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Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe. It borders Essex across the entire estuary of the River Thames to the north; the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover to the south-east; East Sussex to the south-west; Surrey to the west and Greater London to the north-west.
Geography of Kent. Geological cross section of Kent, showing how it relates to major towns. Kent is the south-easternmost county in England. It is bounded on the north by the River Thames and the North Sea, and on the south by the Straits of Dover and the English Channel. The continent of Europe is 21 miles across the straits.
A lathe ( / ˈleɪð /; Old English: lǽð; Latin: lestus) formed an administrative country subdivision of the county of Kent, England, from the Anglo-Saxon period, until it fell out of general practical use in the early twentieth century. Etymologically, the word lathe may derive from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "land" or "landed possession ...
North and South Foreland. An 1800 map of Kent (N. Foreland and S. Forleand are in the northeast corner) North Foreland (TR 39860 69616 51°22′30″N 1°26′42″E) and South Foreland (TR 35909 43307 51°08′25″N 1°22′16″E) are two chalk headlands on the Kent coast of southeast England . See: North Foreland. South Foreland. Category ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... the first Ordnance Survey map ever drawn was the 1 inch map of Kent, published in 1801. Work on the map started in ...
List of counties in Kentucky. There are 120 counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, fourth among states (including Virginia's independent cities). [ 1] The original motivation for having so many counties was to ensure that residents in the days of poor roads and horseback ...
The Kingdom of the Kentish ( Old English: Cantwara rīce; Latin: Regnum Cantuariorum ), today referred to as the Kingdom of Kent, was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England. It existed from either the fifth or the sixth century AD until it was fully absorbed into the Kingdom of Wessex in the late 9th century and later into ...
Map of Kent, UK with districts shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 0.01E; East: 1.47E; North: 51.52N; South: 50.88N; Date: 17 July 2010: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England ...