34 Fascinating Photos That Document Everyday Life of Kent, England in the Early 20th Century

   

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, and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais along the English Channel.

The county town is Maidstone.
Here is a collection of fascinating photos from Footsteps Photographs that shows everyday life of Kent from between the 1900s and 1920s.

 
High Street, Sittingbourne

 

 
Main Road, Green Street Green

 

 
Middle Row, Ashford

 

 
Mottingham Village

 

 
Ness Lane, Lydd

 

 
Polling day at Chislehurst

 

 
Ramsgate Sands

 

 
S.E. & C.R. Station, Port Victoria

 

 
Sailing barge on the Medway at Maidstone

 

 
Station Road, Lydd

 

 
The Beach, Deal

 

 
The Church, St Lawrence, Thanet

 

 
The Leicester Arms Hotel, Penshurst

 

 
The market and town hall, Sandwich

 

 
The market square, Bromley

 

The Market, Canterbury

 

The Market, Canterbury

 

The West Pier, Ramsgate

 

Windmill at Kingsfords Buckland Brewery, Dover

 

Abbey Wood Road

 

All Saints' Church, Lydd

 

Botany Bay, Chislehurst

 

Brenzett Windmill

 

Bridgen Village

 

Bromley Fire Brigade

 

College Road, Bromley

 

Dartford tramway opening ceremony

 

Gift Sale at Lenham

 

Grove Ferry

 

High Street, Chislehurst

 

High Street, Foots Cray

 

 
High Street, Rusthall