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Encyclopedia Britannica



SHEPPEY

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 840 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SHEPPEY , an
island
  off the Kentish
coast
  of England, included in the north-eastern parliamentary division of Kent. It is the largest of the several low islands which are separated from the mainland by the ramifying creeks about the mouth of the river Medway. The strait isolating Sheppey is called the Swale; it is about 3 M. broad at its eastern end, but narrows to some 300 yds. at the west, where it is crossed on a
bridge
  by a branch of the
South
 -Eastern & Chatham railway, and by a road. There was formerly a ferry here, as there are at two other points. Sheppey is low-lying, with one small
elevation
  slightly exceeding 200 ft. near the north
coast
 , which presents slight cliffs towards the shallow sea. These are frequently encroached upon by the sea, while the flat shore on the
south
  is protected by embankments. Sheppey is roz m. in extreme length from E. to W., while the greatest breadth is about 5 M. ' On the south, narrow branches of the Swale, formerly wider, divide the isles of Harty and Elmley from the main
island
 , of which, however, they now practically form
part
 . Sheppey is for the most
part
  treeless. but very fertile.
bearing much
grain
  and fruit; its name, meaning the " island of sheep," is still appropriate, as
great
  flocks are bred. On the west are the port of Queenborough and the naval station of
Sheerness
 . From here the Sheppey light railway runs
east
  through the island, serving Minster and Leysdown, which are in some favour as seaside resorts. The London clay, of which the island is composed, abounds in fossils.


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