Continuing my little series following the history of the River Medway, this is East Farleigh.
The bridge dates to the 14th century, and is one of the earliest stone bridges in southern England and a Scheduled Historic Monument. The bridge carried Cromwell's troops across the river in 1648 to win in battle with the Royalists in Maidstone (a few miles away) - a key stage for the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War.
Ian