The History of Medieval Gravesend

by Toni Mount

The name Gravesham goes back to the tenth century and beyond; before the Domesday Book, and centuries before the plague came to England. The name Gravesham was the village belonging to the Greeve (Greeve's Ham) and showed where his authority ended (Greeve's End).

This book looks at the parishes and manors of the borough before the time of the Tudors - an Anglo Saxon settlement was here, as was a royal palace. The rights to a market were granted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0955592569
• ISBN13: 9780955592560
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Echoes from History
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"