SWALE-EAST and WEST, (Kent) are 2 branches of the Medway, that run into the Thames; the former bet. the Isles of Greane and Sheppey, and the latter on the E. side of Sheppey. Upon the coasts of the latter, from Colemansole to the Snout-wears, and so to the Ride, lies the fishery, granted by K. John to the Abby of Feversham, which after the Diss. passed with the demesnes of that abby, and was not long ago in the hands of Sir Geo. Sondes. It abounds with the best oysters; of which the Dutch used to take off vast quantities every year. See Feversham.