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SHELLNESS, a small headland in the N of Kent; at the E extremity of Sheppey Isle, opposite Whitstable. It has a coastguard station and a beacon; and is near the spot where James II. was seized, on 12 Dec. 1688.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Administrative units: | Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Shellness |
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