Romney Marsh
Britishnoun
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a marshy area of SE England, on the Kent coast between New Romney and Rye: includes Dungeness
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a type of hardy British sheep from this area, with long wool, bred for mutton
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David Wimble, who was elected councillor for Romney Marsh with 64% of the vote, said: "We need to be realistic about what we can and can't do."
From BBC • May 4, 2025
Visitors can pay for milk, pickles, meats, fruit juices and fresh vegetables sourced from suppliers on The Romney Marsh by tapping their bank cards and smart phones.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
The cycling club members reached back into their memories, to describe routes they had followed, including through Romney Marsh where Caroline was discovered.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2021
These stories are sparked by a coastguard’s interception of a boat of 18 Albanian asylum seekers off the coast of Dickens’s Romney Marsh, at Dymchurch.
From The Guardian • May 14, 2017
Rye, situated to the south of Romney Marsh, was once destroyed by the sea, but it is now two miles distant from it.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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