I am from Essex across the estuary and have been to Gravesend hundreds of times, my understanding is that when people died during the plaque of london, they kept burrying the dead on the southern shore and they burrials got further and further away from london until the last one was buried at gravesend which is how it got its name.
The town of Gravesend is listed in the Domesday Book (1076) as Gravesham. This pre-dates the plague by 600 years so it has nothing to do with graves. The name 'Gravesham' has two possible origins. The first one being 'Hamlet at the end of the Grove' and the other being the area under the authority of a 'Reeve'. As far as I am aware neither can be proved conclusively. The town is called 'Gravesend' and the area is known as 'Gravesham'', hence 'Gravesham Borough Council'.
OMG ~ im so glad i saw your comment before i started wathcing. by doing so, i was able to laugh my head off when i heard all the 'theories' in the video. thanks :)
The TV presenter was Montague "Monty" Modlyn, We were taught that during the Great Plague of London that the dead were brought down river from London to the opposite shore, that was named Tilbury, the story went that the dead were offloaded at Tilbury and thats how Tilbury aquired its name, the deceased were then brought over to Gravesend to be buried hence its name. Seems likely
Some very interesting theories, but I do admire the last young fella's story, about it being the last place they buried you, *before* you went to sea. Well, otherwise they might have called the place "Gravestay". No bones about it, that's a clever boy.
@@hazelwray4184 Oh, they were built of sterner stuff back then! Perhaps it was like the Fed Ex or DHL of the day. They didn't just wrap you up, they did the complete package deal. Grave Send, as the name suggests. Why, where do you think our ancestors came up with the phrase, "That was a nice send off". (Thankfully, by now, you can't see the straws I'm clutching at, after having drawn a long bow and spinning a yarn.)
The guy explained in very well. If you died aboard on the river you were buried there, but if you died while at sea you received a sea burial. Not that I think he is correct but the explanation makes sense.
Though her remains probably aren't there anymore as churches and graveyards were desecrated during the reformation when Henry viii separated the English church from Rome. At least that's something that did happen to Alfred the Great's final resting place in Winchester.
They don’t know where she was buried so I doubt her grave has been desecrated. Her statue is in the gardens or St George’s church and it is widely thought she is buried somewhere within its churchyard but I have my reservations (no pun intended)
Gravesend is a shit hole, it was called graves end because in 1079 it was a shit hole. Grave is the celtic for shit and end is the frankish word for hole. Sometime whilst in gravesend they would slaughter a pig and have a feast hence graves ham, what a delight
Love these little clips and that presenter is hilarious.
No offence, but he's obviously one of those Jewish east end characters.
Spent almost a year in GravesEnd 1978. Loved it !
Here we are once again !
My mums in this , she's the best!
We've got a Gravesend in Brooklyn in New York City. Big Italian neighborhood
It was Gravesham from the Domesday book.
I am from Essex across the estuary and have been to Gravesend hundreds of times, my understanding is that when people died during the plaque of london, they kept burrying the dead on the southern shore and they burrials got further and further away from london until the last one was buried at gravesend which is how it got its name.
Yeah this is what i've heard as well. Not mentioned once in this video though 😅
This is the story I was fed aswel,kinda went along with it aswel...always though it a bit of a gloomy name for a town but hey.
I was under the impression that the dead from that plague were buried between Blackheath Common and Gravesend
But it was called gravesham in the doomsday book . 600 years before the Greta plague 🤷♂️
@@robnotrug5537 Very interesting, do you have a reference to it?
The town of Gravesend is listed in the Domesday Book (1076) as Gravesham. This pre-dates the plague by 600 years so it has nothing to do with graves. The name 'Gravesham' has two possible origins. The first one being 'Hamlet at the end of the Grove' and the other being the area under the authority of a 'Reeve'. As far as I am aware neither can be proved conclusively. The town is called 'Gravesend' and the area is known as 'Gravesham'', hence 'Gravesham Borough Council'.
OMG ~ im so glad i saw your comment before i started wathcing. by doing so, i was able to laugh my head off when i heard all the 'theories' in the video. thanks :)
Graaf (Grave) is Dutch for count and Eend is Dutch for duck. So it's the Count's Duck (pond).
The TV presenter was Montague "Monty" Modlyn, We were taught that during the Great Plague of London that the dead were brought down river from London to the opposite shore, that was named Tilbury, the story went that the dead were offloaded at Tilbury and thats how Tilbury aquired its name, the deceased were then brought over to Gravesend to be buried hence its name. Seems likely
He used to be on the radio as well too
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It’s where my family is from, still our last name! They came to America aboard the George Bonaventure during the great migration
The boy at the start got it right. Good lad.
That person behind him on the right in the first clip, my god 👹🧛🏻♀️
My God I had to go back and have a look for myself your right what a creepy looking kid. He looks possessed by the Devil😂😱
Those days people had some good and valid 🧠 brains and knowledgeable
I was born the year this was filmed.
Ok
The children then seemed far more intelligent than those of today.
Even the kid in the cap saying you got buried before you went to sea??
Certainly we’re , all to busy staring at Google today
@@cra83 he probably got that from his dad then said some bloke told him as to not drop his dad in it.
Some very interesting theories, but I do admire the last young fella's story, about it being the last place they buried you, *before* you went to sea.
Well, otherwise they might have called the place "Gravestay".
No bones about it, that's a clever boy.
"The last place they buried you before you went to sea" - how do you board a ship if you're 6ft under?
@@hazelwray4184 Oh, they were built of sterner stuff back then!
Perhaps it was like the Fed Ex or DHL of the day.
They didn't just wrap you up, they did the complete package deal.
Grave Send, as the name suggests.
Why, where do you think our ancestors came up with the phrase,
"That was a nice send off".
(Thankfully, by now, you can't see the straws I'm clutching at, after having drawn a long bow and spinning a yarn.)
The guy explained in very well. If you died aboard on the river you were buried there, but if you died while at sea you received a sea burial. Not that I think he is correct but the explanation makes sense.
People were better spoken back then.
Innit?
Ya know what a mean bruv innit!
I understood it was where the Romans used to haul their ships out of the water hence Gravesend
Graving Dock First and last high land before the sea
I was told this was the last place of the people who died from the plague in London hence this is where the graves ended.......
Just get the beers in never mind 🍺
One thing for sure it’s a place with no soft toilet paper
Blatant lie
In an age of instant information this conjecture wouldn't be countenanced by today's kids. A shame, in some respects.
The first lad got it right......
So how did Gravesend get its name????
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Didn't know Pocahontas died here
Though her remains probably aren't there anymore as churches and graveyards were desecrated during the reformation when Henry viii separated the English church from Rome. At least that's something that did happen to Alfred the Great's final resting place in Winchester.
They don’t know where she was buried so I doubt her grave has been desecrated. Her statue is in the gardens or St George’s church and it is widely thought she is buried somewhere within its churchyard but I have my reservations (no pun intended)
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Gravesend is a shit hole, it was called graves end because in 1079 it was a shit hole. Grave is the celtic for shit and end is the frankish word for hole. Sometime whilst in gravesend they would slaughter a pig and have a feast hence graves ham, what a delight