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). A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

St Mary in the Marsh in Romney Marsh

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Quotations

• “As Egypt was the gift of the Nile, this level tract ... has by the bounty of the sea been by degrees added to the land, so that I may not without reason call it the Gift of the Sea. (from Britannia by William Camden 1551-1623)

• "The world according to the best geographers is divided into Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Romney Marsh" from Ingoldsby Legends, Reverend Richard Harris Barham (Rector of Snargate)

William Camden William Camden (May 2, 1551 - November 9, 1623) was an English antiquarian and historian. ... The Ingoldsby Legends are a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington manor, actually a pen-name of Richard Harris Barham. ... Richard Harris Barham (December 6, 1788 - June 17, 1845), English humourist, better known by his nom de plume of Thomas Ingolosby, was born at Canterbury. ...

Areas of the Romney Marsh:

Romney Marsh is flat and low-lying, with parts below sea-level. It consists of several areas:

• the Romney Marsh proper, lying north of a line between New Romney and Appledore
• the Walland Marsh, south of that line to approximately the Kent/East Sussex border
• the East Guldeford Level, south again to Rye
• the Denge Marsh, south-east of Lydd, which now includes Denge Beach and Dungeness
• the Rother Levels, which, with various ditches, lie around the Isle of Oxney
• the Rye, Winchelsea and Pett Levels

Map sources for New Romney at grid reference TR0624 New Romney is a small seaside town in Kent, England. ... Appledore is a village in Kent, England, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Ashford, Kent and on the northern edge of the Romney Marsh. ... East Guldeford is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. ... Location within the British Isles Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, on the edge of the Romney Marsh. ... The acoustic mirrors at Denge. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of Lydd Town Council Lydd is a town in Kent, England, lying on the Romney Marsh. ... Dungeness is the headland of a shingle beach on the Romney Marsh in Kent, England. ... Winchelsea is a small walled town in East Sussex, England, at the southern corner of the Romney Marsh. ...

The River Rother

View across the marsh from Rye

The River Rother today flows into the sea below Rye; but until 1287 its mouth lay between Romney and Lydd. It was tidal far upstream, almost to Bodiam. The river mouth was wide with a huge lagoon making Rye a port at its western end. That lagoon lay behind a large island, which now makes up a large part of the Denge Marsh, on which stood the ports of Lydd and the old Winchelsea. All these ports were members of the Cinque Ports. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1155x788, 782 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Romney Marsh Rye, East Sussex ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1155x788, 782 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Romney Marsh Rye, East Sussex ... The River Rother (originally named Limen) is one of the longest rivers in Kent, England. ... Construction of the Uppsala Cathedral began in 1287. ... Map sources for New Romney at grid reference TR0624 New Romney is a small seaside town in Kent, England. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of Lydd Town Council Lydd is a town in Kent, England, lying on the Romney Marsh. ... Bodiam is a small village in East Sussex, England. ... This mid bay barrier in Narrabeen, a suburb of Sydney (Australia), has blocked what used to be a bay to form a lagoon. ... Winchelsea is a small walled town in East Sussex, England, at the southern corner of the Romney Marsh. ... Flag of the Cinque Ports Formally, in Kent and Sussex there are five Head Ports making up the Confederation of the Cinque Ports, often pronounced as the anglicised sink ports, and meaning five ports (cinque in French means five and ports is to be connected to the Italian word porto...

Reclamation

The Romney Marsh has been gradually built up over the centuries.

The most significant feature of the Marsh is the Rhee wall (Rhee is a word for river), forming a prominent ridge. This feature was extended in three stages from Appledore to New Romney in the 13th century as a waterway. Sluices controlled the flow of water, which was then released to flush silt from the harbour at New Romney. Ultimately the battle was lost, the harbour silted up and New Romney declined in importance, however, the Rhee kept part of the old port open until the 15th century. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...

The wall at Dymchurch was built around the same time, storms had breached the shingle barrier, which had protected it until that time. Dymchurch lies on the Kent coast, south of Hythe and on the Romney Marsh. ...

It is a common fallacy that both these structures were built by the Romans.

• In 1250 and in following years, a series of violent storms broke through the coastal shingle banks, flooding significant areas and returning it to marsh, destroying the harbour at New Romney, and in 1287 finally destroying the port town of Old Winchelsea (now located some two miles (3 km) out in Rye bay), which had been under threat from the sea since at least 1236. Winchelsea, the third largest port in England and a major importer of wine, was relocated on higher land, with a harbour consisting of 82 wharfs. Those same storms, however, helped to build up more shingle: such beaches now ran along practically the whole seaward side of the marshland.
• By the 14th century much of the Walland and Denge Marshes had been reclaimed
• In 1462 the Romney Marsh Corporation was established to install drainage and sea defences for the marsh, which it continued to build into the 16th century.
• By the 16th century the course of the Rother had been changed to its channel today; and most of the remainder of the area had now been reclaimed from the sea.
• The shingle continues to be deposited. As a result all the original Cinque Ports of the Marsh are now far from the sea. Dungeness point is still being added to: although (especially near Dungeness and Hythe) a daily operation is in place to counter the reshaping of the shingle banks, using boats to dredge and move the drifting shingle.
  • NB a map in the *Romney Marsh Gazetteer shows the stages clearly.

The Marsh became the property of the Priory of Canterbury in the 9th century, who granted the first tenancy on the land to a man called Baldwin, sometime between 1152 and 1167, for "as much land as Baldwin himself can enclose and drain against the sea"; Baldwin's Sewer (drainage ditch) remains in use. The marsh has since become covered by a dense network of drainage ditches and once supported large farming communities. // April 30 - King Louis IX of France released by his Egyptian captors after paying a ransom of one million dinars and turning over the city of Damietta. ... Map sources for New Romney at grid reference TR0624 New Romney is a small seaside town in Kent, England. ... Construction of the Uppsala Cathedral began in 1287. ... Winchelsea is a small walled town in East Sussex, England, at the southern corner of the Romney Marsh. ... // Events May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St Albanss Abbey dies. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Hythe is a small coastal market town, on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the District of Shepway on the south coast of Kent. ... A priory is an ecclesiastical circumscription run by a prior. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Events March 4 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled May 18 - Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou Church of Ireland acknowledges Popes authority Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria Establishment of the archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway... Events Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan Peter of Blois becomes the tutor of William II of Sicily Absalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at Lund Absalon fortifies Copenhagen William Marshal, the greatest knight...

Romney Marsh is adjacent to the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), which is less developed than many other areas in Kent and Sussex. The decline in sheep prices meant that even the local stock (sold around the world for breeding for over two centuries) became unsustainable. Turfing had always been a lesser practice due to the grassland kept short by the sheep reared upon it, but farms are increasing their acreage to compensate for the decline in sustainable livestock farming. Some view this as unsustainable due to the damage to soil ecology of the Marsh. The only other alternative, since 1946, has been for farmers to turn to arable farming, changing the landscape from a patchwork of small family farms to a few extensive arable production units. A weald once meant a dense forest, especially the famous great wood once stretching far beyond the ancient counties of Sussex and Kent, England, where this country of smaller woods is still called the Weald. ... An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside with significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government. ... Rolled sod Sod is turd and the part of the soil beneath it held together by the roots, or a piece of this material. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Windfarm

A windfarm will be developed at a site called Little Cheyne Court near Camber. It will be built by N-power renewables and cost around £50m. The 26, 116 m towers (380 feet), will be distributed over an area of 4 km² and will generate a proportion of the district's electricity needs. The development will not leave the same legacy as the two nuclear power stations will when they close. A wind farm is a collection of wind turbines all in the same location and used for the generation of electricity. ... Camber is a seaside village in the English county of East Sussex, near to Rye, Grid reference TQ965185. ... A nuclear power station. ...

- The site has proved controversial, some arable farmers, the MP and most parish, town and county councils viewed the development as detrimental to the visual appearance of the Marsh[1]. However, the Government has now given permission and work should start in 2006. The DTI indicated that a significant number of local people submitted comments in favour of the project. Whilst a consistent 70-80% of the UK public support windfarms [2], some local is still set against the development and regularly removes properly referenced text from this page [3]. The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ...

- Environmental NGOs such as Friends of the Earth, favour more power generation from renewable sources and greater energy efficiency in society; power from renewable sources is an essential component of any future sustainable energy policy for the UK. Power from renewables reduces society's dependence on the release on energy generation that uses geological carbon sources, which when burnt for fuel, increase the level of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Friends of the Earth is an international network of environmental organizations in 70 countries. ...

- The RSPB [4], CPRE [5] and English Nature [6] all objected the the use of this particular site as a windfarm on environmental grounds. The proximity of the site to the internationally important RSPB reserve and the land's status as a SSSI were particularly controversial.

(Readers are referred to the History page of this article for differing versions, and also to the Discussion page. The repeated heavy editing of this article without permitting any of the counter-balancing arguments to remain is suggestive of the very collusion referred to in the earlier versions, or at the very least unwillingness to permit argument and counter-argument)

Romney Marsh sheep

The economy and landscape of Romney Marsh in the 19th Century was dominated by sheep. Improved methods of pasture management and husbandry meant the marsh could sustain a stock density greater than anywhere else in the world. The Romney Marsh sheep became one of the most successful and important breeds of sheep. Their main characteristic is an ability to feed in wet situations; they are considered to be more resistant to foot rot and internal parasites than any other breed. Romney sheep have been exported globally, in particular to Australia, to where they were first exported in 1872. A Romney ewe with its two lambs The Romney, also called the Romney Marsh is an average size breed of British Longwool sheep originating in Romney Marsh, Kent. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Malaria

From 1564 the health of the marsh population suffered from malaria, then known as ague or marsh fever, which caused high mortality rates until the 1730s, although it remained a major problem until the completion of the Royal Military Canal in 1806, which greatly improved the drainage of the area, reduced its importance. Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. ... Events March 27 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 — The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony... Events and Trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies World leaders Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774) George... The first sod of the Royal Military Canal was dug at Seabrook, near Hythe in Kent on 30th October 1804. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Communications

Roads

Roads across the Marsh have always been narrow and winding. This is partly because of the hundreds of sewers and smaller drainage ditches, and because the grazing land is far more important than the roads. The lack of road signs and few villages can make navigating across the marsh very confusing for the unwary. Several minor roads have no finger posts at junctions at all and at others, it is possible to find two or three lanes apparently leading to the same village!

Many of these lanes are built on the remains of enclosures used to 'in' the Marsh. There is a dramatic section near Brookland, where a lane linking the Woolpack pub to Lydd is perched 2 or 3 m above the surrounding farmland, on the 'Hook' wall. The section of road between Brenzett and Lydd Lane end is built on the Rhee wall, a medieval canal that brought water from higher up the river Rother.

The main road is the A259 from Rye, which is narrow and winding to Brookland and Brenzett, where it splits in two. One arm (excellent all the way) becomes the A2070 and runs parallel to the railway to link the Marsh to Hamstreet, Ashford and the wider world. The other - still the A259 is only good as far as the jucntion with Lydd Lane (B2075), and leads to New Romney, Dymchurch, Hythe and eventually, Folkestone. The A259 is a major road in England, running along the south coast parallel to the A27 road. ... Brookland is the name of 2 places in the United States: Brookland, Arkansas Brookland, Washington, DC Brookland, Kent is a village in Kent, England. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames and east of the A3. ... Image:Hamstreet - Kent dot. ... Ashford is a town spanning the confluence of the River Upper Great Stour, River East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Whitewater Dyke, Ruckinge Dyke and the resulting River Great Stour, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, United Kingdom. ... Map sources for New Romney at grid reference TR0624 New Romney is a small seaside town in Kent, England. ... Dymchurch lies on the Kent coast, south of Hythe and on the Romney Marsh. ... There are several places named Hythe: In England: Hythe, Kent (a large village) Hythe, Hampshire (a town) Hythe End a village, now part of Staines In Canada: Hythe, Alberta (a village in Canada) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Folkestone Harbour, picture taken from the golf court Folkestone (pronounced fōkstun) is a coastal resort town in the Shepway district of Kent, England. ...

The best way to see the Marsh is on a cycle, the almost flat terrain, the narrow almost deserted lanes, make it ideal for family jaunts. National cycle route 2 passes through the area, the section between Rye and Lydd is mostly off road, it then uses quiet lanes from Lydd to Hythe, where it possible to cycle along the sea wall to Folkestone and ultimately (off road) to reach Dover.

Railways

The main line railway is the Ashford to Hastings line, with stations at Hamstreet, Appledore, Rye, and Winchelsea. The one-time branch to New Romney from Appledore (its small offshoot to Dungeness closed in 1937) was closed to passenger traffic in 1967. It was possible to travel directly from Dungeness to London, the 2hour journey time was quicker than by road and rail today. The line is still in place about a mile short of Dungeness and is used to transfer waste from the Nuclear power plant. Ashford is a town spanning the confluence of the River Upper Great Stour, River East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Whitewater Dyke, Ruckinge Dyke and the resulting River Great Stour, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, United Kingdom. ... Shown within East Sussex Geography Status: Borough Region: South East England Historic County: Sussex Admin. ... Image:Hamstreet - Kent dot. ... Appledore is a village in Kent, England, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Ashford, Kent and on the northern edge of the Romney Marsh. ... Winchelsea is a small walled town in East Sussex, England, at the southern corner of the Romney Marsh. ...

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway has been operating along the Romney Marsh coast since 1927. Two 15in trains Preparing train in Hythe The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ...

Walks

The Saxon Shore Way starts at Gravesend, Kent and traces the coast as it was in Roman times as far as Hastings, East Sussex, 163 miles (262 km) in total, crossing the Marsh. // Coastline Kent 802AD Kent - NASA satelite 2005 The Saxon Shore Way starts at Gravesend, Kent and traces the coast as it was in Roman times (note the changed coastline around Romney Marsh) as far as Hastings, East Sussex, 163 miles (262 km) in total. ... Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shown within East Sussex Geography Status: Borough Region: South East England Historic County: Sussex Admin. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Swedish/Norwegian mil. ... km redirects here. ...

The Marsh in war

Throughout its history, the proximity of the marsh to the European mainland has meant that the areas has been in the front line whenever invasion has threatened. In AD 892 one such invasion was successful. The Danish fleet of 250 ships sailed right into the Rother and took the fortress at Appledore (allegedly built by King Arthur), which they destroyed. World map exhibiting the location of Europe. ... Events Poppo of Thuringia, count of the march in Thuringia,is deposed by the German Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia Arnulf of Carinthia invades Great Moravia Duke Guido of Spoleto crowned Roman Emperor in April The former Silla general Gyeonhwon attacks the city of Gwangju and declares himself king. ... Appledore is a village in Kent, England, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Ashford, Kent and on the northern edge of the Romney Marsh. ...

The Cinque Ports

The importance of the Cinque Ports was in their strategic situation opposite the narrowest part of the English Channel. Within the Romney Marsh, Romney and Hythe were two of the ports; Rye and Winchelsea were later added as “Antient Towns”. Flag of the Cinque Ports Formally, in Kent and Sussex there are five Head Ports making up the Confederation of the Cinque Ports, often pronounced as the anglicised sink ports, and meaning five ports (cinque in French means five and ports is to be connected to the Italian word porto...

Royal Military Canal

The Royal Military Canal stretches for 28 miles hugging the old cliff line that borders the Romney Marsh from Hythe in the north east to Cliff End in the south west. It was completed in April 1809. The first sod of the Royal Military Canal was dug at Seabrook, near Hythe in Kent on 30th October 1804. ...

The Martello Towers

Martello Towers are fortifications that were built by the British Army for coastal defence during the nineteenth century. Seventy-four towers were built along the south coast; Tower 1 was at Folkestone, overlooking the harbour, and Tower 74 guarded the beach at Seaford in East Sussex. They were built between 1805 and 1808. Martello towers are small defensive forts built by the British Empire at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. ... Seaford is the name of a place in the United Kingdom: Seaford, East Sussex Seaford is the name of some places in the United States of America: Seaford, Delaware Seaford, New York Seaford, Virginia Seaford is also a place in Victoria, Australia: Seaford, Victoria This is a disambiguation page &#8212... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ...

Military Training

There are two military establishments on the Marsh: the Hythe and Lydd Ranges. The latter has a large danger area marked on maps south of Lydd towards the sea.

"Lost villages" of the Marsh

These lost communities on the Marsh are further instances of the modern decline of the rural communities, except that these probably occurred over the centuries. In 1348, for example, many villages were hit by the Black Death. Events April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ...

The villages, shown below with the modern Ordnance Survey map information on Sheet 189, were: Part of an Ordnance Survey map at 1 inch to the mile scale from 1945 Ordnance Survey (OS) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. ...

• Buttdarts: Buttdart Bridge, over one of the larger marsh drains [TR 071296]
• ”Dengemarsh”: south of Lydd: village closed when the Lydd ranges were opened in WWII [not marked on OS Map: ?TR 0417]
• Eastbridge: Eastbridge House, on Dymchurch to Bonnington road: the road is named Eastbridge Road out of Dymchurch. Remains: large part of west wall of the tower, some other fragments. Village had a population of 21 (1801 Census). [TR 078319]
• Fairfield: Fairfield Court, NW of Brookland [TQ 977270]
• Falconhurst: Falconhurst: a house north of the Royal Military Canal si x miles west of Hythe. [TR 076344]
• Galloways south of Lydd: village closed when the Lydd ranges were opened in WWII [not marked on OS Map: ?TR 0017]
• Hope All Saints: Hope Farm, NW of New Romney. the remains of the church are marked on the map. (See Romney Marsh Gazeteer) [TR 049258]
• Midley: Midley Cottages, SW of Old Romney [TR 016237] This was once a small island in the Rother between the larger ones of Romney and Lydd, and the name means "middle island". In the 8th century there was a village on this site, and 23 people still lived here in 1801. Now only the ruined west wall of the church remains. During World War II there was an airfield here.
• Orgarswick: Orgarswick Farm, NW of Dymchurch [TR 090309]
• Shorne: no modern trace, although there are unnamed church remains NNW of New Romney near Chapel Land Farm [TR 049258]
• Snave Although the church still stands, it is only used once a year for a harvest festival service and today falls under the Hamstreet group of churches. (See Romney Marsh Gazeteer) [TR015299]

Dymchurch lies on the Kent coast, south of Hythe and on the Romney Marsh. ... Bonnington is a small village on the edge of the Romney Marsh in England. ... Brookland is the name of 2 places in the United States: Brookland, Arkansas Brookland, Washington, DC Brookland, Kent is a village in Kent, England. ... Hythe is a small coastal market town, on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the District of Shepway on the south coast of Kent. ...

Smuggling

The flat, almost empty landscape made for a smuggler's paradise throughout the 17th, 18th and into the 19th centuries. The traffic was two-way, since wool was also smuggled to the Continent. The main website has more details. A skirmish with smugglers from Finland at the Russian border, 1853, by Vasily Hudiakov. ...

The Victorians made smugglers into romantic anti-heroes; in truth they were unscrupulous villains. The two main gangs on the Marsh were the Owlers and The Aldington Gang, known also as The Blues. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ... Aldington was the stronghold of The Aldington Gang, a band of smugglers roaming the Romney Marshes and shores of Kent. ...

Literary associations

Romney Marsh has a distinguished literary history. Three who specifically used the marsh as settings for their works were E.F. Benson, author of the Mapp and Lucia novels; Russell Thorndike, author of the Doctor Syn novels; and the children's writer Monica Edwards, author of the Romney Marsh books in which Rye Harbour becomes "Westling", Rye is renamed "Dunsford" and Winchelsea is known as "Winklesea". Edward Frederick Benson (July 24, 1867 - February 29, 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. ... The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. ...

Many other well-known writers have been associated with the area: Henry James, H.G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Stephen Crane, Radclyffe Hall, Noel Coward, Edith Nesbit, Rumer Godden, and Conrad Aiken. Rudyard Kipling and his Smugglers' Song are famous. For other uses of this name, see Henry James (disambiguation). ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... Joseph Conrad. ... Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 - 5 June 1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist. ... Image:Radclyffe-hall-190x274. ... Noel Coward Sir Noel Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; August 15, 1858 - May 4, 1924) was an English author and poet whose childrens works were published under the androgynous name of E. Nesbit. ... Margaret Rumer Godden (December 10, 1907–November 8, 1998), was an English author of over 60 books, under the name of Rumer Godden. ... Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, born in Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes poetry, short stories and novels. ... Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his childrens books, including The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pooks Hill (1906); his novel...

See also

• The Fens of East Anglia and the Somerset Levels, for other wetlands in England.
• Geology of the United Kingdom#Holocene Epoch
• UK topics

The Fens, also known as the Fenland, are an area of former wetlands in the eastern part of England, stretching along the coast of Lincolnshire to Kings Lynn and reaching into the counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... The view towards Brent Knoll from Glastonbury Tor. ... Geological map of Great Britain. ... This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...

External links

The main web

• RomneyMarsh.net
• Romney Marsh Visitor Centre
• Romney Marsh Gazetteer
• Extensive information on Romney Marsh incl. historical, geological and tourist attractions
• Royal Military Canal
• Marsh pictures
• Marsh links
• Malaria in England
• Rye & Camber - A Marsh Railway
• Wild Rye - discover the wildlife of Romney Marsh
• Romney Marsh & District Pool League