THE KENTISH TRAVELLER's COMPANION, I N A DESCRIPTIVE VIEW O F THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, remarkable BUILDINGS SITUATED ON OR NEAR The ROAD from LONDON to MARGATE, ILLUSTRATED With a correct MAP of the ROAD on a Scale of One Inch [ By Thomas Fisher I O famous Kent,- What county hath this Ifle, that can compare with thee! DRAYTON'S POLY-ALBION: PRINTFD AND SOLD By T. FISHER, Rochefter; and SIMMONS and KIRKBY, Canterbury. MDCCLXXVI. 7 *0*0*0*0*101*0*0*0*0* ADVERTISEMENT. THE HE favourable reception given to the very on the Kentish road, published in 1772 with the History and Antiquities of ROCHESTER, has in- duced the editors to revife and very confiderably enlarge it, by collecting the best information of whatever is thought worthy a Traveller's attention in this much frequented Tour; nor have they fpared for either pains or expence to render it *0*0*0*0*1*0*0*0*0* Antiquity and extent of Kent.-Lewisham.-Deptford; Trinity Dartford Brent.-Detail of the course of the Roman road from Dartford Brent to Strood Hill.-Stone; Church and Caftle.- Swanscombe; Ingrefs; The custom of Gavelkind.-Northfleet.- Rochefter; the Bridge; Caftle; St. Margaret's; Cathedral.- Chatham; Victualling-office; Sir John Hawkins's Hospital; Dock- |