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ERITH
, an See also:urban See also:district in the See also:north-western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 14 M
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E. by S. of See also:London, on the See also:South Eastern & See also:Chatham railway
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Pop
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(1891) 13,414; (1901) 25,296
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It lies on the south See also:bank of the See also:Thames and extends up the hills above the See also:shore, many villas having been erected on the higher ground
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The See also:park of a former seat, See also:Belvedere, was thus built over (c
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1860), and the See also:mansion became a See also:home for disabled See also:seamen
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The See also: 1Erra-See also:hythe (old haven), was anciently a See also:borough, and was granted a See also:market and fairs in 1313 . Down to the See also:close of the 17th See also:century it was of some importance as a See also:naval station . |
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