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DARENT (The), a river of Kent. It rises near the boundary with Surrey, in the vicinity of Westerham; and runs about 20 miles N by eastward, past Brasted, Chipstead, Otford, Shoreham, Eynsford, Farningham, Sutton-at-Hone, and Dartford, to the Thames, near Long-reach. It is navigable to Dartford, and is there called Dartford-Creek. Spenser describes it as "the still Darent, in whose waters clean Ten thousand fishes play, and deck his pleasant stream."
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
Place names: | DARENT | DARENT THE | THE DARENT |
Place: | Darenth |
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