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St Martin's Longport is a hundred of Kent that occupies the greater part of Romney Marsh. It forms the most southerly part of the Lathe of Shepway and indeed the whole county. It is bounded by Aloesbridge to the north-west; by Newchurch to the north; by Worth to the north-east; and by Sussex to the south-west. It had a population of 16,385 in 2011.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Appledore (part)*
- Bilsington
- Brookland (part)†
- Broomhill (part)‡
- Hope (part)§
- Ivychurch
- Lydd
- Midley
- New Romney
- Old Romney
- St Mary in the Marsh (part)§
- Snave (part)†
*: Small detached part; mostly in Blackborne hundred (Lathe of Scray), but also parts in Aloesbridge and Newchurch.
†: Detached part; mostly in Aloesbridge.
‡: Mostly in Sussex.
§: Detached part in Newchurch hundred.
