he Medway opposite Rochester. It is now drained, and used by the North Kent railway. On the rising ground above the marsh lands we can distinguish Cliff Church, a lonely building SEEERNESS. Sheerness is the principal town in the Isle of Sheppey, and owes its greatness to the dockyard and fort… … able in ancient times for “ watch and ward ” to the river. TIIA.MES AND JIEDWAY. Beacons were ordered to be erected in the time of and the great docks and storehouses were erected; these occasioned the building Richard II. at Cliff, and the watchmen who were ap¬ of a large town, chiefly for the…
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