Situated in the valley of River Darent there is a city of enormous historical, cultural and industrial iportance. Darford, one of the biggest markets of medival Englad, was a bufour between Dover amd London.
A history of this borough date back almost to the prehistocial times. It is the biggest excavation area in england. Dartford is still one of the most archeologists-ocupied city in UK because it is a place where one can easily finde untouched remeains of our prehistoric ancestors.
In the medival times Dartford was a place of rest for the pilgrimes heading to Canterbury. After a couple of years Darford became a home for Dominicans, Franciscans and even the Knights Templars.
Through the16th century Dartford market began to fade and industry began to shape.
The first companies where strictly agricultural. The breweres and chalk-mines around the city gave the city another income and reason to make progress.
Apart from that Dartford water based industries began to form. In the 16th century, Sir John Spillman set up the firs paper mill in England. After that the imigrants from surrouding couties had choosen this place to live because its thriving industires needed more and more emploees. Soon, England’s first iron-sliting mill atracted many blacksmhiths who were eagre to learn a craft of making engines, boilers and other machinery.
Apart of being the industial city Dartfort is also a cultural centre of the region.
For those willing to some sightseeing this borouh offers the vide range of attractiones.
There are two of the Kent’s biggest performing art buildins where once can enjoy the performancing musicians. The Mick Jagger Centre is a place of piligrimages for his funs.
Dartfortd is also known from being the host of the Dartford festival which took place annualy and focus on the history and culture of ther region. In this year over 60.000 people has taken part in the event. The main theme was 70’s pop musisc and tourists could enjoy the x factor finalists singing the most known hits from Rod Steward and Queen. Apart from musical side of the happening visitors could take part in dog racing and eagle training.
To sum up, Dartford in on the one hand a historicaly rich region where pople are living for more than 250,000 years and on the other hand a industrial giant owing to whom England is now one of the leading countries in engeenering and ironworks.
