Sittingbourne, a brick-making market-town of Kent, on Milton Creek, 11 miles ESE. of Chatham and 45 of London. In olden days it was a great halting-place for Canterbury pilgrims and for kings and others on their way to the Continent. Pop. (1851) 2897; (1891) 8302.
Sittingbourne
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 480
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