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Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England. ... Kingswear Gardens is a high crime area, [45] and is prone to flooding. [46]
Garden at Coleton Fishacre. The garden at Coleton Fishacre runs down a narrow combe from the house to the sea at Pudcombe Cove. It was originally planted by Lady Dorothy and features rare and exotic plants, some of which are unusual in their ability to grow outside a subtropical climate due to the proximity of the Gulf Stream to this part of the coast of Devon.
Henry Fownes was born in 1722 or 1723, the eldest son of John Fownes (died 1733) of Kittery Court, Kingswear, Devon, a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth, by his wife Anne Maddock, a daughter of Samuel Maddock of Tamerton Foliot.
However, less well-known is the Kingswear Castle, which was at the marina for four years from the late 1960s. There was in fact a period of nine months between September 1970, when the Ryde arrived and June 1971 when the Kingswear Castle left, that Island Harbour boasted three paddle steamers, all at the same time.
It includes more than 1,600 sites, ranging from gardens of private houses, to cemeteries and public parks. [1] There are 306 registered parks and gardens in South West England. 31 are listed at grade I, the highest grade, 99 at grade II*, the middle grade, and 175 at grade II, the lowest grade.
At the Strood end the coastal marsh became 600 yds wide. There is evidence of Roman piling so they could build a road, Watling Street, from Strood Hill across the marsh to the Medway which they bridged. At that time Strood was part of Frindsbury. The impenetrable nature and the steepness of the topography here influenced the route of the railways.
Strood, Kent: Towns in Medway & Kent: EP111* ... Romford Garden Suburb; Rosal, Sutherland ... by Diliff Thames Riverfront in Richmond, London, by Diliff Kingswear ...
Upon its creation, the new Rochester and Strood constituency consisted of ten wards of the Borough of Medway: Cuxton and Halling, Peninsula, River, Rochester East, Rochester South and Horsted, Rochester West, Strood North, Strood Rural and Strood South. [9]