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St Mary in the Marsh


  • Type: Village

Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that the bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgina wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond, was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip. Charles Dickens

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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Church Of St Mary The Virgin, St Mary in the Marsh
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  • ELB 1
Pickneybush Ln
The Star Inn
  • Drink
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  • ELB 2
Pickneybush Ln
Well Cottage
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  • ELB 2
St Mary's Rd

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1798/00/00 John Coleman, who will win the Victoria Cross (VC) at the siege of Sebastopol in the Crimean war, is born in St Mary in the Marsh.
1922/04/00 Noel Coward Visitor Noel and his mother Violet discover a suitable cottage next door to the Star Inn pub at St Mary-in-the-Marsh in Kent.
1925/00/00 Actress Sybil Thorndike lived at St Mary in the Marsh.

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Particulars for St Mary in the Marsh:
Locale Type English Parish
Locale Type Village



Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Great Expectations (book) Novel Charles Dickens St Mary in the Marsh is located in the heart of Romney Marsh, a fitting setting for "Great Expectations".

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