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Edith Nesbit, who wrote as E. Nesbit, has close links to the coastal county of Kent.

 

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Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit, spent formative years in the village of Halstead, in the Sevenoaks District of Kent.

Penshurst

Penshurst

When she was thirteen, Edith Nesbit stayed for a time in the village of Penshurst, near Sevenoaks.

River Medway

River Medway

Nesbit, a keen oarswoman and swimmer, took many boating holidays on the Medway with family and friends.