Kent, English maritime county in the extreme SE.; lies between the Thames estuary and the Strait of Dover, with Surrey and Sussex on the W.; it is hilly, with marshes in the SE. and on the Thames shore; is watered by the Medway, Stour, and Darent; has beautiful scenery, rich pasturage, and fine agricultural land, largely under hops and market-gardens; a large part of London is in Kent; Maidstone (32) is the county town; Rochester (26) and Canterbury (23) are cathedral cities; Woolwich (99), Gravesend (35), and Dover (33) are seaports, and Margate and Ramsgate watering-places.
Population (1907) 1,142,000
Places Shown
![43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [exterior view]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Howard-MediaevalEnglishChurches/wm/big/043-cliffe-church-kent-q82-267x200.jpg "43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [exterior view], from Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church, by Howard, F. E.")
![43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [interior view]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Howard-MediaevalEnglishChurches/wm/big/044-cliffe-church-kent-interior-q85-267x200.jpg "43. St. Margarets at Cliffe, Kent, with its Normon clerestory [interior view], from Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church, by Howard, F. E.")
