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The Centre for Kentish Studies was a combined county record office and local studies library, based for many years at the County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, UK.The original archive repository, known as the Kent Archives Office, was first established by Kent County Council in 1933, placing it amongst the earliest local authority record offices in England.
The Kent History and Library Centre is a purpose-built headquarters in James Whatman Way, Maidstone, that opened on 23 April 2012. [1] It has been designed to incorporate under one roof the former Centre for Kentish Studies (the combined county record office and local studies library) and the town's former Central Library.
It was designed with rooms for newspapers and journals, and a magazine room as well as lending and reference libraries. The 200 Scott-Robinson books about Kent are part of the local history collection. [3] [6] In the 1944 film A Canterbury Tale, the Beaney Institute building was director Michael Powell's inspiration for the Colpeper Institute. [7]
Hull City Archives; Hull History Centre: Hull City Archives, Hull University Archives and Local Studies Library; Hyman Archive, London; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Archives; India Office Records at The British Library; Islington Local History Centre, London; Kent History and Library Centre, Maidstone; Kingston History Centre, Kingston ...
Pages in category "Archives in Kent" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Kent History and Library Centre This page was last ...
F. F. Smith's 1929 work A History of Rochester quotes a 1735 glossary by the Rev. Samuel Pegge on the subject: A Man of Kent and a Kentish Man is an expression often used but the explanation has been given in various ways. Some say that a Man of Kent is a term of high honour while a Kentish Man denotes but an ordinary person.
International Council on Archives; International Historical Club, IHC [1] [2] International Economic History Association; International Social History Association; International Association for the History of Religions; International Intelligence History Association; International Water History Association; International Students of History ...
The Kent Archaeological Society was founded in 1857 to promote the study and publication of archaeology and history, specifically that pertaining to the ancient county of Kent in England. This includes the modern administrative county as well as areas now subsumed by south east London and in the district of Medway .