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GULL STREAM, the channel between the North Goodwin sands and the Brake, off the E coast of Kent It leads to the Downs; has from 5 to 8 fathoms water; and has, near its middle, a light vessel, with two Ianterns, 14 feet high, visible at the distance of 7 miles.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "the channel between the North Goodwin sands and the Brake" (ADL Feature Type: "channels") |
Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
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