Property News · July 18, 2014

Let's move to Gravesend, Kent


Pocahontas died here, but don’t let that put you off: it’s a lot nicer than its name suggestsWhat’s going for it? The name, I’ll grant you, is not auspicious. I imagine zealous young sprigs in the local council brainstorming a more investment-friendly alternative. (East Ebbsfleet? Princesstown?) But it’s a fitting name, for this is where poor Princess Pocahontas found her end in 1617, hardly out of the port en route to her native America with English husband John Rolfe. Her grave is “somewhere” in the grounds of the fine St George’s parish church, still an astonishing culture clash of Disney, the history of colonial expansion and this, the gruffer end of the Thames estuary. That’s Gravesend for you: it’s a lot more interesting than its name suggests, and a lot nicer, too, with a pleasant old town of higgledy streets and 18th-century market halls tumbling down to the Thames. Though these days it’s mostly trains passing by, thanks to the High Speed 1 station at neighbouring Ebbsfleet making Gravesend terribly handy for St Pancras and the Gare du Nord.The case against Not especially abuzz, economically, though the promise of a new town at Ebbsfleet might liven things up. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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