1983

1983 · 01 January 1983

The town has a royal title said to have been granted by King Alfred; a church of Saxon origin whose tower is one of the greatest in England; a fine 15th century Court Hall; the third oldest bowling green in the country, the club having been founded in 1540; and a wealth of old houses dating back to Elizabethan times. Only five miles from Rainham the town remains little known; it is Milton Regis, now part of the Western suburbs of Sittingbourne. "lt is forgetting its ancient past," says 'The...