32 Fascinating Photos That Document Everyday Life of Kent, England in the Early 20th Century

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Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames, and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais along the English Channel.

The county town is Maidstone.

Here is a collection of fascinating photos from Footsteps Photographs that shows everyday life of Kent from between the 1900s and 1920s.

High Street, Sittingbourne

Main Road, Green Street Green

Middle Row, Ashford

Mottingham Village

Ness Lane, Lydd

Polling day at Chislehurst

Ramsgate Sands

S.E. & C.R. Station, Port Victoria

Sailing barge on the Medway at Maidstone

Station Road, Lydd

The Beach, Deal

The Church, St Lawrence, Thanet

The Leicester Arms Hotel, Penshurst

The market and town hall, Sandwich

The market square, Bromley

The Market, Canterbury

The Market, Canterbury

The West Pier, Ramsgate

Windmill at Kingsfords Buckland Brewery, Dover

Abbey Wood Road

All Saints’ Church, Lydd

Botany Bay, Chislehurst

Brenzett Windmill

Bridgen Village

Bromley Fire Brigade

College Road, Bromley

Dartford tramway opening ceremony

Gift Sale at Lenham

Grove Ferry

High Street, Chislehurst

High Street, Foots Cray

High Street, Rusthall