Romney Marsh

British  

/ ˈrʌm-, ˈrɒmnɪ /

noun

1. a marshy area of SE England, on the Kent coast between New Romney and Rye: includes Dungeness

2. a type of hardy British sheep from this area, with long wool, bred for mutton

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Example Sentences

David Wimble, who was elected councillor for Romney Marsh with 64% of the vote, said: "We need to be realistic about what we can and can't do."

From BBC • May 4, 2025

Visitors can pay for milk, pickles, meats, fruit juices and fresh vegetables sourced from suppliers on The Romney Marsh by tapping their bank cards and smart phones.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

Sonny Spencer, Romney Marsh coastguard, said: "I've never come across anything so large in the water in the eight years I've been doing this job."

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023

These stories are sparked by a coastguard’s interception of a boat of 18 Albanian asylum seekers off the coast of Dickens’s Romney Marsh, at Dymchurch.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2017

Mr. Wells was at this time living near Folkestone, distant from Rye by the breadth of Romney Marsh.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry