Old UK

32 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