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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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