Sittingbourne, Kent

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Sittingbourne is a town in Kent

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sittingbourne within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Sittingbourne in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Sittingbourne, market town, seaport, and par. with ry. sta., Kent, on Milton Creek, a navigable branch of the Swale, 16 miles NW. of Canterbury and 45 miles SE. of London, 1004 ac., pop. 7857; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Friday. Sittingbourne is a place of great antiquity, and was a famous place of call for pilgrims to Canterbury. It has a weekly cornmarket, markets for cattle twice a month, and half-yearly fairs. Oyster dredging is carried on; coal is imported, and bricks and corn exported.

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