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  • As his first wife died in March 1761, when he was more than fifty-eight; and as he afterwards married for the third time, a widow, Mrs. Kemp of Teynham, Kent, it is probable that, as Keightley says, Harriet Montresor was not long-lived.

    Fielding Dobson, Austin 1883

  • Newington, Teynham, Rochester, Meopham and Long field - tiny stations which hardly anyone uses

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • He lost control and reduced the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Memorial on the A2 at Teynham to rubble before smashing in to four parked cars.

    Kos RSS Feed 2009

  • He died of a fever, in July 1205, at his manor of Teynham, and was buried 13th, at Canterbury.

    Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812

  • a widow, Mrs. Kemp of Teynham, Kent, it is probable that, as

    Fielding 1843

  • a widow, Mrs. Kemp of Teynham, Kent, it is probable that, as

    Fielding 1843

  • (Lousy) Sandwich; Surly Ashford, Proud Wye, and Lousy Kennington hardby; He that will not live long let him dwell at Murston, Teynham, or Tong (formerly low-lying areas in North Kent); Kill'em, Cart 'em and Bury 'em, a saying referring to Chilham, Chartham, and Canterbury.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 2 1991

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