Romney Marsh
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Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. It covers about 100 square miles. The Marsh has been in use for centuries, thoug
St Mary in the Marsh in Romney Marsh
View across the marsh from Rye
View across the marsh from just outside Dymchurch
A looker's hut near Brenzett in 2007
Royal Military Canal
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The Royal Military Canal is a canal running for 28 miles between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings, following the old cliff line bordering Romney Marsh, which was constructed as par
Romney Marsh
…malaria, then known as ague or marsh fever, which caused high mortality rates until the 1730s. It remained a major problem until the completion of the Royal Military Canal in 1806, which greatly improved the drainage of the area. This disease probably arrived here with mosquitoes as soon as the weather became warm enough…
The canal at Hythe
A modern sculpture of soldiers of Royal Staff Corps at Hythe, commemorating the construction of the canal
One of the numerous surviving pillboxes built on the Napoleonic era rampart of the canal in 1940.
A view over the canal near Rye