Kent Archives Talk | The Legend of the Unconquered County

The Kentish motto, invicta, is a Latin word meaning undefeated or unconquered. But is Kent truly the unconquered county?

James Lloyd gained a Cambridge doctorate for research into local government in Anglo-Saxon England. This talk was recorded in April 2022 and a transcript can be found at https://bit.ly/3ysOlll

Kent Archives hold the largest collection of historic material relating to the ancient county of Kent dating back to 699 AD, from the earliest charters written on sheepskin to the present state of the art digital images. Our archive and local history collections tell the story of Kent and beyond, and are a focal point for the county’s heritage and culture, most of which you can access when you visit the Kent History and Library Centre in Maidstone.

While the archives consist of original records, often handwritten and unique, created in the course of human activities, the local history collection consists largely of printed material and includes published original records, as well as printed books. The collections tell the stories of people’s lives and their communities through diaries, eyewitness accounts, records of crime and punishment, titles to property, newspapers, photographs, maps and posters, and more.

Please visit https://www.kentarchives.org.uk for more information
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