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As an indication of the area's military importance, the first Ordnance Survey map ever drawn was a one-inch map of Kent, published in 1801. [31] Many of the Georgian naval buildings still stand. In the early 19th century, smugglers were very active on the Kent coastline.
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.
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.
Description: Map of Kent, UK with the following information shown: . Administrative borders; Coastline, lakes and rivers; Roads and railways; Urban areas; Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%
Map of lathes and hundreds of Kent. A lathe (/ ˈ l eɪ ð /; Old English: lǽð; Latin: lestus) formed an administrative country subdivision of the county of Kent, England, from the Anglo-Saxon period, until it fell out of general practical use in the early twentieth century.
A general map showing late Roman Kent. The Isle of Thanet was then known as Tanatus Adaptation of a 15th-century map of the Isle of Thanet, with north on the left: Thomas Elmham, Historia Monasterii S Augustini Cantuariensis. Archaeological evidence shows that the area now known as the Isle of Thanet was one of the major areas of Stone Age ...
An 1800 map of Kent (N. Foreland and S. Forleand are in the northeast corner) North Foreland (TR 39860 69616 51°22′30″N 1°26′42″E / 51.37490°N 1.44510°E / 51.37490; 1.44510 ) and South Foreland (TR 35909 43307 51°08′25″N 1°22′16″E / 51.14040°N 1.37110°E / 51.14040; 1.37110 ) are two chalk ...
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