Museums, archives and libraries in Kent

Kent, an important maritime county in SE. of England, bounded N. by the Thames and the North Sea, E. and SE. by the Strait of Dover, S. by the English Channel, SW. by Sussex, and W. by Surrey; greatest length, W. to E., 65 miles; greatest breadth, N. to S., 35 miles; 995,392 acres, population … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Isle of Wight

Wight, Isle of, in the English Channel, and in the county of Hants [until 1890], from which it is separated by Spithead and the Solent; greatest length, E. and W., from Bembridge Point to the Needles, 23 miles; greatest breadth, N. and S., from Cowes to St Catherine’s Point, 13 miles; area, 93,341 acres, population … Read more