Sheppey

/ (ˈʃɛpɪ) /

noun

Isle of Sheppey an island in SE England, off the N coast of Kent in the Thames estuary: separated from the mainland by The Swale, a narrow channel. Chief towns: Sheerness, Minster. Pop: 37 852 (2001 est). Area: 80 sq km (30 sq miles)

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Examples from the Web for sheppey

As he did so, and remarked how close upon the Sheppey headland the brigantine had drawn, the order was given to go about.
The Black Bag|Louis Joseph Vance
In that same year, "heathen men sat over winter in Sheppey."
Early Britain|Grant Allen
He was one of the Danish leaders in the Sheppey expedition of 855 and was perhaps present at the siege of York in 867.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1|Various
It was much dispersed in the Isle of Sheppey, the year after from Michaelmas into the winter.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton

The nuns of Sheppey, in their distant and lonely flats, clearly employed a whole village.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power