Queenborough, a village on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, 2 miles S. of Sheerness, was founded by Edward III. (1369), and named after Queen Philippa. A line of steamers sail daily between Queenborough and Flushing in Holland. Pop. 982.
Queenborough,
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 526
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