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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
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Edith Nesbit, spent formative years in the village of Halstead, in the Sevenoaks District of Kent.
Penshurst
Penshurst
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When she was thirteen, Edith Nesbit stayed for a time in the village of Penshurst, near Sevenoaks.
River Medway
River Medway
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Nesbit, a keen oarswoman and swimmer, took many boating holidays on the Medway with family and friends.