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Dartford

American  
[dahrt-ferd] / ˈdɑrt fərd /

noun

  1. a borough in Kent, S England, on the River Thames: Peasants' Revolt began here 1381.


Dartford British  
/ ˈdɑːtfəd /

noun

  1. a town in SE England, in NW Kent. Pop: 56 818 (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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By summer 1895, students were lobbing small balls into waste paper baskets perched upon poles on the lawn of a new Dartford talent factory: Madame Bergman Osterberg's Physical Training College.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Martina Bergman Osterberg, born in 1849, developed a Dartford college that the Windsor Magazine labelled "the most remarkable educational establishment in the world"

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

A day after the statement was released, Hashtag were beaten 7-0 by Dartford, a result that dropped them into the relegation places.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

Adeyemi, of Dartford, Kent, was first arrested on October 20 2020, the force said.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2026

At Dartford one of the collectors had demanded the tax for a young girl, the daughter of a tyler.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson

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