sheerness

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One of seven children, Mr Baldwin, who had celebrated his 100th birthday in November, grew up in Sheerness, Kent.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

One of those edges is Sheppey’s main town of Sheerness.

From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2021

The officer got better and took Talbor to see the English King Charles II, then visiting the port city of Sheerness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

Its report suggested that the shock would shatter almost every window in nearby Sheerness and damage buildings.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019

Lords Liverpool and Castlereagh are lustily rowing the Billy Pitt; Canning, seated in the stern, is towing the captured fleet into Sheerness, with the Union Jack flying over the forts.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber