QUEENBOROUGH-IN-SHEPPEY

town (1991 pop. 33,362), on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, SE England, at the confluence of the Medway and Thames rivers. Radios, furniture, glass, rubber products, and clothing are made in the vicinity, which also has a beach resort. In nearby Sheerness, captured by the Dutch in 1667, were government dockyards built under Charles II; they closed in 1958.

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books on: Queenborough In Sheppey  - 10 results

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Medieval Knighthood IV: Papers from the Fifth Strawberry Hill Conference 1990
Book by Christopher Harper-Bill, Ruth Harvey; Boydell, 1992
Subjects: Chivalry--Congresses, Europe--History--476-1492--Congresses, Knights And Knighthood--Europe--History--Congresses
...risk it see Fig. 1 . Works at Rochester and at Queenborough, in Sheppey, and at Hadleigh on the Essex side, from the...Rochester 1367-70 cost 2,262; the new castle at Queenborough 1361-75, for protecting the populace; CChR...
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Castles in Medieval Society: Fortresses in England, France, and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages
Book by Charles L. H. Coulson; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Castles--England--History--To 1500, Castles--France--History--To 1500, Castles--Ireland--History--To 1500, England--Social Conditions--1066-1485, Fortification--England--History--To 1500, Fortification--France--History--To 1500, Fortification--Ireland--History--To 1500, France--Social Conditions--987-1515, Ireland--History--1172-1603, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500
...partly by local levies, as were the new castle at Queenborough, in Sheppey (Kent), and refortified Hadleigh, by the Thames...Brown et al., Kings Works, ii. 793-804 (Queenborough; almost unique circular plan, unfortunately completely...
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The Real War of the Theaters: Shakespeare's Fellows in Rivalry with the Admiral's Men, 1594-1603; Repertories, Devices, and Types
Book by Robert Boies Sharpe; D.C. Heath, 1935
Subjects: English Drama--Early Modern And Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History And Criticism, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Stage History--To 1625, Theater--England--London--History
...Lord Cheyney on the Isle of Sheppey may allude to our old friend Sir Edward Hoby, whose castle of Queenborough was on Sheppey, and who was said by Sir Roger...Hobbyes howse in the Isle of Sheppey, where no constable . . . from...
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Huskisson and His Age
Book by C. R. Fay; Longman, 1951
Subjects: Great Britain--History--1800-1837, Huskisson, W--(William)--1770-1830
...In the last 100 years of the unreformed Parliament, there were a few boroughs, such as the Cinque Ports, Queenborough Isle of Sheppey and Harwich, where the Government was able to control the elections by reason of the money expended in these...
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English Art,1307-1461
Book by Joan G. Evans; Clarendon Press, 1949
Subjects: Art, English--History
...in the smaller instances, to the outward-looking tower-castles. The approximation becomes evident in Queenborough castle in Sheppey, 1 erected between 1361 and 1377 with William of Wykeham as supervisor Fig. 5 . 2 Here a circular building...
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newspaper articles on: Queenborough In Sheppey  - 4 results

 
 
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Why Is a Quango Spending Our Money Buying Land on the Isle of Sheppey? Property ON SUNDAY,Concern over Development Agency Plans to Build 2,000 New Homes on Natural Floodplain
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 12, 2006
Subjects: House construction, Housing development, Real estate industry, Residential construction
...Twyfords factory at Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent presumably...loved Isle of Sheppey more desirable...going to spoil Queenborough. It is a close...ON THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY QUEENBOROUGH, pounds sterling176...
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Life Savers; Each Year Nearly 1,500 People Are Saved from Certain Death by the Heroes of Britain's Rnli Lifeboat Crews. Mike Ridley Monitored One Week in the Life of Our Lifeboats and Saw the Crews in Action in Life- Or-Death Situations
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 4, 1998
...River Medway in Kent also heard Mikes distress call. He diverted to the area and towed the Pilgrim to Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey. Back on dry land, a grateful Mike says: "There is no doubt the RNLI saved us from a very sticky situation...
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PERSPECTIVE : A to Z of Politics: Queensland Tactic Is Quintessentially Political
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 29, 2005
...time. Now for a slick segue from Q to R. QUEENBOROUGH TOWN COUNCIL on Kents Isle of Sheppey was the first, to date, to be led by a...Lord Sutchs death. For any unfamiliar with Queenborough, dont mock! It had two MPs some 260 years...
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Harry Potter Star Spall Proves He's No Wizard at Sailing -- Yet Again
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 26, 2011
Subjects: Sailing, Spall, Timothy
...crews were launched from there and they escorted the barge to Queenborough Harbour. Mrs Spall admitted that it was not the first time...World War. If it were to go up it would take out the Isle of Sheppey." That time they were rescued by a Sheerness pilot boat...


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encyclopedia articles on: Queenborough In Sheppey  - 2 results

 
 
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Queenborough-In-Sheppey
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUEENBOROUGH-IN-SHEPPEY town (1991 pop. 33,362), on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, SE England, at the confluence of the Medway and Thames rivers. Radios, furniture, glass, rubber products, and clothing are made in the vicinity, which...
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Sheerness
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHEERNESS England: see Queenborough-in-Sheppey . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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