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Photograph by permission of Derek & Joan Briggs

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Aviation

• Brenzett Aeronautical Museum
• Brenzett Aeronautical Museum Another site
• Lydd Airport
• Romney Marsh Aviation Flying Club

Business

• NewRomney.com Local business directory: under construction
• Kent Access
• Kentnet
• Kent Pages

Churches

Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust Medieval Churches of Romney Marsh Shepway Tourism site Brenzett: St. Eanswyth Shepway Tourism site Brookland: St. Augustine Kent Churches site Brookland: St. Augustine Peter Blanche's site Burmarsh: All Saints Dymchurch: St. Peter & St. Paul Kent Churches site Dymchurch: St. Peter & St. Paul Peter Blanche's site East Guldeford: St. Mary Fairfield: St. Thomas Becket Ivychurch: St. George Kent Churches site Ivychurch: St. George Peter Blanche's site Lydd: All Saints Newchurch: St. Peter & St. Paul New Romney: St. Nicholas Kent Churches site New Romney: St. Nicholas This site Old Romney: St. Clement Kent Churches site Old Romney: St. Clement Photographs by Derek and Joan Briggs Snargate: St. Dunstan Shepway Tourism site Snave: St. Augustine St. Mary in the Marsh: St. Mary the Virgin

St. George's Church, Ivychurch By permission of Peter Blanche

Cinque Ports

• Cinque Ports Peter Blanche's site
• Cinque Ports Sandwich site
• Cinque Ports Hythe site
• Cinque Ports Photographs
• Cinque Ports Links

Defence

• Dymchurch Redoubt
• Martello Towers
• Martello Towers Peter Blanche's site
• Royal Military Canal

Education

• Kent Schools List of schools in Shepway
• Lydd County Primary School

Energy

• Dungeness B Power Station British Energy site
• Dungeness B Power Station Another site

Events

• Day of Syn, Dymchurch

Farming

Romney Sheep Warren Farm, New Romney

Sheep on Romney Marsh Photograph by Susan M. Johns

Films

Doctor Syn (1937) Based on the novel by Russell Thorndike The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947) Based on the novel "Joanna Godden" by Sheila Kaye-Smith Green Grow the Rushes (1951) Also known as "Brandy Ashore": based on the novel by Howard Clewes Dr Syn, Alias The Scarecrow (1962) Also known as "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" Captain Clegg (1962) Also known as "Night Creatures": another remake of "Doctor Syn"

Googie Withers as Joanna Godden Photograph by permission of BritMovie

History

• Romney Marsh Research Trust

Images

• Land of Syn Paintings of the Marsh by Terry Anthony
• Romney Marsh Photographs by Derek and Joan Briggs

Inns and Hotels

Ashford, Folkestone & Romney Marsh Branch of CAMRA Bailiff's Sergeant, St. Mary's Bay Shepherd Neame site Botolph's Bridge, West Hythe Cinque Ports Arms, New Romney City of London, Dymchurch Shepherd Neame site Romney Bay House, Littlestone Royal Mail, Lydd Shepherd Neame site Ship Hotel, New Romney Shepherd Neame site Ship Inn, Dymchurch Ship Inn, Dymchurch Another site Warren Inn, New Romney Shepherd Neame site Warren Lodge, New Romney Waterside Guest House, Dymchurch Woolpack Inn, Brookland Shepherd Neame site

The Ship Hotel, New Romney

Literature

Puck of Pook's Hill (1906) by Rudyard Kipling includes the story "Dymchurch Flit" Mrs. Botherby's Story: The Leech of Folkestone (1840) from "The Ingoldsby Legends" by Thomas Ingoldsby (pseudonym of Rev. Richard Harris Barham, Rector of Snargate) Death on the Romney Marsh (1998) by Deryn Lake Edith Nesbit Author of "The Railway Children" and St. Mary's Bay resident Edith Nesbit Another site, with images of her home at St. Mary's Bay, and of her grave and commemorative plaque at St. Mary in the Marsh Doctor Syn (1915) by Russell Thorndike has been filmed several times, and also features in paintings by Terry Anthony The War in the Air (1908) by H.G. Wells includes scenes on Dymchurch beach

Edith Nesbit By permission of the Edith Nesbit Society

Local Government

• East Sussex County Council
• Kent County Council
• Lydd Town Council Heraldic arms
• Rother District Council
• Shepway District Council

Maps

• 1742 map of Kent
• 1742 map of Romney Marsh
• Explore Shepway Large scale tourist map with links to attractions
• Mapping and displaying the Romney Marsh landscape Article
• Romney Marsh Crown Estate
• Streetmap.co.uk Road map of area

Nature

• Camber Sands Management Plan
• Dungeness Bird Observatory
• Dungeness RSPB Nature Reserve
• Dungeness RSPB Nature Reserve British Energy site
• Marsh Frogs

People

Lord Imbert of New Romney Former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Derek Jarman Artist, film maker, gardener, and Dungeness resident Derek Jarman Another site with images of his Atomic Garden Derek Jarman Another site Edith Nesbit Author of "The Railway Children" and St. Mary's Bay resident Edith Nesbit Another site, with images of her home at St. Mary's Bay, and of her grave and commemorative plaque at St. Mary in the Marsh

Derek Jarman's garden Photograph by permission of Spike Magazine

Railways

Ashford to Hastings Line Ashford to Hastings Line Details of book which also covers New Romney and Dungeness branches Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Official site Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Bibliography Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Another site Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway And another Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Visitor's view

RH&DR locomotive "Hurricane" at New Romney Photograph by permission of Derek Smith

Smuggling

• Smuggling and Our Ancestors Includes details of two gangs with Marsh connections: the Blues and the Owlers
• Smuggling in Hythe and Romney Marsh
• Richard Platt's Smugglers' Britain site
• Smuggling 1300-1833 VillageNet site

Sport

• Brenzett Cricket Club
• Littlestone Golf Club
• Lydd Golf Club
• Romney Warren Golf Club, New Romney

Tourism

• Knowhere Guide to New Romney Alternative guide
• Shepway District Council Tourist Guide
• South East England Tourist Board

Surrounding Area

Appledore Hamstreet Hythe Community guide Iden Kenardington Rye Official guide Rye Another guide Stone-in-Oxney Warehorne

The River Rother at Rye