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THANET, ISLE OF

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 725 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
THANET, ISLE OF , the extreme north-eastern corner of
Kent
 , England, insulated by the two branches of the river Stour, and forming one of the eight
parliamentary
  divisions of the county. Its name is said to be derived from Saxon tene,a beacon or fire (probably from the number of
watch
 -fires existing on this easily ravaged
coast
 ), and numerous remains of Saxon occupation have been found, as at Osengal near Rams-gate.
Thanet
  is roughly oblong in form, its extreme measurements being about 8 m. from E. to W., and 5 M. from N. to S. The branches of the Stour dividing near Sarre take the
place
  of the former Wantsume, a sea-passage which had diminished in breadth to half a mile in the time of
Augustine
 . The Wantsume was guarded by the Roman strongholds of Regulbium (Reculver) in the north and Rutupiae (Richborough) in the
south
 , and was crossed by ferries at Sarre and Wade. With the drying up of this channel and the closing of Sandwich harbour in the 16th
century
 , the present marshlands or level to the
south
  and west of the isle were left. The sea-face of
Thanet
  consists mainly of bold slopes or sheer cliffs, and the eastern extremity is the fine headland of the North Foreland. Containing the popular seaside resorts of Ramsgate,
Broadstairs
 , Margate and Westgate, Thanet is served by the South-Eastern & Chatham railway, and Minster is a junction station of the lines to Ramsgate and Sandwich respectively.


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