Gillingham

British

/ ˈdʒɪlɪŋəm /

noun

a town in SE England, in Medway unitary authority, Kent, on the Medway estuary: former dockyards. Pop: 98 403 (2001)

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That period taught me how important knowledge of players was because, after months spent travelling around the country, I was appointed Gillingham manager in 1995.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Each day, Zhao and Kim Gillingham, a dream coach who worked on the film, led the cast and extras in a daily meditation or dream exercise.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

“Mexico has always contained multitudes,” Paul Gillingham writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Welsh actor Tom Cullen, possibly best known to Downton Abbey audiences as Lord Gillingham, shared Petticrew's "immense sense of responsibility".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Her dad was a chief education officer for the Medway towns of Rochester, Gillingham, and Chatham.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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