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money at their disposal. This fraud caused a great financial burden upon the fishers and oyster catchers, who were driven to "unlawful and riotous assembly", in protest against unwarranted charges made upon them in the course of their trade. So serious had this deterioration in conditions become, that by the middle of the 19th century the corporation was bankrupt. A leading figure was Thomas Young Greet, who frequently held the office of mayor, and treasurer, and first came to
Queenborough in 1814. He and his friends used their positions to cream off the profits of the fisheries. Parliament was called upon to act, vesting by an
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Records from between 1815 and 1820 show that the
Corporation of Queenborough was in some financial difficulties, owing some ÂĢ14,500 that it could not hope to pay. It appears that the mayor and other officials had been less than honest in their duties toward the community, with the use of the public
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at the mouth of the Swale, which was subsequently to become known as Dead Man's Island, and can still be found as such, on local maps today. The new fort and harbour developments completed at
Sheerness by this time further replaced Queenborough by being better positioned at the mouth of the Medway.
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From the town's depression in the 1850s there began a process of recovery. New industries came to
Queenborough including a glass works and a company engaged in coal washing. Besides these many other small industries developed, including potteries, the Sheppy Fertilizer company (which used the old
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and burnt numerous other ships in the Thames and Medway. Following this raid on the Medway, much-needed attention was given to the improvement of the naval defences of the Medway, which at length helped strengthen the economy of
Queenborough and Sheppey. Some 300 years later, in 1967, The
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Not long after this, in 1667, the Dutch captured the new
Sheerness fort (then under construction) and invaded Queenborough. The occupation lasted only a few days; though the Dutch caused widespread panic, they were unable to maintain their offensive, and withdrew having captured the
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Queenborough today still reflects something of its original 18th-century seafaring history, from which period most of its more prominent buildings survive. The church is the sole surviving feature from the medieval period. The town was first represented by two
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For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. The age distribution was 7% aged 0â4 years, 18% aged 5â15 years, 10% aged 16â24 years, 28% aged 25â44 years, 23% aged 45â64 years and 13% aged 65 years and over.
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The parish church overhaul continued through to 1730, and a number of houses added to the growing town during the 18th century. With the general prosperity of the colonial and mercantile trades of the age, Queenborough thrived.
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A modern pharmaceutical factory and laboratories, and a steel rolling mill are among the more recent developments, but the mill has suffered greatly as a result of the restrictions in place by the
American steel trade.
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and R. Allen Brown as "exemplifying the principles of cylindrical and concentric fortification carried to their logical conclusion with perfect symmetry". They also suggest that the design, which bore similarities to
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Queenborough continues the traditions of having a town council and a mayor. The town council is made up of eleven elected members, seven from
Queenborough and four from Rushenden. The current mayor is Ashley Shiel.
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fishery. However the fort having protected the Swale and Medway estuaries for 300 years was never in fact to realise its function as a garrison, and recorded no active military history. After being seized by
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With the silting up of the
Yantlet creek and the Wantsum channel and improved navigation through the Thames estuary to London, Queenborough began to lose its importance, becoming something of a backwater.
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The harbour and creek at
Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey has mooring facilities for a range of boats. There is an all-tide landing owned by Queenborough Harbour Trust situated on
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The industry of employment of residents was 24% manufacturing, 16% retail, 9% construction, 9% real estate, 10% transport & communications, 7% health & social work, 7%
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Queenborough Harbour offers moorings between the Thames and Medway. It is possible to land at Queenborough on any tide and there are boat builders and chandlers in the marina.
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had the town reincorporated under the title of the "mayor, jurats, bailiffs and burgesses of Queenborough", during which time the population was chiefly employed in the local
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much of the town's business in the hands of trustees who were able to refinance the economy by selling land, property and the ancient oyster fishery. The
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with France. It was built on the site of a much earlier, but smaller castle. Its unusual design â round and symmetrical â was described by historians
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trade having been corrupted by smuggling and the bribery of the island's members of parliament, the town lost its franchise in the
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A borough charter granted in 1885 gave some renewed impetus to the struggling borough council, but it was not until 1937 that the
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were at last able to appoint a borough council, but the town and its fisheries never fully recovered. The present trustees are
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and 2.4% economically inactive for other reasons. The unemployment rate of 3.40% was similar to the national rate of 3.35%.
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defences have hindered the character of the beaches but were deemed necessary; a large yachting harbour exists, where the
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described it as "a miserable and dirty fishing town (with) the chief traders ... alehouse keepers and oyster catchers".
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of Queenborough and Halfway. This ward has three of the forty seven seats on Swale Borough Council. As of the
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to Queenborough: Sandwich and Queenborough became the two centres in Kent for wool trading.
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works opened in 1890, and there is still a considerable trade in timber.
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which would frequently dispose of their dead charges on a
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In Saxon times, the settlement on the site was known as
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King Edward III had the town renamed after his Queen,
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Local news and television programmes are provided by
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was elected to the town council and as leader of the
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Work began on overhauling the parish church in 1690.
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in 1366 and two years later bestowed the duties of a
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1622:. Office for National Statistics. 14 April 2008.
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491:The medieval Holy Trinity Church in Queenborough
885:Buildings along Railway Terrace in Queenborough
585:in 1572, one of its earlier MPs being explorer
372:Queenborough is two miles (3 km) south of
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1616:"Area: Queenborough and Halfway (Ward)"
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1705:Queenborough's town council's website
1348:A Topographical Dictionary of England
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1204:. Community radio based stations are
440:A fortress, called Sheppey Castle or
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564:The castle was excavated in 2005 by
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867:Official Monster Raving Loony Party
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748:Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway
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2592:Parliamentary constituencies
1545:Isle of Sheppey Through Time
1236:Queenborough railway station
1156:looking after home or family
392:parliamentary constituency.
380:at the westward entrance to
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1158:, 5.3% permanently sick or
1043:Bachelor's degree or higher
839:Queenborough is within the
104:OS grid reference
35:Human settlement in England
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2632:Grade II* listed buildings
1913:Norton, Buckland and Stone
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1853:Graveney with Goodnestone
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1710:A reference for the term
1262:The beach at Queenborough
871:Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party
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19:Not to be confused with
1548:. Amberley Publishing.
1491:"History of Parliament"
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820:Queenborough is in the
682:was completed in 1793.
2728:Civil parishes in Kent
2165:List of places in Kent
2059:Heart's Delight, Swale
1888:Lynsted with Kingsdown
1542:Clancey, John (2011).
1417:Rickard, John (2002).
1368:. Rivingtons. p.
1362:Taylor, Isaac (1898).
1345:Lewis, Samuel (1848).
1313:"Town population 2011"
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593:established the first
519:, navigating past the
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208:Postcode district
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2472:Royal Tunbridge Wells
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2250:Boroughs or districts
1676:Swale Borough Council
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666:View of Queenborough
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583:members of parliament
572:television programme
557:was transferred from
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409:members of parliament
16:Town in Kent, England
2718:Market towns in Kent
2277:Folkestone and Hythe
1818:Boughton under Blean
1571:"Thomas Young Greet"
1449:on 7 September 2009.
1443:"About Queenborough"
1234:Trains pass through
890:Queenborough in the
852:2019 local elections
710:19th century to date
587:Sir Humphrey Gilbert
536:Philippa of Hainault
188:Sovereign state
2637:Scheduled monuments
2323:(cities in italics)
2238:Unitary authorities
1461:"Queenborough Kent"
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1098:Republic of Ireland
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750:(later part of the
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442:Queenborough Castle
397:Admiral Lord Nelson
384:where it joins the
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1712:Queenborough mayor
1569:Farrell, Stephen.
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846:and its electoral
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733:Reform Act of 1832
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631:Raid on the Medway
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450:Hundred Years' War
436:Medieval and Tudor
367:South East England
333:51.4183°N 0.7450°E
274:UK Parliament
220:Dialling code
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725:Act of Parliament
643:Queenborough and
507:from the rest of
353:is a town on the
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138:Shire county
28:HMAS Queenborough
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2687:London Paramount
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