Lydd

Lydd
Ilustracja
(c) Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0

Centrum miasta
Państwo Wielka Brytania
Kraj Anglia
RegionSouth East England
HrabstwoKent
DystryktFolkestone and Hythe
Populacja (2001)
• liczba ludności

5782 [1]
Nr kierunkowy01797
Kod pocztowyTN29
Położenie na mapie Kentu
Mapa konturowa Kentu, na dole nieco na prawo znajduje się punkt z opisem „Lydd”
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, CC BY-SA 3.0
Położenie na mapie Wielkiej Brytanii
Położenie na mapie Anglii
Mapa konturowa Anglii, na dole po prawej znajduje się punkt z opisem „Lydd”
Ziemia50°57′08″N 0°54′26″E/50,952222 0,907222
Portal Wielka Brytania

Lyddmiasto w Anglii, w hrabstwie Kent, w dystrykcie Folkestone and Hythe. Leży 45 km na południowy wschód od miasta Maidstone i 95 km na południowy wschód od centrum Londynu[1]. W 2001 miasto liczyło 5782 mieszkańców.

Przypisy

  1. Lydd na mapie (ang.). getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. [dostęp 2010-10-06].

Media użyte na tej stronie

Kent UK location map.svg
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, CC BY-SA 3.0

Map of Kent, UK with the following information shown:

  • Administrative borders
  • Coastline, lakes and rivers
  • Roads and railways
  • Urban areas

Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%

Geographic limits:

  • West: 0.01E
  • East: 1.47E
  • North: 51.52N
  • South: 50.88N
United Kingdom adm location map.svg
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Location map of the United Kingdom
Flag of England.svg
Flag of England. Saint George's cross (a red cross on a white background), used as the Flag of England, the Italian city of Genoa and various other places.
High Street, Lydd - geograph.org.uk - 215215.jpg
(c) Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0
High Street, Lydd. The first record of a town being her is the 9th century when the Saxons called it Hlydda meaning shore. Built on a shingle bar and often isolated by marshes and water the town has a feel of a frontier town in the American west rather than genteel Kent. Naturally, the smuggling trade found a welcome home here from the 14th century onwards when the Owlers (name derived from their making noises like an owl at night to communicate with each other) smuggled wool to France. During the 18th and 19th century it was often said that the entire population was involved in one form or another often in league with the big gangs from the Wealden towns. The George Hotel to the left with the flagpoles attached was the scene of a big shoot out in 1747 when arrested smugglers detained by a small unit of soldiers were attacked by 500 armed thugs. This view was taken from the southern exit of the churchyard.