The Theatre Royal, Gravesend was a theatre established in the 1800s in Gravesend, Kent. [1]
The theatre was established by the impresario Thomas Trotter as one of a number of provincial theatres in South East England. It opened in 1807. [2]
Rochester is a town in the unitary authority of Medway, in Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rainham, Strood and Gillingham. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. Rochester was a city until losing its status as one in 1998 following the forming of Medway and failing to protect its status as a city. There have been ongoing campaigns to reinstate the city status for Rochester.
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross on the south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Rochester, it is the administrative centre of the Borough of Gravesham.
Gravesham is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. Its administrative centre and largest town is Gravesend, which was known as Gravesham in ancient times.
Milton-next-Gravesend is an ecclesiastical parish in the north-west of Kent, England, which is now part of the Gravesend built-up area.
Swanscombe railway station is a railway station that serves the small town of Swanscombe in north Kent, England. It is 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 km) down the line from London Charing Cross.
Faversham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Faversham, Kent. It is 51 miles 77 chains (83.6 km) down the line from London Victoria. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
Gravesham is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Adam Holloway, a Conservative.
North Kent College is a college of Further and Higher Education located across campuses in Dartford and Gravesend and Tonbridge in Kent, England, with Partner College status with the University of Greenwich, particularly the Greenwich Maritime Institute. Its original constituents include the Gravesend Technical College and the National Sea Training School (NSTC).
Fawkham Junction is a railway junction that currently connects High Speed 1 with the Kent Rail Network.
Elligood was constructed in Nova Scotia in 1794 for Liddle & Co. She performed one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). She was primarily a whaler, but also visited Australia. She is last listed in 1806.
The Guru Nanak Temple is a Sikh Gurdwara situated in the town of Gravesend, Kent.
Cyclopark is a purpose-built facility for cycling and other outdoor activities, located on the south side of Gravesend, north Kent in south-east England, adjacent to the A2 dual carriageway.
Bellona was a three-decker merchantman launched in 1782 at Limehouse by Woolcombe for Boyd & Co. She then traded for a decade before, in 1792, commencing a series of four voyages for the British East India Company as an "extra ship", that is, on a charter contract. During the first of these voyages she transported convicts from Britain to New South Wales. French privateers captured her and the British Royal Navy recaptured her, the Royal Navy seized her once, and then finally a French privateer captured her in February 1810 and scuttled her.
Rolla was a sailing ship built in 1800 at South Shields, England. She made one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. She then made a voyage for the British East India Company from China back to Britain. She leaves Lloyd's Register in 1858.
The Crown & Thistle was a pub at 44 The Terrace, Gravesend, Kent, England.
Punjab United F.C. is a football club based in Gravesend, Kent, England.
Arran was launched at Calcutta in 1799. In 1800 she sailed to Britain for the British East India Company (EIC). She then traded between England and India and around India until she was lost in June 1809 while sailing to Basra from Bengal.
Carlebury was launched in 1799 and spent her entire career as a West Indiaman. An American privateer captured her in 1814, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her. She foundered in 1821 with the loss of most of her crew.
George Smeed is a Thames barge built in 1882 by Smeed Dean & Co. Ltd. in Murston.
The Turbine Theatre is a commercial theatre on the banks of the River Thames at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth, which opened in 2019.