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STOUR (The), a river of Kent; rising 2½ miles N of Hythe; running west-north-westward to Ashford; going thence northwest ward, past Canterbury, to Stourmouth; and proceeding thence, first eastward, next in a detour past Sandwich, to Pegwell bay near Ebbsfleet. It has a total course of about 40 miles.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Kent Ancient County |
| Place names: | STOUR | STOUR THE | THE STOUR |
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