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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 822 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHEERNESS , a See also:

garrison See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

NAVAL

naval seaport in the See also:

FAVERSHAM

Faversham See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Kent, See also:

England, in the Isle of See also:

SHEPPEY

Sheppey, on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

MEDWAY

Medway See also:

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

estuary at its junction with the See also:

THAMES

Thames, 51 M. E. of See also:

LONDON

London by the See also:

South-Eastern & See also:

Chatham railway. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (19o1) 18,179. See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Town, the older See also:

PART

part of the town, with the See also:

DOCK

dock-yard, is defended by strong See also:

MODERN

modern-built fortifications, especially the forts of Garrison Point and See also:

Barton's Point, commanding the entrance of both the Thames and the Medway. The dockyard, chiefly used for naval See also:

REPAIRS (from Lat. reparare, to make ready again)

repairs, covers about 6o acres, and consists of three basins and large docks, the See also:

DEPTH

depth of See also:

WATER

water in the basins ranging down to 26 ft. Within the yard there are extensive naval stores and See also:

barracks. Outside the dockyard are the residences of the See also:

ADMIRAL

admiral of the See also:

home See also:

FLEET

fleet and other See also:

OFFICERS

officers, and barracks. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is spacious, sheltered, and deepeven at See also:

low water. Sheerness has some See also:

trade in See also:

corn and See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed, and there is steamboat connexion with See also:

PORT

Port See also:

Victoria, on the opposite See also:

side of the Medway; with Southend, on the opposite side of the Thames; and with Chatham and London, and the town is in some favour as a seaside resort. A small fort was built at Sheerness by See also:

Charles II., which, on the loth of See also:

JULY

July 1667, was taken by the Dutch fleet under De Ruyter.

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