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1.     Mayors of which town wear all black ceremonial gowns In memory of a 15th century Mayor murdered by

French raiders ?

2.     Who succeeded Saxon Earl Godwin ?

3.     Where would you find the ‘Church on the lawn’ ?

4.     From 1934 to 1957 Lullingstone castle was famous for the production of what ?

5.     What bird takes it’s name from a Kent town ?

6.     Where is Kent’s and England’s tallest windmill ?

7.     Where can you see a brick wall built almost entirely by a future Prime Minister ?

8.     On October 9th 1934 King George V revived a lapsed title to bestow on his fourth son Price George, what

was that title ?

9.      What, according to tradition, is the characteristic of the Nailbourne Stream ?

10.    Which Queen of England’s family home was at Hever Castle ?

11.     What was the traditional county meeting place on the outskirts of Maidstone ?

12.     Where were the Ashes first lodged when they were brought to England from Australia in 1881 ?

13.     What was the fortified home of Sir John Oldcastle who was executed as a Lollard in 1417 ?

14.     What is the castle now owned by the National Trust at Lamberhurst ?

15.      Who described the garden at Sissinghurst castle as ‘Sleeping Beauty’s Garden’?

16.      In which town is preserved one of George Stephenson’s first railway engines, the Invicta ?

17.      Which famous author had a brother who inherited Godmersham Park ?

18.      Where was England’s first gunpowder factory ?

19.      Which Stour-side town was mentioned in ‘Complete Angler’ by Isaac Walton for it’s rare trout?

20.      Which world war one field marshal lived at Broom Park near Canterbury ?

 

 

 

 
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