A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Grain, Isle of (or St James), par. and vil., mid. Kent, at confluence of the rivers Thames and Medway, 14 miles E. of Rochester, 3177 ac. (103 water) and 1292 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 283; P.O.; was formerly an island, but a road now connects it with the mainland; extensive forts are placed here to guard the approach to the Medway.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
| Place: | the Isle of Grain |
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