THE HISTORY of kent
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St Margaret-at-Cliffe
St Margaret at Cliffe was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Sandwich
Sandwich is, most likely, Saxon in origin.
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks takes its name from the Saxon word 'Seouenaca'.
Sheerness
Sheerness takes its name from the clearness of the water of the mouth of the river Medway.
Shoreham
Shoreham means 'village at the foot of a slope'.
Singlewell
Singlewell means a well belonging to a person named single.
Sissinghurst
Sissinghurst was originally called Mylkehouse.
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne has no clear meaning.
Smarden
Smarden is taken from the Saxon word 'smeoru'.
Snodland
Snodland simply means 'Cultivated land.
Staple
Staple is a Middle English word.
Staplehurst
Staplehurst means postwood
Stelling Minis
The church at Stelling Minnis is dedicated to St Mary.
Strood
Strood refers to 'a marshy land overgrown with brushwood'.
Swalecliffe
Swalecliffe probably means 'swallow cliff'.
Swanscombe
Swanscombe comes from the name Swain's camp.
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