Date |
Year |
Event |
Jan
|
1
|
1831
|
|
|
14 |
1236 |
Manor of Ospringe given to Queen Eleanor |
| |
20 |
1891 |
Flash flood in Ospringe |
|
22 |
1793 |
Faversham Porter Club established |
|
25 |
1858 |
Railway to Chatham opened |
|
31 |
1989 |
Cottage Hospital extension opened by Duke and Duchess of Kent |
|
|
|
|
Feb |
1 |
1738 |
John Wesley's first visit to Faversham |
|
1 |
1953 |
Severe flooding in north-east Kent |
|
14 |
1581 |
Elizabeth I's second visit to Faversham |
|
15 |
1551 |
Thomas Arden murdered at Arden's House |
|
23 |
1883 |
Faversham News first appeared |
|
25 |
|
St Valentine's Fair (New Style date) (for seven days) |
|
|
|
|
Mar |
4 |
1909 |
|
|
12 |
1977 |
Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre opened |
|
26 |
1548 |
Thomas Arden elected mayor |
|
26 |
1620 |
Faversham Church registers commence |
|
30 |
1842 |
|
|
|
|
|
Apr |
2 |
1916 |
Great Explosion at Uplees: 106 people killed |
|
8 |
1857 |
Wreight's School opened |
|
15 |
1959 |
Local railways electrified |
|
17 |
1781 |
Severe blast at Stonebridge Pond (Royal Gunpowder Factory) |
|
|
|
|
May |
10 |
1533 |
Henry Hatch, town benefactor, died |
|
12 |
1838 |
Cottage Hospital new wing opened by HRH Duke of Kent |
|
16 |
1968 |
New Queen Elizabeth School opened by HRH Princess Alexandra |
|
20 |
1260 |
First extant Cinque Ports Charter (belonging to Faversham) |
|
21 |
1971 |
Faversham and Ospringe conservation areas designated |
|
22 |
1616 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
26 |
1887 |
Cottage Hospital formal opening |
|
31 |
1838 |
Battle of Bossenden Wood (Courtenay Riots) |
|
|
|
|
June |
4 |
1252 |
Town's oldest existing charter granted |
|
4 |
1862 |
Faversham Institute opened |
|
10 |
1381 |
Local support for Wat Tyler's rebellion |
|
21 |
1727 |
Faversham Farmers' Club established |
|
22 |
|
Eastling Fair |
|
29 |
1879 |
Congregational Church, Newton Road, opened |
|
|
|
|
Jul |
1 |
1963 |
Faversham Water Company amalgamated with Mid Kent Water Company |
|
3 |
1360 |
Black Prince stayed at Maison Dieu |
|
8 |
1538 |
Faversham Abbey dissolved |
|
8 |
1860 |
Railway to Canterbury opened |
|
14 |
1576 |
Grammar school re-founded |
|
14 |
1847 |
Guncotton disaster at Marsh Works |
|
16 |
1963 |
M2 to Medway Towns opened (completed to Brenley Corner, 2 September) |
|
30 |
1884 |
Faversham Club opened in Gatefield Lane |
|
31 |
1872 |
Baptist Church foundation stone laid by C. H. Spurgeon |
|
|
|
|
Aug |
1 |
1860 |
Railway to Whitstable opened |
|
11 |
1794 |
First stone of new tower of Faversham Church laid |
|
12 |
|
|
|
13 |
1853 |
|
|
22 |
1860 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept |
29 |
1645 |
Joan Walliford, Joan Cariden and Jane Hott, convicted as witches, executed |
|
|
|
|
Oct |
6 |
1552 |
Davington Church registers commence |
|
11 |
1695 |
Ospringe Church tower collapses as bells are rung to celebrate William III's passing through Ospringe |
|
17 |
1962 |
Faversham Society formed |
|
24 |
|
Badlesmere Fair |
|
25 |
1154 |
King Stephen died (founded Faversham Abbey, 1147) |
|
|
|
|
Nov |
1 |
1660 |
Charles II visits 23 Court Street |
|
5 |
1857 |
Riot Act read when Guy Fawkes celebrations get out of hand |
|
20 |
1910 |
Lees Court, Sheldwich, burnt out |
|
26 |
1788 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dec |
10 |
1526 |
Faversham's first grammar school established |
|
11 |
1688 |
James II captured and held in custody in Faversham |
|
21 |
1799 |
George Finlay, historian of Greece, born in Faversham |