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Gillingham (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ l ɪ ŋ əm / ⓘ JIL-ing-əm) is a town in the unitary authority area of Medway, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham , Rochester , Strood and Rainham .
Gillingham and Rainham is a constituency [n 1] in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Naushabah Khan of the Labour Party. [ 2 ] [ n 2 ] It was previously represented since its 2010 creation by Rehman Chishti of the Conservative Party and replaced the previous constituency of Gillingham .
Hempstead is a village near Gillingham, Kent in South East England.Historically a small hamlet, Hempstead grew throughout the 20th century to become part of the urban area of the Medway Towns.
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The Medway News was a weekly newspaper covering the Medway Towns in Kent, England. Established in 1855 as the Military Chronicle and Naval Spectator, it relaunched as the Chatham News and Rochester, Strood, Brompton & Gillingham Advertiser on Saturday 9 July 1859.
Gillingham Green was a small village; [1] eventually it, too, was swallowed up, and the name of the whole settlement changed to Gillingham. Officers' houses were built within the confines of the Barracks and at Brompton where Mansion Row, Prospect Row and Garden Street now form part of the Brompton-Lines conservation area.
Historically, Rainham was a separate village. In 1921 the civil parish had a population of 4335. [2] On 1 April 1929 the parish was abolished and merged with Gillingham [3] and became part of the Municipal Borough of Gillingham, which was originally created in 1903 and was grouped into the latter's built-up area in analysis of the 2011 census by the Office for National Statistics. [4]
Twydall is a suburb of Gillingham in Kent in south-east England. In 1998 responsibility for local government was transferred from Kent County Council to the newly created Unitary Authority of Medway, [2] The origin of the name Twydall is thought to mean "Two Parts" or "Double Portion" from the Old English twidǣl, but by 1240 it was written Twydele. [3]