Whitstable, a long, straggling village in Kent, on the south shore of the Thames estuary, at the mouth of the Swale, 6 miles NNW. of Canterbury. It is famous for the delicacy of its oysters, the large artificial beds being regularly farmed by different companies and proprietors. Pop. of parish, 5000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 647
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