Searching for "GOODWIN SANDS"

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    Place name County Entry Source
    DEAL Kent Goodwin Sands, at the terminus of a branch of the Southeastern railway, with telegraph, 5 miles SSE of Sandwich. It may have Imperial
    Downs, The Kent Downs, The , celebrated roadstead, between the E. coast of Kent, at Deal, and the Goodwin Sands. Bartholomew
    DOWNS (The) Kent Goodwin sands; named from "the dunes" or sand-heaps of the Goodwins and the shore. It is 5 miles long Imperial
    FORELAND (South) Kent Goodwin Sands. Two lighthouses are on it, erected in 1793-5, situated 1, 347 feet apart, E by S, and W by N, and showing Imperial
    Goodwin Sands Kent Goodwin Sands , an extensive and dangerous shoal, off the E. coast of Kent, opposite Sandwich and Deal, about 5 miles Bartholomew
    GOODWIN SANDS Kent GOODWIN SANDS , a range of sea-bank off the E coast of Kent. It flanks the E side of the Downs Imperial
    Gull Stream Kent Goodwin Sands and the Brake; has a light-vessel in the fairway, with revolving light (Gull Stream) seen 10 m. Bartholomew
    GULL STREAM Kent Goodwin sands and the Brake, off the E coast of Kent It leads to the Downs; has from 5 to 8 fathoms Imperial
    KENT Kent sands, off Margate, and in the Goodwin Sands, off Ramsgate. Marshes form a belt, averaging about 1½ mile in breadth Imperial
    LONDON London
    London
    LONDON , the metropolis of England. The centre of it is London city or London proper; the centre of that is Imperial
    MANCHESTER Lancashire
    Manchester
    MANCHESTER , a city, a township, a district, a parish, and a diocese in Lancashire. The city stands at an intersection Imperial
    North Sand Head Light-Vessel Kent Sand Head Light-Vessel , off N. end of Goodwin Sand; has flashing light 36 ft. above high water and seen Bartholomew
    NORTH SEA, or German Ocean   Goodwin sands, with their lights and safety beacon; the North Foreland, with its light; the month of the Thames estuary Imperial
    Sand Head, North Kent Sand Head, North , N. end of Goodwin Sands, off E. coast of Kent, 7 miles E. of Ramsgate; has light Bartholomew
    Sand Head, South Kent Sand Head, South , S. end of Goodwin Sands, off E. coast of Kent, 4½ miles SE. of Deal; has light Bartholomew
    South Sand Head Kent Sand Head , S. end of Goodwin Sands, off E. coast of Kent, 4½ miles SE. of Deal; has light Bartholomew
    Tenterden Kent been the cause of the Goodwin Sands - was part of the monastery of St Augustine. The trade is almost purely local. Bartholomew
    TENTERDEN Kent Goodwin sands. Pop. of the borough in 1851, 3,901; in 1861, 3,762. Houses, 711. The parish comprises 8,300 acres Imperial
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