Gravesend Walk: Town Centre【4K】
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- Located in the county of Kent, and around 20 miles east, and slightly south, of central London, is the town of Gravesend.
In the Domesday Book of 1086 the settlement was recorded as 'Gravesham', which happens to be the name of the borough and district to which it belongs to this day. The name is believed to be derived from 'Grafs-ham', meaning 'a place at the end of the grove'.
A market charter was first granted to Gravesend in 1268. It is home to one of the oldest surviving markets in the country. Owing to its geographic location on the south bank of the River Thames, Gravesend has, for centuries, operated ferrying services to London. In 1380 during the Hundred Years' War, French and Spanish forces attacked and burned Gravesend and captured most of its inhabitants. Consequently, Richard II granted the town increased privileges of ferry to enable it to recover its losses.
In 1543 a riverside fort was built at Gravesend under orders from Henry VIII. In 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada, a bridge of boats was built across the river for army use and as a barrier
for the Spanish ships under the cannons of Tilbury Fort over the river from Gravesend. It was here that Queen Elizabeth I landed in August 1588 to make her famous Speech to the Troops at Tilbury. Victory of the Anglo-Dutch forces shortly followed.
In 1617 Native American princess Pocahontas died at Gravesend. She had become known for saving the life of Captain John Smith, at the colony of Chesapeake, Virginia, after interceding with her father as Smith was about to be put to death. She later married another settler, John Rolfe, and came to England with him. The two later boarded a ship back to Virginia, but only made it as far as Gravesend where she became ill and was taken ashore, and died from unknown causes, and was buried at St George's Church.
In 1727 a great fire broke out in Gravesend, destroying over 100 houses as well as the parish church. This may account for the lack of timber-framed buildings in the town today, despite its erstwhile role as a coaching stop between London and Canterbury.
In 1834 Gravesend Town Pier opened. It was built on the site of the earlier Town Quay, and ferried over 3 million passengers between 1835 and 1842. However, in 1900 it fell into disuse due to the increasing use of the railways. In 2000, the dilapidated pier was purchased by the council, and a refurbishment project launched, and was completed in 2002. Gravesend Town Pier is the oldest surviving cast iron pier in the world and is Grade II listed.
In 1845 the single track Gravesend & Rochester railway opened, at which point Gravesend was the western terminus. By 1849 a new station was commissioned, located in the town centre, with trains running on the then brand new North Kent Line. Today the town has direct train links to Strood to the east and London to the west. Among its services are British Rail Class 395 Javelins towards London St Pancras to the west and the Kent coast to the east, with maximum speeds of 140mph (or 225kph).
In 1887 the foundation stone of the Gravesend Clock Tower was laid. This was built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria. The design is based on the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster, commonly known as Big Ben (even though Big Ben is just the bell inside the tower etc etc...). The information panel next to the tower contains a glaring error as it shows a picture of George V instead of Edward VII next to the year 1902.
In 1946 two local football clubs, Gravesend United and Northfleet United, merged to form Gravesend & Northfleet Football Club. In 2007 the club was rebranded as Ebbsfleet United, and later that year, was bought by its own fans via the website MyFootballClub. It was later sold on to a group of Kuwaiti investors.
In 1980 anarcho-punk band Anthrax formed in Gravesend.
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Filmed: 10th March 2022
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/PRdBmCJ19ahG5QH59
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Milton Road
1:38 Gravesend Clock Tower
2:18 Berkley Crescent
2:49 Milton Road
4:21 King Street
5:39 New Road
10:10 Windmill Street
12:08 Gravesend Community Square
13:06 Windmill Street
13:44 Manor Road
14:55 Parrock Street
15:24 St John The Evangelist R.C. Church
15:38 Parrock Street
16:14 Queen Street
18:20 King Street
19:49 High Street
22:42 Town Pier Square
23:10 Wait for it...
23:17 This time..?
23:20 You can tell I'm not a local
23:23 Now!
23:26 Gravesend Town Pier
24:23 River Thames / Ferry route to Tilbury, Essex
I was born in Gravesend hospital February 1973. My parents, sister and I lived on Huntley Avenue out by the Blue Lake until I was 4. Then moved to a house near Perry Street. My father (and grandfather) worked for Blue Circle for many years. My mother worked at the Nelson Hotel until they closed and sold out to Maccy D's, then for the company that built the St Georges Centre.
In 1996 I moved away from Gravesend to Walton On Thames in Surrey. Then in 2002 I moved to the USA. Currently living and working (for over 20 years) just outside Kansas City in central USA.
My parents have passed (mother in 2014, father in 2015) but I still have family, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and an older sister living in Gravesend.
My biggest memories growing up were being at Shears Green infant/primary then Colyer Road school (Northfleet School For Boys).
Also, the cinema, Woolies of course, the 3 crowns amusements, and drinking many a pint at The Cellar (I was, and still am, a bit of a metalhead).
I last visited in the summer of 2017. Probably way past due another visit "home".
I lived in Gravesend as a young boy, I was about 7 or 8 years old in the 1950s and I left on my first ship in 1969 and went sailing around the world, being paid for it too. I remember Gravesend with fondness, the 1960s was the best decade for me and I never went back. This video made me nostalgic, I am 70 now and think I might treat myself to a little journey back in time and visit the town once more.
You wrote this a year ago now John, please tell me you went to vist??
+ what part of Gravesend did you grow up in??
Gosh, so changed. Thank you for the video. Hope another will revisit to capture any improvements.
Another great & fantastic video of Gravesend
Nice town tour! Thanks for sharing!
Hey, thanks for watching!
Nice town walk. Thank you for the visit.
Thanks once again for watching!
There's nothing more fun than following you around on these tours! Love seeing the world through your eyes!
Thanks for stopping by!
THNX!
Thank you for the tour. It was so nice to see my home town again.I moved to Spain a few years ago. I've not been back for 3 years because of the Plandemic restrictions.😢But hopefully I'll be in Gravesend sometime this year as my family still live there. Looks very shabby now. Not been the same since Marks & Spencer's British Home Stores Woolworths and other shops have disappeared.I hate shopping centres. But sadly that's where all the big shops are now. I support my little local corner shops here in Spain.Use them or lose them.Greetings from Torrevieja Costa Blanca 👱♀️🇪🇸Have a pleasant day.
That art déco bdg Right in front of the forecourt is awesome. THX
Catching the ferry to Tilbury would be fun.
Another great & fantastic video of Gravseend🤣🤣
I am so glad I left just over twenty years ago. Gravesend is utterly grim. For a place that's an hour away from commuting distance to London, it could be so much better.
The council in Gravesend severly lack imagination and have done since the 'sell-out' to Lewisham Council.
Gravesend has the potential to be so good and thriving, but the council (and Brexit) have put a halt on that for now.
Yes such a shame as it is still a very awesome place it should be thriving.
now i see why its called Gravesend
I think it looks OK. Look at the videos of Gillingham and Chatham. Now they look depressing.
seen better days by the looks
Another enjoyable video in Kent, but how comes you didn't go to the park just down the road in town from the clocktower where you was at the start of the video??
I love that park-New Tavern Fort, and also why didn't you go to the part of town where the very famous Pocahontas statue/grave??
Very nice filming However, Gravesend looks very grubby and uncared for
Its a paradise compared to parts of London
It looks OK. Look at the videos of Chatham and Gillingham if you want grubby.
Some parts of the town yeah, but not in the whole town or the borough of Gravesham in general like in: Chalk
Coldharbour and Perry Street
Denton
Higham and Shorne
Istead Rise, Cobham and Luddesdown
Meopham North
Meopham South and Vigo
Northfleet and Springhead
Painters Ash
Pelham
Riverview Park
Rosherville
Singlewell
Westcourt
Whitehill and Windmill Hill
+ Woodlands!
Lived in gravesend in the 70irish men drank in chase pub
Like the way they can close off the high st to traffic if they like.
In the intro,if you turn right there is my house
Hello 👋 friend greetings 🖖
Hey, thanks for watching!
Once a lovely town, ruined by a local council and Londoners moving in...
Very nice brutalist architecture.
Gravesend is said to be one of the worst towns ever in the UK to live in.
It looks OK.
Stay away then 🙏
@@terrymacdad8742 He wants to.