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    The Battle of Bossenden Wood took place on 31 May 1838 near Hernhill in Kent; it has been called the last battle on English soil. The battle was fought...
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    often referred to as the "last invasion of Britain". Battle of Bossenden Wood, Kent, England, 31 May 1838. The battle, if it was such—some sources refer to...
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    Dunkirk, Kent (category Borough of Swale)
    soil, the Battle of Bossenden Wood to the north of the village. Eleven men died when a band of farm labourers were intercepted by a detachment of soldiers...
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  • the reincarnation of Jesus Christ in 1834. He was killed during a confrontation with government soldiers at the Battle of Bossenden Wood on 31 May 1838 near...
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    Riot Act (category Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1714)
    Act. None of the rioters subsequently faced the charge of a statutory felony.[citation needed] Earlier in the same year, at the battle of George Square...
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  • century led the last battle to be fought on English soil, known as the Battle of Bossenden Wood. While not akin to the Cornish rebellions of the past, he did...
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    several of his followers, was killed in a confrontation with government soldiers in Bossenden Wood, in what has sometimes been called the last battle to be...
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    which was the decisive battle in the Monmouth Rebellion. However either of the former, or possibly the Battle of Bossenden Wood (1838), can also be considered...
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    in 1838, and was shot dead in the Battle of Bossenden Wood during its suppression.) The inconvenience, since 1831, of having two Earls for the same county...
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  • Hernhill (category Borough of Swale)
    churchyard contains a monument to parishioners killed in the nearby Battle of Bossenden Wood in 1838, said to be the last armed uprising on British soil. Dargate...
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