Sandwich, Kent, England

E10677

civil parish town

Sandwich, Kent, England is a historic medieval town in southeast England, once a major Cinque Port and now known for its well-preserved architecture and role in English maritime history.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sandwich, Kent	9
Sandwich, Kent, England canonical	3
Sandwich, England	1
Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil parish ⓘ town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty	Kent ⓘ
contains	Barbican and Toll Bridge, Sandwich ⓘ Prince’s Golf Club ⓘ Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club (nearby at Deal) ⓘ Royal St George’s Golf Club ⓘ Sandwich Guildhall ⓘ Sandwich Guildhall ⓘ surface form: Sandwich Guildhall Museum St Clement’s Church, Sandwich ⓘ St Mary’s Church, Sandwich ⓘ St Peter’s Church, Sandwich ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
dialCode	01304 ⓘ
district	Dover District ⓘ
etymology	name derived from Old English meaning "sand village" or "sand trading place" ⓘ
governingBody	Sandwich Town Council ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	golf tourism ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	historic quayside ⓘ medieval churches ⓘ narrow medieval streets ⓘ timber-framed houses ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	conservation area ⓘ
hasNearbySite	Richborough Roman Fort ⓘ surface form: Richborough Roman Amphitheatre Richborough Roman Fort ⓘ Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict	CT13 ⓘ
hasPostTown	SANDWICH ⓘ
hasStatus	historic town ⓘ
historicalEvent	decline due to silting of the River Stour estuary ⓘ sacked by French forces in 1217 ⓘ
historicalRole	Cinque Ports ⓘ surface form: Cinque Port limb major medieval port ⓘ
historicCounty	Kent ⓘ
knownFor	maritime history ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ well-preserved town walls and buildings ⓘ
locatedOn	River Stour ⓘ
near	Canterbury ⓘ surface form: Canterbury, Kent Deal, Kent ⓘ Dover ⓘ surface form: Dover, Kent Sandwich Bay ⓘ
OSGridReference	TR335585 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency	South Thanet ⓘ
partOf	Cinque Ports ⓘ
region	South East England ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sandwich → namedAfter → Sandwich, Kent, England ⓘ

subject surface form: Sandwich, Massachusetts

Sydney Greenstreet → placeOfBirth → Sandwich, Kent, England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sandwich Guildhall → locatedIn → Sandwich, Kent, England ⓘ