Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

MEDWAY

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 71 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: MEC-MIC

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

MEDWAY , a See also:

RIVER

river in the See also:

south-See also:

east of See also:

England. It rises in the See also:

FOREST

Forest Ridges, S.W. of East Grinstead in See also:

Sussex, and, increased by many feeders from these picturesque hills, has an easterly course to the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county boundary, which it forms, turning northward for a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance. Entering See also:

Kent near Ashurst, its course becomes See also:

north-easterly, and this direction is generally maintained to the mouth. The river passes See also:

TONBRIDGE [TUNBRIDGE]

Tonbridge, receiving the See also:

Eden from the See also:

west, and later the Teise and Beult from the south and east, all these streams watering the See also:

rich See also:

WEALD, THE

Weald (q.v.) to the south of the North See also:

DOWNS

Downs. These hills are breached by the Medway in a beautiful valley, in which lies See also:

MAIDSTONE

Maidstone, generally much narrower than the upper. valley. The characteristic structure of this See also:

PART

part of the valley is considered under the heading Downs. Below Maidstone the valley forms a perfect See also:

basin, the hills descending upon it closely above See also:

Rochester. Below this See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city the river enters a broad, winding See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, passing See also:

Chatham, and at See also:

SHEERNESS

Sheerness joining that of the See also:

THAMES

Thames, so that the Medway may be considered a tributary, and its drainage See also:

AREA

area of 68o sq. m. reckoned as part of that of the greater river. The length of the Medway is about 6o m., excluding its many lesser windings. The estuary is navigable for See also:

sea-going vessels See also:

DRAWING

drawing 24 ft. up to Rochester See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge. A considerable See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic is carried on by small vessels up to Maidstone, and by See also:

BARGES

barges up to Tonbridge, the See also:

TOTAL

total length of the See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation being 43 M. The marshy lowlands along the course of the river have yielded extensive remains of See also:

ROMAN

Roman pottery, a See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

WARE

ware of dark See also:

SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

slate-See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour.

End of Article: MEDWAY

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
MEDUSA

[next]
MEEANEE