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unusual facts about Worth, Kent



Acton, Suffolk

According to the BBC QI series, Jennens vs Jennens commenced in 1798 and was abandoned in 1915 (117 years later) when the legal fees had exhausted the Jennens estate of funds (worth c. £2 million).

Advisors Asset Management

In 1998, Scott Colyer founded Sterling Resources, a fixed income and wealth preservation company for high net worth clients and institutions in Monument, Colorado.

Alfoxton House

During World War II it housed evacuees from Wellington House School Westgate on Sea Kent.

Andrew Haines

Under his leadership the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine received the 2009 Award for Global Health from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation worth $1m, for sustained commitment to improving the health of poor people, having been selected from 106 nominations worldwide by an international jury of experts.

ASELSAN

After exportation of such a system to Oman in 2008 for the Qurayyat-Sur motorway, Aselsan won in 2010 a tender worth 5.4 million to develop an electronic toll collection system and implement at 51 toll booths in Poland.

Australia's Funniest Home Videos

At the end of each year there are semi finals and a grand final, where third place receives a home theatre package from JVC, second place receives a prize package worth around $100,000, normally two or three cars and the winner receives $250,000 in cash although in 2012, the winner received $150,000.

Black Ladies Priory

In 1535, just before the Dissolution of the Monasteries the priory drew an income from lands and rents in Chillington and Horsebrook, both in Brewood parish, and in Bradley, Broom, Kidderminster, Albrighton, Dawley, and Tong: these were worth £11 1s.

Blouberg Nature Reserve

Although it is an ideal stop over for the Tuli Block in Botswana, the Mapungubwe National Park in Zimbabwe or the northern part of Kruger Park, the reserve is worth a proper visit even by itself.

Brickearth

Commercially useful deposits of about 2m to 4m thick are present in Kent, Hertfordshire and Hampshire, overlying chalk, Thanet Beds or London Clay.

British Rail Class 376

The units were ordered by Connex South Eastern, introduced in 2004/2005 by South Eastern Trains to replace Class 465 and Class 466 to be transferred to the Outer Suburban services to Kent and to first class added in the 34 Class 465/2 but which are renumbered as Class 465/9, and are now operated by Southeastern.

Ĉekbanko esperantista

Deposits and withdrawals were based on the Esperanto currency, the Spesmilo (worth about 2 gold shillings).

Denehole

Isolated specimens have been discovered in various parts of Kent and Essex, but the most important groups have been found at Grays Thurrock, in the districts of Woolwich, Abbey Wood and Bexley, and at Gravesend.

Dutch Heinrichs

In 1865, he was charged with stealing two bags of gold worth $10,000 from the Bank of Commerce as well as a later robbery in Philadelphia but was acquitted in both cases.

East Kent College

East Kent College has close links with local companies such as Kent International Airport, Pfizer in Sandwich, P&O Ferries and Thorley Taverns (pubs, hotels and hospitality).

Edgar Willsher

His older brother, senior by over ten years, William Willsher, would go on to have an inauspicious career with Kent three years before Edgar's own debut when, in 1847, he appeared in one first class match, scoring a pair at number eleven and not bowling.

Edmund Filmer

Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet (1835–1886), MP for West Kent 1859–1865 and Mid Kent 1880–1884

Evolution/Revolution

Between 1971 and 1983, Laff released twelve albums worth of Pryor material, but spread out the contents amongst twenty different albums, including releases that either repackaged older albums with new titles and covers, or albums that paired Pryor tracks from Craps with previously issued material from other comedians who had recorded for Laff (including Redd Foxx).

G. T. Abraham

While attending the Lambeth Conference, 1998, the Virginia Theological Seminary conferred upon Abraham an honorary doctorate at a special academic convocation on 27 July 1998 in Canterbury Cathedral's Crypt in Canterbury, Kent by Bishop Peter James Lee of Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

General-purpose macro processor

It was developed in 1968 by Steven Caine and E. Kent Gordon at the California Institute of Technology.

Gillingham bus disaster

An inquest was held on 14 December 1951 at the Royal Naval Hospital, Gillingham, where many of the injured were being treated, before the North-East Kent Coroner.

Hartley Alleyne

Hartley Leroy Alleyne (born 28 February 1957 in Derricks, St James) is a former Barbadian cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler who played for Barbados, Worcestershire, Kent and Natal between 1978-79 and 1989-90.

Hed Kandi

Two stores were operated by the brand, one in the Liverpool One in Liverpool, England and one in the Bluewater in Greenhithe, Kent, England.

HM Prison Maidstone

Constructed using Kentish Ragstone from a local quarry, the original design of the prison was intended to house 552 prisoners, including 62 female inmates.

Jacob Worth

Jacob Worth (May 1, 1838 New York City – February 21, 1905 Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas) was an American politician from New York.

John Parricelli

He has worked with Annie Whitehead, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Tim Whitehead, Chris Laurence, Eddie Parker, Peter Erskine, Vince Mendoza, Mark Lockheart, Julian Argüelles, Iain Ballamy's Acme, Mark Lockheart Quartet, Andy Sheppard, Gerard Presencer, Colin Towns, Martin Speake Quintet, and Jazz singer Stacey Kent among others.

Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998.

Kitty Kirkpatrick

In 1805, the year of her father's death, she and her elder brother Mir Ghulam Ali, Sahib Allum, were sent to live with their grandfather Colonel James Kirkpatrick, in London and Keston, Kent, leaving their mother in India.

Lady Flora Hastings

The unmarried Lady Flora was alleged to have had an affair with John Conroy, the "favourite" and also suspected lover of the Duchess of Kent.

Lambert Blackwell Larking

For many years Larking collaborated with the Revd Thomas Streatfeild (1777–1848), in the collection and compilation of materials for a new history of the county of Kent and, when Streatfeild died in 1848 the materials were left in Larking's hands.

Larry Martyn

Martyn died on 7 August 1994 at home in St Mary's Bay, Kent, and was survived by his wife Hilary and their two daughters.

Liege Hulett

Sir James Liege Hulett (17 May 1838 – 1928) was a sugar magnate and philanthropist in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, originally from Kent, England.

Marcia Clark

With Teresa Carpenter, she authored a book, Without a Doubt, about the Simpson case, in a deal reported to be worth $4.2 million.

Mark Croucher

On leaving school at the age of 16, he attended Erith College (now Bexley College) for a year before enlisting in the United States Air Force at the age of 17, where he served for three years as a radio operator before taking an early discharge and returning to the UK to attend Merchant Navy College (formerly the Thames Nautical Training College), Greenhithe, Kent, qualifying as a Radio Officer in 1989.

Menčík

Olga Menchik (1908, Moscow – 1944, Kent), a British female chess master

Nehantic Trail

This side-trail features extensive growths of Mountain Laurel and is well worth hiking in early Summer when these shrubs are in bloom.

Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band

While essentially an expanded re-release of 1990s The Blanton–Webster Band, the packaging, sound and updated notes make this, according to Allmusic, "truly worth either an initial investment or reinvestment".

Pearl Hackney

She died in Herne Bay, Kent on 18 September 2009 and is buried with her husband in the churchyard of St. Mary's Stalisfield.

Quentin Tod

Quentin Tod was born in Kent, England, son of Alexander Maxwell Tod, an Englishman, and his American wife Belle Perkins Tod, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Robert Burton, Sr.

In January, 2011, Burton demanded that three million dollars worth of donations to the football program be returned over a perceived slight by Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway, as Burton alleges he was not consulted regarding the university's choice of hiring Paul Pasqualoni as the new football coach.

Robert Hamilton Russell

Russell was born at Farningham, Kent, England, the youngest son of James Russell, a farmer, and his wife Ellen, née Phillips.

Samuel Rousseau

Baptised Samuel Kent Rousseau in St Ann's Church, Blackfriars, London on 20 November 1763, he was the eldest son of Phillip Rousseau, a printer working for William Bowyer, and his wife Susannah.

Shumei University

Prior to the establishment, the Chaucer College Canterbury, also called as the Shumei Canterbury College, was established by Hiroshi Kawashima in 1992 in the area of the University of Kent in Kent, England.

Sport Mastermind

The first champion and Sport Mastermind 2008 was Chris Bell from Kent, who took The British and Irish Lions as his specialist subject in his heat and The Life and Career of Geoff Boycott in the Grand Final.

The Bolitho novels

The Bolitho novels are a series of nautical war novels written by Douglas Reeman (using the pseudonym Alexander Kent).

Thomas Bickley

Returning to England after the accession of Elizabeth I, he enjoyed rapid promotion, being made, within ten years, chaplain to Archbishop Matthew Parker, rector of Biddenden in Kent, of Sutton Waldron in Dorset, archdeacon of Stafford, chancellor in Lichfield Cathedral, and Warden of Merton College, Oxford.

Thomas Hyde Page

In 1783 he married Mary Albinia (d. 1794), daughter of John Woodward (formerly captain in the 70th regiment) of Ringwould, Kent, and they had five children.

Thomas St. Leger

Sir Thomas St Leger KB (c. 1440 – executed 8 November 1483) was the second son of Sir John St Leger of Ulcombe, Kent, and his wife, Margery Donnet.

Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

From 1992 to 1993 Viola von Cramon was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye College in Kent Country followed by the Language and Study visit to Russia in 1993, traineeship in Voronezh and Belgorod within the World Bank Feasibility study project in 1994 and Study visit to Estonia in 1995.

William Disney

In 1777 he became vicar of Pluckley in Kent, a living in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, where he died 28 March 1807.

Zelly and Me

A review for Film4 has described Zelly and Me as unsure of its own narrative and tone, describing it as "a little uneven, but nevertheless well worth a look".


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