Who's Buried Where in Kent

This fascinating book will leave you humbled, uplifted, and smiling. Within its pages the reader will discover the famous, infamous, notable, curious, and eccentric people who were buried in Kent's churches, churchyards, and cemeteries. From the graves of a gentleman who won the Victoria Cross for rescuing shipmates from cannibals, a 90-year-old spinster who died with all her faculties, and a grave of an innocent man hanged on Penenden Heath, there are also many epitaphs of heroes and heroines, pioneers, inventors, poets, artists, sportsmen, politicians, a secret agent, Royalty, and even smugglers. Sadly, even those people who were renowned in their lifetime are soon forgotten, their graves becoming overgrown and the inscriptions virtually illegible. Within the pages of this book Alan Major highlights the importance of recording their lives and grave sites before they vanish forever.