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Anchor was established in 1968 by Cecil Jackson-Cole, as Help the Aged (Oxford) Housing Association, to provide sheltered housing to older people. By 1972, the organisation had completed its first new-build properties and begun diversifying into both leasehold and rented accommodation.
Former names include Milton-next-Sittingbourne, Milton Royal, Middleton, Midletun and Middletune. It has a population of about 5,000. Today it is a suburb of Sittingbourne, although this has not always been the case. Until around 1800, Sittingbourne was a small hamlet and under the control of the Manor of Milton Regis.
A modern Indian bungalow in an affluent area near Bangalore, Karnataka, India The Manale Tea Bungalow, one of the oldest bungalows in Kerala, India In India, the term bungalow or villa refers to any single-family unit, as opposed to an apartment building , which is the norm for Indian middle-class city living.
Sittingbourne is an industrial town in the Swale district of Kent, southeast England, 17 miles (27 km) from Canterbury and 45 miles (72 km) from London, ...
The parish is located beside the A2 road (originally a Roman road) between Rainham to the west and Sittingbourne to the east. The population of the parish in 2011 was 2,551. [1] The village has its own railway station which is situated on the Chatham Main Line between Sittingbourne and Rainham. [3]
The constituency was created in 1997 as the successor to the former Faversham constituency, containing around 75% of the electors of the former seat. [6] The removal of the town of Faversham itself (to the new seat of Faversham and Mid Kent) led to the name change, but Sittingbourne had already been the largest town in the former constituency.
Birchington-on-Sea is a village in the Thanet district in Kent, England, with a population of 9,961.. The village forms part of the civil parish of Birchington. It lies on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh.It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent. Lydd reached the height of its prosperity during the 13th century, when it was a corporate member of the Cinque Ports, a "limb" of Romney.