A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Sittingbourne, market town, seaport, and par. with ry. sta., Kent, on Milton Creek, a navigable branch of the Swale, 16 miles NW. of Canterbury and 45 miles SE. of London, 1004 ac., pop. 7857; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Friday. Sittingbourne is a place of great antiquity, and was a famous place of call for pilgrims to Canterbury. It has a weekly cornmarket, markets for cattle twice a month, and half-yearly fairs. Oyster dredging is carried on; coal is imported, and bricks and corn exported.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
| Place: | Sittingbourne |
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