Author | Extract |
| Defoe Daniel | Defoe drew from his varied experiences as wholesaler, government spy and journalist to write a description of the counties he travelled through... |
| Dickens Charles | The unnamed narrator finds himself in a situation still familiar today: obliged to stay in Faversham because there is no train to London... |
| Hasted Edward | On the contrary Hasted’s taste for extravagance was mirrored in his erratic lifestyle, financial instability and perhaps his assertion that ‘it is Impossible to be an Antiquarian without having a particular attention to the Ladies’... |
| Lambarde William | In his 'Perambulations of Kent',Lambarde’s interests lay more with the history of the abbey of Faversham than with the town itself, but he noted its prosperity and favourable location:... |
| Masters John | Masters lived at 19 Court Street, where he composed several works with a popular flavour and local appeal, including ‘Dick and Sal at Canterbury’ (c... |
| McEwen John | Unfortunately it seems that this powerful new explosive was not known well enough and that therefore this tragedy occurred... |
