As well as industrial uses, the Royal Military Canal on the Romney Marsh was built so as create a barrier against invading troops, and hiding places for British troops during the Napoleonic Wars.

The first book, Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh was published in 1915.

The story idea came from smuggling in the 18th century Romney Marsh, where brandy and tobacco were brought in at night by boat from France to avoid high tax.

Syn accepted and settled down to a more respectable life as the vicar of Dymchurch and Dean of Peculiars in Romney Marsh, Kent, resuming his original name.

Mipps escaped in the confusion of Syn's death and disappeared from England, but it is said that a little man very much like him is living out his days in a Buddhist Monastery somewhere in the Malay Peninsula, delighting the monks with recounting the adventures of Doctor Syn and the eerie stories of the Romney Marsh and the mysterious Scarecrow and his night riders.

* Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh ( 1915 )

: Another version, The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, was produced as a three-part television miniseries in color by Walt Disney in 1963.

: On November 11, 2008 The Walt Disney Company released a limited pressing of 39, 500 issues of The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh in DVD format for the first time as a part of the Disney Treasures collection, and was now called Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.

: In 2001 the first stage adaptation was performed at churches throughout the Romney Marsh, the final night being performed in Dymchurch itself.

Discussions are taking place to build a 100 ft high statue of " The Scarecrow " on a site ( the Maize Maze site at Haguelands Farm ) in the centre of Romney Marsh.

In certain parts of the country such as the Romney Marsh, East Kent, Cornwall and East Cleveland, the smuggling industry was for many communities more economically significant than legal activities such as farming and fishing.

Cover of the 1915 edition of Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh | Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh

* Russell Thorndike: The Doctor Syn novels – a series of seven novels about Doctor Syn, the Smuggler of Romney Marsh, published between 1915 and 1944

* 1287 – The English city of Old Winchelsea on Romney Marsh is destroyed by catastrophic flooding during a severe storm ; a new town of the same name is later constructed some two miles away on higher ground.

* October 12 – A great storm shifts the mouth of the River Rother 12 miles ( 20 km ) to the west ; a battering series of strong storms significantly alter other coastal geography as well ( see Romney Marsh ).

** In England, the city of Winchelsea on Romney Marsh is destroyed ; nearby Broomhill is also destroyed ; course of the nearby river Rother diverted to Rye ; cliff collapses at Hastings, blocking the harbour ; parts of Norfolk are flooded ; decline of the port of Dunwich in Suffolk is accelerated.

* Romney Marsh

Zborowski however was killed in a motor racing accident at Monza before the Romney Marsh site was chosen, and Howey continued the project alone.

As well as being a tourist attraction, this railway is a public service between the small towns and villages between Hythe and Dungeness and is under contract to the local council to transport children to and from The Marsh Academy in New Romney.

Said Romney: " We simply cannot live in a setting where a project of this scale has the potential of threatening human life, as has already been seen ".

Harvard Law School has produced a large number of luminaries in law and politics including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

On April 11, 2012, during an appearance on CNN, Rosen criticized Mitt Romney for using his wife as an adviser on women's issues, stating that Ann Romney " has never worked a day in her life.

:" One spokeswoman, Andrea Saul, has been throwing brushback pitches at reporters who write about Romney ’ s faith, asking if they would write similar stories about Jews ".

The Colbert Report has also parodied Mitt Romney by comparing him to Smiley.

The Romney Marsh has been gradually built up over the centuries.

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway has been operating along the Romney Marsh coast since 1927.

Cranbrook has many notable alumni, including designer Florence Knoll, Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, former U. S. Senator Alan K. Simpson, Heisman Trophy winner Pete Dawkins, former Massachusetts governor and Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney ( née Davies ), columnist Michael Kinsley, Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy, former professional soccer player Alexi Lalas, and actress Selma Blair.

He has also appeared on the bonus extras to a number of Disney Blu-rays and DVDs, among them Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland and The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as well as being included in the documentaries associated with various DVD releases of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

The position has also been used during times of infirmity of a President of the Twelve: for example, Howard W. Hunter was Acting President for the infirm Marion G. Romney from 1985 to 1988.

It also has a paid for monthly Magazine " Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Life "

Although often mistakenly credited with coining the term " condominium ", Romney has always been quick to point out that it harks back to Roman times, and that he merely borrowed it.

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway has a station at the extreme south of New Romney, which as well as being a major tourist attraction is used by pupils commuting to school.

New Romney has two paid-for newspapers, the Romney Marsh Herald ( published by Kent Regional News and Media ) and the Kentish Express ( published by the KM Group.

Lydd has two paid for newspapers, the Romney Marsh Herald ( published by Kent Regional News and Media ) and the Kentish Express ( published by the KM Group.

Lehrer had said that he would not moderate any more debates after the 2008 election, but he has been selected to moderate the first of three 2012 presidential debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on October 3, 2012.

From Parkersburg to Interstate 79 east of Clarksburg, US 50 has been upgraded as part of the four-lane divided Corridor D. US 50 is a curving two-lane mountain road, east of Clarksburg through Grafton, a bit of Maryland, and Romney to Winchester.

Earl of Romney ( pronounced " Rumney ") is a title that has been created twice.

This was one of the greatest maritime disasters in British history, when four ships ( Association, Firebrand, Romney and Eagle ) with nearly 2, 000 sailors were lost.

The history of Dymchurch began with the gradual build-up of the Romney Marsh.

The ready availability of wool from the sheep of the Romney Marsh, and the immigration from Flanders in the fourteenth century of cloth-workers – places like Cranbrook attracted hundreds of such skilled workers – ensured its place in Kentish industrial history.

The architecture of the three remaining buildings is representative of a time period spanning much of the early history and development of Romney.

* Historic Prophetstown Farmstead-1920s living history farm with animals including Belgian mares, Berkshire pigs, Romney sheep, Milking Shorthorn cattle, chickens

Throughout its history, the Romney Indian Mound has traditionally been covered in pine trees, of which several remain as of 2010.