Kent County Council the architect Sir Robert Smirke in 1824. It is now called County Hall. The council also uses the nearby Invicta House as well. The hall was also used by the Centre for Kentish Studies, which moved into its new, specially-commissioned building, along with Maidstone Library, in 2012. This is now known as the Kent History and Library Centre and is situated by the roundabout where Royal Engineers Road meets Fairmeadow. Kent County Council Kent County Council is a county council that governs most of the county of Kent in England. It is the upper tier of elected local government, below
Gillingham, Kent Gillingham, Kent Gillingham ( ) is a town in the county of Kent in South East England. For local government purposes it is also in the unitary authority of Medway. The town includes the settlements of Brompton, Hempstead, Wigmore, Parkwood, Rainham, Rainham Mark and Twydall. Gillingham means a "homestead of Gylla's family", from Old English "ham" ("village, homestead") and "ingas" ("family, followers"), and was first recorded in the 10th century as "Gyllingeham". Also referred to in old texts as "Jillyingham Water", hence the pronunciation being Gillingham (the G sounds as a "J" as in the girls' name Jill). Gillingham became