DENGE-MARSH, a hamlet and member of the town and
cinque-port of NEW-ROMNEY, in the parish of LYDD,
liberty of ROMNEY-MARSH, though locally in the hundred
of Langport, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of KENT,
1 mile (S. by E.) from Lydd. It is bounded by the
English channel on the south, where stands Dengeness
light-house, for the guidance of mariners, which was projected
by a Mr. Allen, of Rye, in the reign of James I.