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Isle of Sheppey

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Isle of Sheppey c.30 sq mi (80 sq km), Kent, SE England, at the mouth of the Thames, separated from the mainland by The Swale, a narrow strait. It is largely flat, with wave-eroded cliffs to the north. Vegetables and grain are grown on the fertile soil, and sheep are raised. The chief towns are Sheerness, a resort, and Minister, where a church founded there in the late 7th cent. contains the tomb of Robert Shurland, the protagonist of a story in R. H. Barham 's Ingoldsby Legends.

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Sheppey, Isle of

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Sheppey, Isle of, England/UK Scepeig, Scape ‘Island where Sheep graze’ from the Old English scēap ‘sheep’ and ēg.

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Sheppey, Isle of

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Sheppey, Isle of Kent. Scepeig 696–716, Scape 1086 (DB). ‘Island where sheep are kept’. OE scēap + ēg.

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