 On the east of Kent is the large Isle of Thanet containing according to the English way of reckoning, six hundred families, divided from the other land by the river Wantsum, which is about three furlongs over, and fordable only in two places, for both...  Archaeologia Cantiana - Page 1101897Full view - About this book
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1723 - 584 pages
...fide of Kent is the Ifle of Thanet, confiderable large, that is, containing, according to the Englifi way of reckoning, 600 Families, divided from the other Land by the River JVotttfumny which is about three Furlongs over, and fordable only in two Places, for both Ends of it... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...divided from the northern. On the cast side of Kent is the Isle of Thanet, considerable large, that is, containing, according to the English way of reckoning,...river Wantsum, which is about three furlongs over, and fordablc only in two places, for both ends of it run into the sea. In this island landed the servant... | |
 | John Wilson (writer on astronomy.) - 1856 - 532 pages
...Richborough to Keculver: — "On the east side of Kent is the Isle of Thanet, considerably large, that is, containing, according to the English way of reckoning, 600 families, divided from the land by the river Wantsum (Stour), which is about 3 furlongs over, and fordable only in two places,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 524 pages
...Richborough to Reculver: — "On the east side of Kent is the Isle of Thanet, considerably large, that is, containing, according to the English way of reckoning, 600 families, divided from the land by the river "Wautsum (Stour), which is about 3 furlongs over, and fordable only in two places,... | |
 | William Miller (of H.M. India Office.) - 1864 - 412 pages
...since, pronounced it the " chwf thing of note on the southern coast," and that the Isle of Thanet was divided from the other land by " the river Wantsum, which is about three furlongs over, and fordablv only in tico places, for both, ends of it run into the sea," proving, that the noble estuary... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1877 - 360 pages
...shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life." ' ' On the east of Kent,' says Bede, ' is the large Isle of Thanet, containing, according...reckoning, 600 families, divided from the other land by the Wantsum, which is about three furlongs over, and fordable only in two places, for both ends of it run... | |
 | 1876 - 796 pages
...shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life." ' ' On the past of Kent,' says Bede, ' is the large Isle of Thanet, containing, according...reckoning, 600 families, divided from the other land by the Wantsum, which is about three furlongs over, and fordable only in two places, for both ends of it run... | |
 | Charles Hole - 1888 - 264 pages
...Bede's description of the locality, a little more than a century after the arrival of the Mission. " On the east of Kent is the large isle of Thanet, containing, according to the English way of reckoning, six hundred families, divided from the other land by the river Wantsum, which is about three furlongs... | |
 | Charles Francis Routledge - 1898 - 120 pages
...portion of the ancient building. But we must now return to Augustine. "On the east of Kent," says Bede, "is the large Isle of Thanet, containing, according to the English way of reckoning, six hundred families, divided from the mainland by the river Wantsum," which at that time was a channel... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 pages
...dominions as far as the great river Humber, by which the southern Saxons are divided from the northern. On the east of Kent is the large Isle of Thanet, containing, according to the English way of reckoning, G00 families, divided from the other land by the river Wantsum, which is about three furlongs over,... | |
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