Gravesend, Kent — Long Reach redirects here. For the neighbourhood in the eastern United States, see Long Reach, Columbia, Maryland. Coordinates: 51°26′29″N 0°22′07″E / 51.4415°N 0.3685°E … Wikipedia
Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley — Infobox cricketer biography playername = Ivo Bligh country = England fullname = Ivo Francis Walter Bligh dayofbirth = 13 monthofbirth = 3 yearofbirth = 1859 placeofbirth = Westminster, London countryofbirth = England dayofdeath = 10 monthofdeath … Wikipedia
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List of schools in Kent — List of primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, special schools, further education colleges and universities in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. [cite web | title = UK Schools Colleges Database | publisher = Schools Web… … Wikipedia
Hundred of Hoo Railway — The Hundred of Hoo Railway is a railway line in Kent, following the North Kent Line from Gravesend before diverging at Hoo Junction near Shorne Marshes and continuing in an easterly direction across the Hoo Peninsula, passing near the villages of … Wikipedia
(St.) Benet Sherehog — On the north side of Pancras Lane, opposite Sise Lane, in Cheap Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 50). Parish extends into Cordwainer Ward. First mention found in records : Alfwinus sacerdos Scerehog, occurs in deed of 1111 31 (H. MSS. Com.… … Dictionary of London
many go out for wool and come home shorn — Many seek to better themselves or make themselves rich, but end by losing what they already have. 1599 J. MINSHEU Dialogues in Spanish 61 You will goe for wooll, and returne home shorne. 1612 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote I. vii. To… … Proverbs new dictionary
Tarring and feathering — is a physical punishment, used to enforce formal justice in feudal Europe and informal justice in Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, as well as the early American frontier, mostly as a type of mob vengeance (compare Lynch law).… … Wikipedia
Romney Marsh — The Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south east of England. It covers about 100 square miles (260 km²).Quotations*“As Egypt was the gift of the Nile, this level tract ... has by the… … Wikipedia
Tom o' Bedlam — is the name of a critically acclaimed Part of the fascination of the Popular Ballads is their anonymity. Not even the best among them is quite of the eminence of the greatest anonymous lyrics in the language, Tom O Bedlam , first discovered in a… … Wikipedia
