PREFACE Writers such as Charles Seymour, S. Henshall, S. W. H. Ireland, T. Collings and many others have followed with various topographical works on the county, which however can hardly be classed among the county histories of Kent. This reference to the histories of Kent would be incomplete with- out mention of the Archaologia Cantiana, the publication of the Kent Archaeological Society, which was begun in 1858 and contains invaluable records of all matters affecting the history of the county. The Editor desires to express his acknowledgments to Mr, G. M. Arnold, D.L., F.S.A. and Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., F.Z.S. for assist- ance, and to the Society of Antiquaries, the Kent Archaeological Society, Sir John Evans, K.C.B. and Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co. for permis- sion to reproduce illustrations. Like many others, the Editor deeply deplores the death of Mr. L Chalkley Gould, F.S.A. whose ever ready assistance on the articles on Earthworks he will greatly miss. Mr. Gould was the first to suggest that articles on this subject should be included in the Victoria County History, and always took great interest in and gave much help with regard to them. Fortunately he was able to pass the final proof of the article in this volume a few days before his death.
