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Lydd, market town and par. with ry. sta., Kent, 3½ miles SW. of New Romney, 12,015 ac. (152 water) and 988 foreshore, pop. 2129; P. O., T.O. Market-day, Thursday. Lydd is an ancient town, and a corporate member of the Cinque Port of Romney. There is a Government artillery range here.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Lydd Parish Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Lydd |
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