Maidstone (gbr)

Maidstone

Maidstone ranks 944th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lowell, Massachusetts, Simferopol, and San Miguel de Tucumán. Memorable people born in Maidstone include Mike Ratledge, Robert Fisk, and Jojo Moyes. Memorable people who died in Maidstone include Daphne Oram, Malcolm MacDonald, and Graham Chapman. Maidstone has been the birth place of many writers, and actors and the death place of many musicians, and politicians. Maidstone is located in United Kingdom.

Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river carried much of the town's trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent, which is known as the Garden of England. There is evidence of settlement in the area dating back before the Stone Age. The town, part of the borough of Maidstone, had an approximate population of 100,000 in 2019. Since World War II, the town's economy has shifted from heavy industry towards light industry and services. Read more on Wikipedia