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Car Leasing Deals Maidstone
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Maidstone Leasing
Did You Know?Maidstone the county town of Kent has a rich history going back to the Mesolithic times. It’s home to the Archbishop’s Palace, formally the fourteenth century residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury. Maidstone began as a Saxon village. From the 10th century, it was owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), Maidstone was a large village with a population of perhaps 250. Elephants were once a common sight in Maidstone as the Zoo was a popular tourist attraction until it closed in 1959. For 25 years local townsfolk could hear the lions roaring. Week Street lies on the same line as a Roman road which ran to Rochester via the ironworks of the Weald. Its name is thought to derive from the Latin word ‘vicus’, meaning small town. A possible Roman building was unearthed at the junction of King Street and Week Street in the 1960s. Long before Fremlin Walk was at the forefront of the retail scene a very different industry dominated the town centre. Fremlin’s Ales & Beers was opened by Ralph Fremlin, of Wateringbury, in 1861 and over the next century grew to become the largest brewery in Kent. Maidstone’s coat of arms depicts a lion and one of the town’s most famous residents, Iggy the Iguanadon. One of Maidstone’s most famous residents is a 3.5tonne, 13metre long dinosaur. Iggy the Iguanadon was discovered in a quarry in Queen’s Road in 1834. A cast of the 125-million-year-old herbivore is now on display at the Museum. Iggy is part of Maidstone’s coat of arms, the first dinosaur to be featured on one. A freedom of information request in 2014 revealed Maidstone Borough Council had spent a grand total of £0 taking precautions against nuclear attack. The last person to be publicly executed on Penenden Heath was John Dyke, from Bearsted, who was hanged on Christmas Eve 1830 for arson after setting light a hay bale. Years later another man confessed to the crime on his death bed.
CAR LEASING MAIDSTONE SPECIALIST Smart Lease is a trading name of Leaseline Vehicle Management Ltd. We reserve the right to withdraw any offer, service or price without notice. Errors and omissions excepted. |
