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Hand-drawn map of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Middlesex from 1575. By the 17th century, tensions between Britain and the powers of the Netherlands and France led to increasing military build-up in the county.
Dover (/ ˈ d oʊ v ər / DOH-vər) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone.
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On a clear day the cliffs are visible from the French coast. The chalk cliffs of the Alabaster Coast of Normandy in France are part of the same geological system. The White Cliffs are at one end of the Kent Downs designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [6] In 1999 a sustainable National Trust visitor centre was built in the area.
As an indication of the area's military importance, the first Ordnance Survey map ever drawn was the 1 inch map of Kent, published in 1801. Work on the map started in 1795. Work on the map started in 1795.
Roman fort wall at Regulbium. In the Romano-British period, the area of modern Kent that lay east of the River Medway was a civitas known as Cantiaca. [1] Its name had been taken from an older Common Brittonic place-name, Cantium ("corner of land" or "land on the edge") used in the preceding pre-Roman Iron Age, although the extent of this tribal area is unknown.
Geological cross section of Kent, showing how it relates to major towns. Kent is the south-easternmost county in England. It is bounded on the north by the River Thames and the North Sea, and on the south by the Straits of Dover and the English Channel. The continent of Europe is 21 miles across the straits.
At the time of the 1831 census, Kent was the 10th largest county, covering 972,240 acres (3,934.5 km 2), however by 1871 it had grown to 995,344 acres (4,028.01 km 2) and became the 9th largest edit