Kent (Paperback)

1. County and shire. The word Kent. Its origin and meaning; 2. General characteristics. Its position and natural conditions; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries. Detached portion; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed. Rivers; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. Round the coast - London to Sheppey; 9. Round the coast - Sheppey to Dungeness; 10. The coast - gains and losses; 11. The protection of the coast - sea-walls and groynes; 12. The coast - sand-banks and lighthouses; 13. Climate and rainfall; 14. People - race, dialect, settlements, population; 15. Agriculture - main cultivations, woodlands, stock; 16. Hops and hop-picking; 17. Industries and manufactures; 18. Minerals - exhausted mining industries; 19. Fisheries and fishing stations; 20. Shipping and trade - the chief ports. Extinct ports; 21. Cinque ports. Trade routes; 22. History of Kent; 23. Antiquities - prehistoric, Roman, Saxon; 24. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical - cathedrals, churches, abbeys; 25. Architecture - (b) military - castles; 26. Architecture - (c) domestic - famous seats, manor houses, cottages; 27. Communications - past and present - roads, railways, canals; 28. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 29. The roll of honour of the county; 30. The chief towns and villages of Kent.