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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 745 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ERITH , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:north-western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 14 M. E. by S. of See also:London, on the See also:South Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1891) 13,414; (1901) 25,296. It lies on the south See also:bank of the See also:Thames and extends up the hills above the See also:shore, many villas having been erected on the higher ground. The See also:park of a former seat, See also:Belvedere, was thus built over (c. 1860), and the See also:mansion became a See also:home for disabled See also:seamen. The See also:church of St See also:John the Baptist, though largely altered by See also:modern restoration, retains See also:Early See also:English to Perpendicular portions, and some early monuments and See also:brasses. Erith has large See also:engineering and See also:gun factories, and in the neighbourhood are See also:gunpowder, oil, See also:glue and manure See also:works. The See also:southern outfall works of the London See also:main drainage See also:system are at Crossness in the neighbouring See also:lowland called Plumstead Marshes. Erith is the headquarters of several yacht clubs. Erith, the name of which is commonly derived from A.S.

1Erra-See also:

hythe (old haven), was anciently a See also:borough, and was granted a See also:market and fairs in 1313. Down to the See also:close of the 17th See also:century it was of some importance as a See also:naval station.

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