QUEENBOROUGH  , a municipal See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in the See also:

• FAVERSHAM

Faversham See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, in the Isle of See also:

• SHEPPEY

Sheppey, See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the junction of the Swale and See also:

• MEDWAY

Medway, 2 M . S. of See also:

• SHEERNESS

Sheerness on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-Eastern & See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham railway . Pop . (1901) 1544 . The prosperity of the See also:

• TOWN

town has been revived in See also:

• MODERN

modern times by the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment by the railway See also:

• COMPANY

company of a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• LINE

line from See also:

• SITTINGBOURNE

Sittingbourne in connexion with a service of See also:

• MAIL

mail and passenger steamers to See also:

• FLUSHING
• FLUSHING (Dutch Vlissingen)

Flushing (See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland), which run twice daily . The first See also:

• COPPERAS (Fr. couperose; Lat. cupri rosa. the flower of copper)

copperas factory in England was established at Queenborough in 1579, by See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias See also:

• FALCONER, HUGH (18o8–1865)
• FALCONER, WILLIAM (1732–1769)

Falconer, of See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant . In 1890 See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement See also:

• WORKS

works were built, and there is a large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• TIMBER

timber . The town is governed by a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 302 acres . A fortress, called Sheppey See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle, is said to have existed from an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period for guarding the passage of the Swale See also:

• RIVER

river . Queenborough Castle was built about 1361 by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III., who named the town after See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Philippa and made it a See also:

• FREE

free borough, with a governing See also:

• BODY

body of a mayor and two bailiffs . Charters were granted by subsequent sovereigns down to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I., who reincorporated the town under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the mayor, jurats, bailiffs and burgesses of Queenborough .

The castle never had any military See also:

• HISTORY

history, and having been seized by See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament together with the other royal possessions, and being considered of insufficient importance for repair, was demolished during the See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

Commonwealth . The borough subsequently decreased in importance . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population were employed in the See also:

• OYSTER

oyster See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery . The town was first represented in parliament by two members in 1572; it lost its See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise by the Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1832 .