Deadman’s Island: The River Medway Estuary as London’s Quarantine area
After an outbreak of epidemic plague in the Baltic Sea ports, the Stangate Creek area in the Medway Estuary in North Kent was designated a quarantine site for cargo ships destined for London in 1712. The quarantine of ships ended in 1896 but today evidence of the impact on the landscape can still be found. … Continue reading Deadman’s Island: The River Medway Estuary as London’s Quarantine area
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