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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.
Botany Bay is a bay in Broadstairs facing the north sea, Kent, England. Botany Bay is the northernmost of seven bays in Broadstairs. [1] [2] It features chalk cliffs and a sea stack and is a popular tourist location. [3] Bathing is reportedly safe for swimming, surfing, and kayaking, and lifeguards are on duty from May 25 to September 1 (2024 ...
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In reviewing S. P. B. Mais's The Home Counties (Batsford The Face of Britain series, 1942), Norah Richardson noted that "the home counties" was a term in constant use but hard to define, but that Mais's definition of "the five counties around London County – Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey" could not be improved upon. [6]
The North School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated in the town of Ashford, Kent, England. [2] Previously a community school administered by Kent County Council, [3] in January 2022 The North School converted to academy status. [4] The school is now sponsored by Swale Academies Trust. [5]
In the 1870s John Marius Wilson described East Langdon as a village and its own parish "in Dover district, Kent... near the Deal and Dover railway, 3½ miles NNE of Dover. The parish contains also the hamlet of Marten; and its post-town is Dover. Acres, 1,065. Real property, £2,228. Pop., 362. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few.
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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.