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    The Darent is a Kentish tributary of the River Thames and takes the waters of the River Cray as a tributary in the tidal portion of the Darent near Crayford...
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    The Darent Valley line is a railway line between Swanley and Sevenoaks in Kent, England. It adopted its current name in 2020, by the Kent Rail Partnership...
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    through which the River Darent flows and where the old road from London to Dover crossed: hence the name, which derives from Darent + ford. Dartford became...
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    Darent Valley Hospital is a 478-bed, acute district general hospital in Dartford, Kent, England. The hospital has an Emergency Department. The hospital...
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    The waymarked path Darent Valley Path is 19 miles (31 km) long, following the River Darent from the banks of the River Thames at Dartford through the...
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  • Tresses rears: And sullen Mole, that hides his diving Flood; And silent Darent, stain'd with Danish Blood. — Alexander Pope, Windsor Forest (lines 335–346)...
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    The River Cray is the largest tributary of the River Darent. It is the prime river of outer, south-east Greater London, rising in Priory Gardens, Orpington...
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    Line at Swanley Junction, and proceeds down the Darent Valley line to Otford junction, where the Darent Valley line, also known as the Bat & Ball line...
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    and consists of the two settlements named, both to the west of the River Darent, one of the parish boundaries. The M25 motorway divides them. It has a population...
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    (the final part of which is called Bow Creek), Roding (Barking Creek), Darent and Ingrebourne. In London, the water is slightly brackish with sea salt...
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    founded in this part of the parish, which is open to the public today. The Darent Valley Path takes in a cross-section of the area. Eynsford is first mentioned...
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    The King's Arms and the Crown; with The Rising Sun in nearby Twitton. The Darent valley was one of the major areas of Stone Age settlement; Shoreham is not...
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    and features such as the Ringlemere gold cup and the Roman villas of the Darent valley. Julius Caesar described the area as Cantium, or the home of the...
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    Four major rivers drain the county of Kent, England. The catchment area of the Medway covers almost 25% of the county. The detailed map has a diagram of...
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    village or homestead, and so Westerham means a westerly homestead. The River Darent flows through the town, and formerly powered three watermills. There is...
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    Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It lies in the valley of the River Darent, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the town of Sevenoaks. Dunton Green is designated...
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    elements "der-/dar-/dur-" and "-went" e.g. "Derwent, Darwen, Deer, Adur, Dour, Darent, Went". These names exhibit multiple different Celtic roots. One is *dubri-...
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    century chapel of the Knights Hospitaller and a garden moated by the River Darent. The chapel and garden are open to the public. It was established in 1199...
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  • annual budget of about £121 million, and employs 1,900 staff. It manages Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, Erith and...
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    parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It lies on the River Darent, 3 miles (5 km) north of Sevenoaks. Otford's four churches are the Anglican...
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    hence of the same origin as other English rivers named Derwent, Darwen, Darent and Dart...The river gave its name to Derwent Water (which was also known...
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  • that anticline - precursors of watercourses like today's Mole, Wey and Darent rivers - would have begun feeding into the Thames from the south. Further...
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    castle serving as a hunting lodge. The grounds are located on the River Darent and hidden within it are Queen Anne's bathhouse and an icehouse dating from...
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  • on Rochester founded after 971: Archbishop Hubert granted the manor of Darent; dissolution unknown Dartford Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the visitation...
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  • million) Financial close Project name Capital cost Authority References 1997 Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford £94m Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Cumberland...
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    davidii 'Blue Horizon' B. davidii 'Camkeep' = Camberwell Beauty B. davidii 'Darent Valley' B. davidii 'Dartmoor' B. davidii 'Monum' = Nanho Purple B. davidii...
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    250m above sea level, and its boundaries include three main rivers: the Darent, Medway and Stour. To the west, Surrey Hills AONB adjoins the Kent Downs...
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    a much larger area, and included a small tunnel through which the River Darent was diverted. The paper produced was said to be a good quality, used for...
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    also served by Fastrack bus services connecting the town with Bluewater, Darent Valley Hospital and Dartford. Passenger ferry services to Tilbury, Essex...
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    Nettleton Beck, Waithe Beck, Chalk streams of Kent: River Dour Nailbourne River Darent (there are more in Kent than listed here) Chalk streams of Norfolk: Babingley...
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