The modern town of Gillingham grew up on the banks of the River
Medway around the Royal Naval Dockyard of Chatham, most of which
actually lay within Gillingham. The sixteenth century saw the
expansion of the one-time fishing and farming village of
'Jyllingham' into a town. The population of the town expanded as
the dockyard, with its accompanying fortifications around the
Medway, grew, and today Gillingham is the largest town in the
Medway area. In this book Philip MacDougall investigates
Gillingham's past, including many lesser-known and secret events,
including a hidden English warship sunk by the Dutch when they
invaded the Medway and that was still under the foundations of the
dockyard; the prison hulks for convicts and prisoners of war moored
in the River Medway, off Gillingham; an attempt to turn the town
into a seaside resort to rival Margate; Jezreel's Tower and the
unusual sect that built it; the country's worst death toll from a
single bomb dropped in the First World War; and failure to prepare
the town for the threatened mass bombing of the Second World War.
Secret Gillingham explores the lesser-known episodes and characters
in the history of Gillingham through the centuries. With tales of
remarkable people and unusual events, and fully illustrated, this
book will appeal to all those with an interest in this town in
Kent.
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