Romney Marsh

/ ˈrʌm-; ˈrɒmnɪ /

noun

a marshy area of SE England, on the Kent coast between New Romney and Rye: includes Dungeness
a type of hardy British sheep from this area, with long wool, bred for mutton

What stirring romances could be written of the dark and secret doings of Romney Marsh?

The Romney Marsh has been, from time immemorial, the refuge of malefactors in the broadest sense of the word.

To the south it is cut off by a perhaps greater barrier; between it and the sea, stands the impassable mystery of Romney Marsh.

The liberty of Romney Marsh has petty and quarter sessions under its charters.

He therefore hastened down to Romney Marsh, and crossed to Calais.

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