Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pegwell

Pegwell, hamlet, St Lawrence Thanet par., Kent, on bay of same name, 1 mile SW. of Ramsgate. Pegwell Bay is famous for shrimps and oysters; near the head of the bay is the landing-place of St Augustine.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kent AncC
Place: Pegwell

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