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Medway
/ ˈmɛdˌweɪ /
noun
- a river in SE England, flowing through Kent and the Medway towns (Rochester, Chatham, and Gillingham) to the Thames estuary. Length: 110 km (70 miles)
- a unitary authority in SE England, in Kent. Pop: 251 100 (2003 est). Area: 204 sq km (79 sq miles)
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The original bridge across the Medway to Strood probably dates from the Roman period, taking the place of a ferry.
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The bawleys are boats almost peculiar to Leigh, although a few hail from Gravesend and the Medway.
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It must have been a wild time when the apple-bowed Dutch men-of-war cleared the Swashway, and held on straight up the Medway.
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He then shipped as a sailor on board the Medway man-of-war, but after a short experience of fighting, managed to desert.
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Guildford and Dorking were places that it touched, though it was impossible to say with certainty where it crossed the Medway.
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