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- The name Faversham, first attested in 811 as Fefresham, derives from Old English. The second element is the Old English word hām ('settlement'), which is common in place-names. The first element, however, is unique.
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The name Faversham, first attested in 811 as Fefresham, derives from Old English. The second element is the Old English word hām ('settlement'), which is common in place-names. The first element, however, is unique.
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Covering the town’s history from the earliest times, explore more on this interactive timeline We have publications for sale with History trails to guide you around the town, FP10 Town History Trails and a FP 131 A Victorian Trail. Also FP 130 Faversham in the 30s and 40s, memories of life in the town. Or we have free papers to download here FP5 10...
The first mayor of the town was documented in 1256 and most names are listed on panelling in the Guildhall around the council chamber. On the linked pages below, we have collated an astonishing amount of information and have some fascinating photographs of the mayors, from these earliest times up to the Faversham Society’s foundation in 1962. This ...
A very great honour and distinction which can fall upon a mayor of Faversham derives from the town’s membership of the Confederation of the Cinque Ports. For centuries the Barons of the Ports and their members have possessed and claimed the right to attend the Coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey. Originally their right was the holding of a can...
In the 12th century a highway was laid out as a grand approach to the Abbey which had survived Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries to become a residential area popular with anyone who owed their livelihood to the Creek, whether as merchant, craftsman or seaman. Toward the end of the 19th century its middle-class residents started moving to ...
In February 1551, Thomas Arden, a native of Norwich who like many others made a fortune out of the dissolution of the monasteries, was murdered in Arden's House. The crime was instigated by his wife, Alice, granddaughter of the shipwright who built the Mary Rose. In his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Arden had neglected her, and she had a boyfrie...
Refugees from the Great War - A Belgian Family living in Faversham In a story that resonates today, we have a Faversham Paper tells of the plight of Belgian refugees from World War I who arrived in Faversham in 1914 and the collective efforts of the town to support them. Emiel Vandenabeele lived with his family in Nieuwpoort, a small town on the Ys...
In our museum collection, we have an amazing diary. It is a fascinatingly detailed account of the life of a Faversham resident during the war years. From the mundane details of everyday life to the excitement of watching the Battle of Britain in the skies above the town. Harold Austin's War Diary covering the years 1940 to 1944
Aug 22, 2021 · The Faversham name is Latin via Old English origin, meaning "the metal-worker's village". It may derive from the Old English fæfere, which in turn comes from the Latin "faber" meaning "craftsman" or "forger".
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Faversham is a very ancient place; its name occurs in 812. In 1147 King Stephen and Queen Maud founded at Faversham a Cluniac abbey, within the walls of which they were buried. Faversham Creek is navigable up to the town for vessels of 200 tons.
Jul 31, 2024 · Faversham grew first as a port on the River Swale near Watling Street (an ancient Roman road). It was assessed in 1086 in Domesday Book as a royal demesne, and a market was held there. King Stephen (ruled 1135–54) founded a Cluniac (later Benedictine) monastery in 1147.
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Aug 14, 2018 · Faversham was also at that time a Kings Manor and the lead town for an Anglo-Saxon Hundred. The first documented use of the name and its identity as ‘the Kings little town’ is in a charter of King Coenwulf dated to AD 811.
History of Faversham. Faversham comes from the Old English ' fæfer' meaning a 'smith' together with ‘hām’ as a 'village, homestead'; therefore, a 'homestead/village of the smith'. The Domesday Book records Faversham as Favreshant, and as Fefresham in 811AD.
