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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 840 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHEPPEY , an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island off the Kentish See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

England, included in the See also:

north-eastern See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division of See also:

Kent. It is the largest of the several See also:

low islands which are separated from the mainland by the ramifying creeks about the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

MEDWAY

Medway. The strait isolating Sheppey is called the Swale; it is about 3 M. broad at its eastern end, but narrows to some 300 yds. at the See also:

west, where it is crossed on a See also:

BRIDGE

bridge by a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

South-Eastern & See also:

Chatham railway, and by a road. There was formerly a See also:

ferry here, as there are at two other points. Sheppey is low-lying, with one small See also:

ELEVATION

elevation slightly exceeding 200 ft. near the north coast, which presents slight cliffs towards the shallow See also:

sea. These are frequently encroached upon by the sea, while the See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

SHORE

shore on the south is protected by embankments. Sheppey is roz m. in extreme length from E. to W., while the greatest breadth is about 5 M. ' On the south, narrow branches of the Swale, formerly wider, See also:

DIVIDE

divide the isles of Harty and Elmley from the See also:

main island, of which, however, they now practically See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

PART

part. Sheppey is for the most part treeless. but very fertile. bearing much See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit; its name, meaning the " island of See also:

sheep," is still appropriate, as See also:

GREAT

great flocks are bred. On the west are the See also:

PORT

port of See also:

QUEENBOROUGH

Queenborough and the See also:

NAVAL

naval station of See also:

SHEERNESS

Sheerness. From here the Sheppey See also:

LIGHT

light railway runs See also:

east through the island, serving See also:

Minster and Leysdown, which are in some favour as seaside resorts.

The See also:

LONDON

London See also:

clay, of which the island is composed, abounds in fossils.

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