KEN 



tenfivc and curious mamifafture of paper, perhaps, in Eu- 

 rope ; piipei- is aifo made in tlie viciniiy of Durtford, and 

 fome other places. The variov's dock-yards at Deptford, 

 WooKvich, Chatham, &c. provide eaiplovment for numerous 

 artizans in all tlie different branches of niival affairs ; (hip- 

 buildiiij;; is alfo carried on at other places on the fea-coail. 



I'hc religious honfes, or monadic ellahlifimicnts, in Kent, 

 were formerly very numerous, and tiieir net annual income, 

 at the periods of their diirolution, amounted to 9000/. 

 Anioncj them were two abbies, three priories, and five nun- 

 ficrioo. of the Benedictine order ; one priory of the Clnniac ; 

 <'ne abbey of the Cillercian ; of fecular canons, five coUcg-cs ; 

 of reijular canons, four abbies and five priories, xme of which 

 was Premonftratenfian : of friars, there was one priory and 

 one nunnery of Dominicans ; two priories of Francifcans, 

 one priory of Trinitarians, three priories of Carmelites, and 

 four alien priories : there were alfo two commanderies of 

 knights hofpitallers of St. John of .ferufalem ; and fifteen 

 hofpitals ; befides various heraiitagcs, chantries, and free 

 chapels. 



The number of caftles that have been erefted in Kent is 

 very confiderable ; and many of them yet remain, in dif- 

 ferent degrees, almod perfed. Of thefe, the immenfe 

 fortrefs of Dover is the principal ; and this is now garrifoned 

 with a ftrong force, as are alfo feveral others on the fea- 

 coad ; but molt of the callles in the interior of the county 

 are difmaotled and mouldering into ruins. 



The principal rivers that interfeft or bound tliis county 

 are the Thames, the Medway, the Greater and Lefi'er Stoure, 

 the Rother, the Darent, the Cray, and the Ravenfborne. 

 Tiie Thames, the Tamefis of C;elar, which has a very im- 



porta 



ifliience on the trade and 



of this coi.i 



I be fully defcribed in its place. ( See Tha.mes. ) The 

 Medway, which is more peculiarly a Kentilli river, was 

 called Vaga by the Britons, a name defcriptive of its very 

 finuous courfe and mazy wandering?. The Saxons changed 

 this appellation to Mcdweg and Medwege, of which the 

 p'refenl naiiie is a corruption. This river lias four principal 

 fo:irces,nf which only one is in this county ; two being in 

 SufTex, and the other in Surry. That branch which enters 

 Kent from Surry, rifes in Blechinglcy parifii, and having 

 been joined by feveral rills, flows on to Eaton bridge, He- 

 ver calUe, and I'enfhurll, near which it receives one of the 

 branches thai rile in Sufiex, and proceeds to Tunbridge. 

 A little above this town the river feparates into fever.il chan- 

 nels, one of which is navigable and is again joined by the 

 other divihon about two miles below Tunbridge. At 

 Yalding it receives the uiritcd waters of the other two prin- 

 cipal branches, and flows in a winding dircftion to Maid- 

 llotie, and gradually augmenting m depth and breadth, jnir- 

 fucs its picturefquc courfe to Rocheller, where the fcenery 

 is peculiarly beautiful. Proceeding hence towards Sheer- 

 nefs, it palfes Chatham, ITpnor Callle, and Gillingham Tort, 

 and flows onward to the Thames, which it enters between the 

 Ifles of Graine and Sheppey, having firil united its waters to 

 th^fe of the Swale. The Medway, with its uumcrous tri- 

 butary tlreams, is calculated to ovcrfpread a furface of nearly 

 tltirty fquare miles in the very midll of Kent. The tide flows 

 almoil as high as Maidftone ; but at Rocheftcr bridge it is 

 exceedingly llrong and rapid ; and below that, all the way to 

 Sheernefs, a dillance of about twenty miles, thebtdofthe 

 river is fo deep, and the reaches fo convenient, that many of 

 the largelUine of battle fhips are mooi-ed here, when out of 

 conimiuion, as in a wet dock, and ride as fafely as in any 

 harbour in Great Britain. The Medway was firll made na- 

 viijable to Tunbridge albout the middle of the lull century, 

 ■under the provifions of an att of parhament pafil'd in the 

 year 1740; though an aft had been procured for the pur- 



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pofe in the reigii of Charles II. The Greater Stoure li ^ 

 two principal branches, botli of which rife in this coui.t , 

 the fird at Well-llreet near Lenliani ; the other amon;; ■, 

 hills between Liminge and Pofthng. Thefe ftreams i 

 near Afliford ; whence the Stoure proceeds to Canterl ., 

 through which it flows in a divided dream, and again umirs 

 a little belov/ that city. The LePTer Stoure rifes hi the vici- 

 nity of Liminge, and dirccling its courfe northward, has 

 its waters increafed by feveral fmall nils, and fometimt-s by 

 a temporary water called the Nailbourn, which, alter con- 

 tinued rains or fudden thaws, ilTues from feveral fprings and 

 forms a firong current. The Rother, formerly called the 

 Limcne, rifes at Gravel-hill, in the parifli of Rutherfield, in 

 Snffex, and flowing eadwaxd becomes the boundary of this 

 county below Saiidhnrd and Newenden. The Darent 

 rifes on the borders of this county and Suiiex, near Wetter- 

 ham, whence flowing to the north-ead, it paW'es on to River- 

 head, where it turns to the north, and flews in that diretlion 

 to South Darent. The Cray, and the Raveiiflwurne, are 

 only fmall ilreams ; the former has its fource at Newell, in 

 Oppingtmi parifli, the latter rifes on Kellon Downs, near an 

 ancient Roman encampment. Haded's Hidory and An- 

 tiquities of Kent, 1 2 vols. Svo. Beauties of England and 

 Wales, vol. vii. iSofi. 



Kent, a county of America, in Maryland, on the eafl 

 fiiore of Ciief.ipeak bay, bounded E. by K'ewcadle, and part 

 of Kent county, Delaware, and W. by Chefapeak bay : 

 about 32 miles long, and 13 broad ; containing j 1,771 in- 

 habitants, including 4474 flaves. Its chief town is Cheder. 

 Ki:xT County, in Upper Canada, extends northw^u'd to 

 the boundary line of Hudfon's bay, including the whole 

 territory to the wedward and fouthward of that line, to tiie 

 utniod extent of the country known by the name of Canada. 

 — Alfo, a county of Rhode iiland, lying S. of Providence 

 county, on the W. fide of Narrag.anfet bay ; 20 miles long 

 and I o broad ; divided into four towiifliips, and icontaining 

 84S7 ir.liabitaiits. — Afi, the middle one of the three coun- 

 ties of Delaware ; 40 miles from N. to S. and 26 from E. 

 to W. ; containing 10,544 inhabitants, including 1485 

 flaves. The lands in this county are eileemed the riclielt 

 in the date. It is well watered by feveral fmall dreams 

 that empty them felves into the Delaware. Tiie chief town 

 is Dover. — Alfo, an iiland in Oueen Ann's county, Mary- 

 land, and the larged in Chefapeak bay ; I 2 miles from N. 

 to S. and fix broad. It has a pod-office. — Alfo, a townfliip 

 in Litchfield county, Conncfticut, bordering on the date of 

 New York, and 6 or 10 iniles W. of Litchfield ; containing 

 1607 inhabitants. 



KENTAISSE, a ridge of mountains of Thibet, be- 

 tween the heads of the Ganges and the Sanpoo rivers. N. 

 hit. 30- 40'. E. long. 80 49'. 



KENTHI, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Cra- 

 cow ; 30 miles S.W. of Cracow. 



KEN rSHlAN, a mountain of Thibet ; 3 miles E. of 

 Saranirpour. 



KENTUCKY, a crooked river of America, which rifes 

 in tlie date of the fame name, and after a general N.W. 

 courfe of 200 miles, falls into the Ohio, N. lat. 38' 35'- 

 W. long. 85 30'. It IS foine.times called " Cattawa." Its 

 fource is in the Laurel mountains, and it interlocks with 

 LickinEC river. Its mouth, which is 2jo yards wide, is 77 

 miles above the Rapids, and 626 below Pittfburg. 'J'he 

 river is navigable 130 miles, though its current is rapid, the 

 banks being high and rocky. It is faid that black-lead 

 mines have been found on the head waters of this river. 

 Little Kentucky river is 25 yards wide, and 3 miles W. oi 

 Kentucky river. 



Kentlcky, one of the United . States of America, 



bounded 



