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Maidstone

American  
[meyd-stohn, -stuhn] / ˈmeɪdˌstoʊn, -stən /

noun

  1. a city in Kent, in SE England.


Maidstone British  
/ -ˌstəʊn, ˈmeɪdstən /

noun

  1. a town in SE England, administrative centre of Kent, on the River Medway. Pop: 89 684 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Esan, 25, was sentenced to life imprisonment for a minimum of seven years and 162 days at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Documents also state Maidstone Crown Court ordered the confiscation of £100,000 from the then-58-year-old.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Laura and Tom Winter, from Langley in Maidstone, Kent, are raising money so they can finance a suitable and safe home with their son Evan who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The party has seen growing success in local council elections in parts of Kent Sussex and Surrey in recent years, including in previously Conservative-voting areas like Wealden, Reigate and Maidstone.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

If you don't like the half-pay list,—which would, in my mind, be the best step,—there 's the Seventeenth ordered to Baroda, and Maidstone refuses to go.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

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