Dunkirk, Kent

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Dunkirk


The Red Lion Inn, Dunkirk
Dunkirk, Kent (Kent)
Dunkirk, Kent

Dunkirk shown within Kent
District Swale
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°16′00″N 0°58′00″E / 51.28333, 0.98333Dunkirk is a village between Faversham and Canterbury in England.

The origin of the village's name is still not very clear, but it is understood that the name was a result of a house, lived in by a Frenchman from Dunkerque in France, who named his house 'Dunkirk'.

Dunkirk's main claim to fame is that in 1838 it was the scene of the last armed rising on British soil. See John Nichols Thom.

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