Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Swale, The

Swale, The, channel between the Isle of Sheppey and the mainland of Kent; extends from Queenborough to Whitstable, is 16 miles long and from ½ to 1½ mile wide, and forms a branch of the river Medway.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "channel"   (ADL Feature Type: "channels")
Administrative units: Kent AncC
Place names: SWALE     |     SWALE THE     |     THE SWALE
Place: Swale

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