Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lydd

Lydd, market town and par. with ry. sta., Kent, 3½ miles SW. of New Romney, 12,015 ac. (152 water) and 988 foreshore, pop. 2129; P. O., T.O. Market-day, Thursday. Lydd is an ancient town, and a corporate member of the Cinque Port of Romney. There is a Government artillery range here.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Lydd AP/CP       Kent AncC
Place: Lydd

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