AshfordNetwork

For those living in Ashford!

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#DidYouKnow Ashford was targeted during the Battle of Britain, this included an attack on 15 September 1940. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow there has been evidence of human habitation around Ashford since the Iron Age. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow in the 16th and 17th centuries, Ashford became Known for nonconformism. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow Dr John Wallis, the internationally recognised mathematician and one of Isaac Newton's main tutors was born in Ashford. #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow Ashford has been marked as a place for expansion since the 1960s and appeared on several Government plans for growth. #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow Ashford now has the oldest surviving St John's Ambulance Association unit. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow during Roman Britain, iron ore was mined in the Weald and transported to Ashford. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow Jack Cade, who led the Cade's Rebellion against corrupt Royal officials in 1450, hailed from Ashford. #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow present #Ashford originates from an original settlement established in 893 AD by inhabitants escaping a Danish Viking raid.

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#DidYouKnow Ashford's importance as an agricultural and market town grew in the 13th century. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow during WW1, Ashford's importance as a transport hub made it a target for aerial bombing. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow Ashford has been targeted as a key area for population development since the 1960s. In 1959. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow on 25 March 1917, a bomb targeted for the railway works fell on Ashford, killing 61 people. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow Ashford has been associated with the German town Bad Münstereifel since the 20th century. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086 #Ashford was still Known by its original Saxon name of Essetesford. #Kent

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#DidYouKnow The name Ashford comes from the Old English æscet, indicating a ford near a clump of ash trees. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow the Army first established a presence in Ashford in 1797 when it built a garrison on Barrow Hill. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow in William Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 2, Cade is shown conversing with "Dick, the Butcher from Ashford" #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow Ashford was targeted during the Battle of Britain, this included an attack on 15 September 1940. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford

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#DidYouKnow there has been evidence of human habitation around Ashford since the Iron Age. #Kent #FactOfTheDay #Ashford