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For all those who want to keep up with the local news in Gillingham

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DidYouKnow Gillingham was served by an electric tram system from 1902 to 1930. Dorset FactOfTheDay Gillingham

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DidYouKnow a large part of Chatham Dockyard lay within Gillingham until the day it was closed in 1984. Dorset FactOfTheDay Gillingham

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DidYouKnow John Robert Featherby was the first mayor of the Borough of Gillingham. Dorset FactOfTheDay Gillingham

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DidYouKnow the Medway Park leisure centre in Gillingham hosted the Modern Pentathlon World Cup 2010. Dorset FactOfTheDay

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DidYouKnow Gillingham is home to the Royal Engineers Museum, one of the most important for military engineering history. Gillingham

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DidYouKnow Gillingham became an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894, gaining municipal borough status in 1903. Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow after WW1, a naval war memorial in the shape of a white stone obelisk was set up on #Gillingham's Great Lines. #FactOfTheDay

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#DidYouKnow the London, Chatham and Dover Railway opened its line between Chatham and Faversham on 25 January 1858. #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow the name Gillingham is recorded in the Domesday book of 1086. #Dorset #FactOfTheDay #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow in medieval times the part of Gillingham Known as Grange was a limb of the Cinque Ports. #Dorset #FactOfTheDay #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow Gillingham means a homestead of Gylla's family, from Old English ham (village) and ingas (family). #FactOfTheDay #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow William Adams wrote of #Gillingham "two English miles from Rochester and one mile from Chatham, where the King's ships do lie".

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#DidYouKnow there are three Church of England churches in Gillingham. #Dorset #FactOfTheDay #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow Gillingham was served by an electric tram system from 1902 to 1930. #Dorset #FactOfTheDay #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow a large part of Chatham Dockyard lay within Gillingham until the day it was closed in 1984. #Dorset #FactOfTheDay #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow John Robert Featherby was the first mayor of the Borough of Gillingham. #Dorset #FactOfTheDay #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow the Medway Park leisure centre in #Gillingham hosted the Modern Pentathlon World Cup 2010. #Dorset #FactOfTheDay

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#DidYouKnow Gillingham is home to the Royal Engineers Museum, one of the most important for military engineering history. #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow Gillingham became an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894, gaining municipal borough status in 1903. #Gillingham

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#DidYouKnow after WW1, a naval war memorial in the shape of a white stone obelisk was set up on #Gillingham's Great Lines. #FactOfTheDay