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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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He explained Headon Warren, a nationally important maritime heathland and rare limestone grassland, supported a range of wildlife, including Dartford warblers, nightjars, whitethroats and stonechats.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The Dartford college, in various guises, trained teachers until the 1980s.

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

"We are here, we are Latinos, we are proud," says 19-year-old Grace from Dartford, who is half-Honduran.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

The sixteen miles’ stretch of road between Canterbury and Dover is comparatively unfrequented by them; but Gravesend, Dartford, Crayford, and Bexley Heath are centres of the most disgraceful mendicancy.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper

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