Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWALE (The)

SWALE (The), a maritime branch of the river Medway in Kent; separating the Isle of Sheppey from the mainland, and sending off a branch of 2 miles to Milton. It describes nearly the segment of a circle from Queenborough to Whitstable; is 16 miles long, and from ½ to 1½ mile broad; and has a depth of from 3 to 5 fathoms.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a maritime branch of the river Medway"   (ADL Feature Type: "channels")
Administrative units: Kent AncC
Place names: SWALE     |     SWALE THE     |     THE SWALE
Place: Swale

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