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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.
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, beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons.
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]
Tunstall House. In 1042, the manor was held by Osward (a Saxon chief) before being given to Odo, Earl of Kent (as the Bishop of Bayeux). After Odo's trial for fraud, the parish passed to 'Hugo de Port'. In the reign of King Henry II (1166), it passed to Manasser Arsic. In 1206, it was sold to Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent.
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.
Quealy or Quealey is a surname in the English language. It is derived from one of several names in Irish : Ó Cadhla [ 1 ] and Ua Caollaidhe of Uí Bercháin (Ibercon) in Osraige . Notable people with the surname
The Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway in Kent is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway that operates from Sittingbourne to the banks of The Swale.. The line was developed as an industrial railway by paper maker Frank Lloyd in 1904, to transport pulp materials and finished products between Ridham Dock, on the Swale, and the company's paper mill at Sittingbourne, and from the ...
Queally is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hylda Queally (born 1961), Irish talent agent; Jason Queally (born 1970), English track cyclist; Peter Queally (hurler) (born 1970), Irish retired hurler and Gaelic footballer