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THANET, ISLE OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 725 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THANET, ISLE OF , the extreme See also:north-eastern corner of See also:Kent, See also:England, insulated by the two branches of the See also:river See also:Stour, and forming one of the eight See also:parliamentary divisions of the See also:county. Its name is said to be derived from Saxon tene,a See also:beacon or See also:fire (probably from the number of See also:watch-fires existing on this easily ravaged See also:coast), and numerous remains of Saxon occupation have been found, as at Osengal near Rams-See also:gate. Thanet is roughly oblong in See also: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 See also:place of the former Wantsume, a See also:sea-passage which had diminished in breadth to See also:half a mile in the See also:time of See also:Augustine. The Wantsume was guarded by the See also:Roman strongholds of Regulbium (Reculver) in the north and Rutupiae (Richborough) in the See also:south, and was crossed by ferries at Sarre and See also:Wade. With the drying up of this channel and the closing of See also:Sandwich See also:harbour in the 16th See also:century, the See also:present marshlands or level to the south and See also:west of the isle were See also:left. The sea-See also:face of Thanet consists mainly of bold slopes or sheer cliffs, and the eastern extremity is the See also:fine headland of the North See also:Foreland. Containing the popular seaside resorts of See also:Ramsgate, See also:Broadstairs, See also:Margate and Westgate, Thanet is served by the South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway, and See also:Minster is a junction station of the lines to Ramsgate and Sandwich respectively.

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