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Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. It covers about 100 square miles (260 km 2).The Marsh has been in use for centuries, though its inhabitants commonly suffered from malaria until the 18th century.
Up to the 13th century, the island was part of the coastline bordering what is now the Romney Marsh. [1] As that silted up, and until the later 17th century, the River Rother which enters the sea beyond Rye and flowed across Kent in a west–east direction, was in a channel to the north of the island. By the late 17th century, the river had ...
The town of Winchelsea on Romney Marsh was destroyed (later rebuilt on the clifftop behind). [1] Nearby Broomhill was also destroyed. The course of the nearby River Rother was diverted away from New Romney , which was almost destroyed and left a mile from the coast, ending its role as a port.
Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is a 10,172.9-hectare (25,138-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from New Romney in Kent to Winchelsea in East Sussex.
Romney Marshes Area internal drainage board is the successor to a long line on organisations who have managed land drainage and flood defence on Romney Marsh in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England.
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports , was once a sea port, with the harbour adjacent to the church, but is now more than a mile from the sea.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh.It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent. Lydd reached the height of its prosperity during the 13th century, when it was a corporate member of the Cinque Ports, a "limb" of Romney.
Rye is a local commercial centre for the Romney Marsh and Walland Marsh areas, as well as being a tourist spot. Rye Farmers' Market [38] takes place on Strand Quay every Thursday morning. Rye has a well-established reputation as a centre for shops trading antiques, collectors' books, and records, and has many art galleries selling works by ...