| LC control no. | sh 98005953 |
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| Geographic heading | Stour, River (Kent, England) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--Stour, River (Kent) |
| Variant(s) | River Stour (Kent, England) |
| See also | Rivers--England |
| Found in | Stour Valley walk, 1995. Lippincott (Great Stour River or Stour River, Kent, England, rises 6 mi. ESE of Ashford, flows 40 mi. NW and NE, past Ashford, Canterbury, and Sandwich, to Pegwell Bay in the Channel 3 mi. N. of Sandwich. Receives short Little Stour R. 5 mi. NW of Sandwich; called Stour R. below this point. With a short N. arm it cuts off the Isle of Thanet. Navigable below Canterbury.) Web. geog. (Stour, River, Kent, SE England; 40 m. long; flows NE past Canterbury and empties into North Sea through two arms which cut off the Island of Thanet; navigable as far as Canterbury) Bartholomew gaz. places Brit., 1986 (Stour. R. running confluence of Gt. and Lit. Stour Ts and Plucks Gutter into sea at Pegwell Bay, Kent.) O.S. gaz. G.B. (River Stour, Kent. 51⁰18.8ʹN 1⁰19.3ʹE) GEOnet, Aug. 24, 1998 (Stour, River; stream; 51⁰18ʹN 1⁰22ʹE; lists 3 other Stour Rivers) GEOnet stream; 51°18ʹ00ʺN 001°22ʹ00ʺE |
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