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	1.What does the name Sittingbourne mean?	Answer
	2.What was the ancient name of the A2 road which runs through the town and is now the High Street, West Street and East Street?	Answer
	3 Why did many people used to walk through the town on their way to and from Canterbury hundreds of years ago?	Answer
	4. Milton Regis only had the word Regis added to its name in 1907. What does Regis mean and why does it apply to Milton?	Answer
	5. Which shop in the High Street has an old symbol high up on the wall which shows what its name was when it was a coaching inn in the eighteenth century?	Answer
	6. Why is there a statue of a barge man in the High Street?	Answer
	7. What special kind of war memorial does Sittingbourne have as well as the usual kind?	Answer
	8. Why is Borden Grammar school not called Sittingbourne grammar school?	Answer
	9. What used to be made in their thousands all round Milton and Murston?	Answer
	10. What were some of the former names of the paper mill now called M/Real?	Answer

	Answer 1 What does the name Sittingbourne mean?	There are several possible meanings of the name, nobody knows the correct answer for certain but one theory is that it means home of the slope dwellers by the stream, another is that it could have come from the area being occupied by the followers of a Saxon called Sything or Syding who lived by a stream as ‘bourne’ means stream. back to questions
	Answer 2 What was the ancient name of the A2 road which runs through the town and is now the High Street, West Street and East Street?	Watling Street was the Roman name for the road. back to questions
	Answer 3 Why did many people used to walk through the town on their way to and from Canterbury hundreds of years ago?	People walked to Canterbury on pilgrimage to pray at the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket in the cathedral. Many came from London and some stopped to rest at Sittingbourne. back to questions
	Answer 4 Milton Regis only had the word Regis added to its name in 1907. What does Regis mean and why does it apply to Milton?	Regis means belonging to the king, and in Saxon and Norman times much of Milton belonged to the king. Regis was added to the name because there are several other places called Milton in England. back to questions
	Answer 5 Which shop in the High Street has an old symbol high up on the wall which shows what its name was when it was a coaching inn in the eighteenth century?	Woolworth’s was part of a large coaching inn called the Rose and the sign can still be seen in the brickwork. There were many other inns in the High Street where travellers could rest and change their horses on their journeys to and from London, Canterbury or Dover. back to questions
	Answer 6 Why is there a statue of a barge man in the High Street?	All through the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, sailing barges took paper and bricks made locally to London from Milton Creek. The barge man reminds us of how many Sittingbourne and Milton men made their living on the barges in the past. back to questions
	Answer 7 What special kind of war memorial does Sittingbourne have as well as the usual kind?	The trees in the Avenue of Remembrance. A tree was planted in memory of each local man killed during the First World War. The trees were replaced when the road was widened but at the foot of each is still a plaque with the name and regiment of the soldier. back to questions
	Answer 8 Why is Borden Grammar school not called Sittingbourne grammar school?	The school was originally in Borden, and was begun with the money that a Borden man, William Barrow, left. You can still see the original building in Riddles Road. It is now the Adult Education Centre. back to questions
	Answer 9 What used to be made in their thousands all round Milton and Murston?	Bricks, many of which were used to build houses in London. back to questions
	Answer 10 What were some of the former names of the paper mill now called M/Real?	Lloyds, Bowaters, UK Paper Ltd. back to questions

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