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Similar accounts later emerged elsewhere in the United Kingdom, particularly in coastal communities including Hythe, Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Spitfire MJ627 came down in a field on Lower Wall Road, West Hythe, on Saturday evening, said its owner Fly a Spitfire.
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
Norfolk Police said officers patrolling Methwold Hythe, near Downham Market, spotted activity in a field at about 02:30 BST on Monday.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025
The sheer volume of the smoke billowing across the city can be seen in this photo taken in Hythe by one of our BBC Weather Watchers.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
Afternoon sounds came into the room: people passing along the street to and from the shops in Cheapside or Poultry Lane; carters carrying goods to the wharves on the Thames, Belinsgate, or Queen Hythe.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
The Swan passed on slowly to the hythe, and they turned their boats and followed it.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Now the Lady arose, and Celeborn led them back to the hythe.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
On the bank of the Silverlode, at some distance up from the meeting of the streams, there was a hythe of white stones and white wood.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
When the moon was high we drank in the hall, And they drank to the guests and were kind and blithe,And they said: Come back when the chestnuts fall, And the wine-carts wend across the hythe.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William
With stem all be-ringed at the hythe stood the ship, All icy and out-fain, the Atheling's ferry.
From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous
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