Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles east of Gillingham in England, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in the Swale, a channel separating the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent. The town is growing rapidly due to a number of large residential developments, and its train line links to London Victoria, the journey taking about an hour from Sittingbourne railway station. The town's name came from the fact that there is a small stream or "bourne" running underground in part of the town. As such it came to be known as the town that was "Sitting-on-the-Bourne." Sittingbourne Heritage Museum says on its website: "Hasted writing...more »