Kent Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames (connected by land via High Speed 1 and the Dartford Crossing), and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone. Canterbury Cathedral in Kent has been the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England, since the conversion of England to
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