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"Frindsbury, a parish in the hundred of Shamwell, lathe of Aylesford, county of Kent, 2 miles NW from Rochester, containing 1562 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to All Saints, stands on a commanding eminence rising from the Medway, along the course of which river, and over the town of Rochester, the view from the church-yard is extremely fine. The parish is bounded on the south and east by the Thames, and the Thames and Medway canal unites in it with the Medway, on the banks of which are several wharfs. Brick making is carried on to some extent, and chalk is found in the parish. Upnor castle, erected by Queen Elizabeth to defend the passage of the Medway, was for some time used as a powder magazine: it is surrounded by a moat, and consists of a central building, of an oblong form, connected with a round tower at each end."
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The town of Galt, Ontario was named in honour of the Scottish novelist and Commissioner of the Canada Company, John Galt circa 1825. Initially, settlers resisted the introduction of the new name preferring the original name Shade's Mills. However, after Mr. Galt visited the settlement in 1827, the name "Galt" received more wide spread acceptance.
In its early days Galt was an agricultural community serving the needs of the farmers in the surrounding countryside. By the late 1830's, however, the settlement began to develop an industrial base and a reputation for quality products that, in later years, earned the town the nickname "The Manchester of Canada". Galt was the largest and most important town in the area until the beginning of the 20th century when it was finally overtaken by Kitchener. The town continued its steady if unspectacular growth and reveled in its reputation as an industrial town whose products reached around the world.
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