The Darent, Kent

Historical Description

Darent, The, a river of Kent, It rises near the boundary with Surrey, in the vicinity of Westerham, and runs about 20 miles N by eastward past Brasted, Chlpstead, Otford, Shoreham, Eynsford, Farningham, Sutton-at-Hone, and Dartford, to the Thames, near Long-reach. It is navigable to Dartford, and is there called Dartford Creek.