. Which Willyam beynge of the age of 63 years deceased ye fyrste of March 1590 and Elizabeth beynge of the age of XL years deceased ye XIII of April 1582, unto whose soules Almighty God grant a joyfull ressurection."" Originally the brass showed 15 children who were lost during a restoration of the Church in 1925 William Death 1527-1590 He m1 Elizabeth 1541-1582 flic.kr/p/7tBFKk daughter of William Vaughan 1580 yeoman to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, a landowner, farmer and philanthropist who lived in the Dartford / Erith area. (Apart from a substantial bequest of livestock to his granddaughter Johane daughter of his deceased son Charles most of William Vaughan's assets passed to the family of his daughter)Children - 10 sons and 5 daughters 1. Thomas his executor (ancestor immigrants to USA) He m2 Anne ? 1560-1601 Staple Inn which he helped found is an Inn of Chancery still located on the High Holborn in London is described as a magnificent hall dating back to 1581 that houses one of London's finest hammerbeam roofs, priceless Elizabethan and Jacobean stained glass windows and original minstrels' gallery. He also founded Dartford School in 1576 with William Vaughn his father in law and Edward Gwyn a Mercer of London Arms - a griffin passant between 3 crescents quartering 4 other coats. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vaughan_(philanthropist) boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=154&p...

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Photo of a photo on an information board in Dartford, Kent See it as it is now www.flickr.com/photos/kenjonbro/3432141603/in/photostream/

Photo of Dartford, c.1955 from Francis Frith

Green Lake's old burial ground Dartford Cemetery holds the dark secrets of the idyllic community's tragic past, including the apparition of Chief Highknocker.

Gareth Johnson - MP for Dartford tells us "Dartford Unites" He speaks to us about the remarkable response from Dartfordians in these uncertain times . https://issuu.com/dartfordliving/docs/dartford_living_june_2020/6?ff #dartford #dartfordliving #dartfordbusiness #dartfordcommunity #localmagazine #communitymagazine

formerly Dartford Society {Central Store and Registered Office} subsequently Invicta Society. Closed February 2007 by tCG South East.

Photo of Dartford, Shops In Hythe Street c.1925

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