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Gravesham
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| Borough of Gravesham | |
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 Shown within Kent |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Kent |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 245th 99.02 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Gravesend |
| ONS code: | 29UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 231st 97,400 984 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 89.5% White 8.2% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Gravesham Borough Council http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MP: | Adam Holloway |
Gravesham is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. Its council is based in Gravesend. It corresponds closely to the Gravesham constituency.
Robert H Hiscock, Chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society, in the foreword to his book, 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore, 1976) wrote:
- "The name Gravesham appears only in the Domesday Book, 1086, and was probably the error of a Norman scribe. It was 'Gravesend' in the Domesday Monarchorum c.1100, and 'Gravesende' in the Textus Roffensis c.1100. It is strange that this 'clerical error' has now been adopted for the name of the new Council".
As well as the parishes listed below, the area of the former urban district of Northfleet was also included in the borough when it was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a successor to the Gravesend municipal borough, Northfleet urban district, and part of Strood Rural District.
There are 18 wards in the Borough; as well as those serving Gravesend town (Central, Pelham, Riverside, Singlewell, Whitehill, Woodlands) and Northfleet (2 wards, North & South), there are those for the larger estates (Coldharbour, Istead Rise, Painters Ash, Riverview, Westcourt). Outlying villages are served by the following wards:
- Chalk
- Higham
- Meopham: 2 wards North & South
- Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdowne
- Vigo is part of the Meopham South ward
- www.about-gravesend.co.uk - Pictures and info of Gravesend from the past and present. The new pictures were taken from as near as possible the same vantage point as in the old ones.
- Gravesham council website
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| Chalk • Cobham • Culverstone Green • Harvel • Higham • Istead Rise • Luddesdown • Meopham • Meopham Green • Northfleet • Painters Ash • Singlewell • Shorne • Sole Street • Springhead • Thong • Vigo |
| List of places in Kent |
