50-558: Thanet may refer to: Isle of Thanet , a former island, now a peninsula, at the most easterly point of Kent, England Thanet District , a local government district containing the island Thanet College, former name of East Kent College Thanet Canal , a short branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Earl of Thanet , a title in the Peerage of England created in 1628 Thanet Formation ,
100-751: A geological formation found in the London Basin of southeastern England HMS Thanet (H29) , an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy Thanet Wind Farm , an offshore wind farm 7 miles (11 km) off the coast of Thanet district in Kent, England See also [ edit ] Thanetian , in the ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age or uppermost stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene Epoch Topics referred to by
150-674: A narrow channel ... [was] called Tanatos from the death of serpents; for while it has none of its own, soil taken from it to any place whatsoever kills snakes there." The Historia Brittonum , written in the 9th century, states that " Tanet " was the name used for the island by the legendary Jutes Hengist and Horsa , while its name in Old Welsh was " Ruoi(c)hin "; this name may be translated as "gift" ( rhwych in Modern Welsh ). Other names used by Britons were " Ruim " and " Ruochim Inis ". Archaeological evidence shows that
200-635: A quantity of cork, ilex, wainscot, oak; Spanish chestnut, acacia, and other species of exotic trees. Holm oak is not officially listed as an invasive species in the United Kingdom but is naturalised , able to naturally regenerate. Normally the tree is unable to withstand severe frost, which would prevent it from spreading north, but with climate change, it has successfully penetrated and established itself in areas north of its native range. The largest population of holm oak in Northern Europe
250-579: A short downy stalk, ripening the first season; they are usually 12–20 mm long in the UK, the cups with adpressed, downy scales, and an often wavy margin. Holm oak grows in pure stands or mixed forest in the Mediterranean and often at low or moderate elevations, but also at higher altitudes in the Atlas Mountains . It is native from westernmost Turkey and through Greece west to parts of
300-868: A spread of 43 m in 2010. An ancient tree reputed to be 500 years old at Fulham Palace , London is listed as one of the Great Trees of London . The oldest holm oak in Spain, the Encina Tres Patas de Mendaza , located in Navarre , is reputed to be 1,200 years old. A specimen in Milo , in Sicily , is reputed to be 700 years old while a small population on the slopes of northern village of Wardija in Malta are said to be between 500 and 1,000 years old. Prior to
350-411: A subspecies of Quercus ilex . The resemblance of the foliage to that of the common European holly , Ilex aquifolium , has led to its common and botanic names. The species name ilex was originally the classical Latin name for the holm oak, but later adopted as a botanical genus name for the hollies. The common name 'holm oak' takes its name from holm , an ancient name for holly. The wood
400-420: A tree planted at Windsor Great Park , is 30.4 m tall. The trunk is sometimes over 6 m (20 ft) in girth. The young shoots are clothed with a close grey felt. The leaves are very variable in shape, most frequently narrowly oval or ovate-lanceolate , 4–8 centimetres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –3 inches) long (rarely to 10 cm long), 2–5 cm wide (rarely to 8 cm wide), rounded or broadly tapered at
450-511: Is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region . It is a member of the section Ilex of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. It is a large evergreen tree, attaining in favourable places a height of 21–28 metres (69–92 feet), and developing in open situations a huge head of densely leafy branches as much across, the terminal portions of the branches often pendulous in old trees. The tallest recorded,
500-474: Is a tourist destination, and has an active agricultural base. The island of Thanet is mentioned as Tonetic (c. AD 150; the TON- of this form was misread as TOΛI-, hence it appears as Toliatis in the surviving manuscripts of Ptolemy ); Tanat's , Athanatos and Thanatos (in various copies of 3rd C AD, Solinus ); Tanatos (AD 731); Tenid in 679 and Tenet (e.g. charters of AD 679, 689 and thereafter); and
550-460: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Isle of Thanet The Isle of Thanet ( / ˈ θ æ n ɪ t / ) is a peninsula forming the easternmost part of Kent , England . While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the 600-metre-wide (2,000 ft) Wantsum Channel , it is no longer an island. Archaeological remains testify to its settlement in ancient times. Today, it
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#1732771785003600-479: Is hard and tough, and has been used since ancient times for general construction purposes as pillars, tools, wagons (as mentioned in Hesiod , Works and Days on page 429), vessels and wine casks. It is also used as firewood and in charcoal manufacture. The holm oak is one of the top three trees used in the establishment of truffle orchards, or truffières . Truffles grow in an ectomycorrhizal association with
650-571: Is named Thanet (Tanatos) from the death of serpents (cf.“death”)" Following the raids on the Isle of Sheppey commencing in 832, Thanet became a regular target for Viking attacks, its vulnerable coastal monasteries providing convenient targets for the invaders. In 851 and again in 854, the Vikings overwintered in Thanet and continued their raids in spring. In 853 there was a battle in Thanet against
700-560: Is not tolerant of cold continental winters. It is a parent of Quercus × turneri , along with Quercus robur . Holm oak was introduced to California in 1858 and is now a widely planted and locally naturalised species; it is often called "holly oak" there. The Tree Register Champion in Gloucestershire measured 8.95 m in circumference and 12 m in height in 1993. Another tree at Courtown House, Wexford , Ireland, reputedly planted in 1648, measured 20 m in height, with
750-501: Is present on and around St. Boniface Down on the Isle of Wight and into the neighbouring town of Ventnor , a town known for its naturally warmer microclimate , and has shown to tolerate the high winds on the downs. It is thought that this population's propagation (which was established in the late 1800s after having been planted by Victorian residents) has been bolstered by native Eurasian jays ( Garrulus glandarius ), which harvest acorns from oak trees and store them by burying them in
800-529: The A299 , north coast route. The Thanet Coastal Path skirts the coast. There is an airport at Manston , formerly RAF Manston , but since renamed by its commercial operators as Manston Airport . The airport is no longer in operation. Ferry services (predominantly freight and car with passengers) were operated by Transeuropa Ferries to Continental Europe from the Port of Ramsgate but ceased in 2013. A tramway
850-764: The Chatham Main Line through Margate to Ramsgate, and the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) Line . A high-speed rail link from London to Thanet began in December 2009, and forms part of the UK's first true high-speed commuter service, according to the South Eastern Railway Company. The Thanet Loop bus service connects Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs. Main road links are the A28 , which brings traffic from Canterbury and Ashford; and
900-622: The Iberian Peninsula , where it mixes with Q. rotundifolia , along the northern Mediterranean coastal belt, and in the Atlas Mountains in Tunisia and Algeria . Quercus ilex is placed in section Ilex . The closely related species Quercus rotundifolia was previously thought to be a subspecies of Q. ilex , but is now more often treated as a separate species. Some authors still describe Quercus rotundifolia as
950-652: The Britons , was under attack from other tribes and called for assistance. Among those who came in 449 were the Jutes Hengist and Horsa ; Vortigern is said to have rewarded them with the Isle of Thanet in return for their services. As the following extract from the Historia Brittonum (first written sometime shortly after 833) testifies: Then came three keels, driven into exile from Germany. In them were
1000-709: The Carthaginian period, holm oak was prevalent on the islands. Several holm oaks sit atop the 45 metre (148 ft) tall, 14th century Guinigi Tower in Lucca , Italy, making it a notable tourist attraction for the city. The Roman poet Horace predicted that the ilex growing on his farm would become famous when he included it in his hymn to the Spring of Bandusia there (Odes 3.13.12–16): fies nobilium tu quoque fontium, me dicente cavis impositam ilicem saxis, unde loquaces lymphae desiliunt tuae. (You will become one of
1050-570: The Channel in 1672. In 597 Augustine of Canterbury is said, by Bede , to have landed with 40 men at Ebbsfleet, in the parish of Minster-in-Thanet , before founding Britain's second Christian monastery in Canterbury (the first was founded fifty years earlier by Columba on Eileach an Naoimh in the Hebrides ): a cross marks the spot. Isidore of Seville wrote c.615-30 A.D. of
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#17327717850031100-732: The Isle are the North Foreland, and all the bays around the coastline, the principal ones of which are Minnis Bay , Palm Bay , Botany Bay , Joss Bay , and Pegwell Bay: the latter being part of the estuary of the River Stour. In 2007, seven of those beaches met stringent quality standards and were awarded as Blue Flag beaches : Minnis Bay, Botany Bay (Broadstairs), Margate Main Sands, St Mildreds Bay (Westgate), Stone Bay (Broadstairs), West Bay (Westgate), and Westbrook Bay. In 2008, this had risen to 10 beaches. The rail connections are via
1150-627: The Isle of Thanet has formed the major part of the District of Thanet . The Isle is formed almost wholly of chalk , a soft pure white limestone of Cretaceous age, specifically the Margate Chalk Member (Santonian to Campanian) traditionally referred to simply as the 'Margate Chalk', and sometimes as the ‘Margate Member’. It is a sub-division of the Newhaven Chalk Formation. Beneath this and outcropping around
1200-551: The Isle of Thanet: "Tanatos insula Oceani freto Gallico, a Brittania aestuario tenui separata, frumentariis campis et gleba uberi. Dicta autem Tanatos a morte serpentum, quos dum ipsa nesciat, asportata inde terra quoquo gentium vecta sit, angues ilico perimit" Which translates as: "Thanet is an island in the Ocean in the Gallic (i.e. English) channel, separated from Britannia by a narrow estuary, with fruitful fields and rich soil. It
1250-586: The Italian Tanedo (Lombardy, Tanetum , Tite-Live ). A third theory suggests that the origin of the toponym is the name of the Punic goddess Tanit . The 7th-century Archbishop Isidore of Seville recorded an apocryphal folk-etymology in which the island's name is fancifully connected with the Greek word for death ( Thanatos/Θάνατος ), stating that Thanet, "an island of the ocean separated from Britain by
1300-600: The Old Welsh forms Tanet and Danet , found in the Historia Brittonum (c. AD 829/30) and Armes Prydein (c. AD 930). Standard reference works for English place-names (such as Eilert Ekwall 's Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names ) state the name Tanet is known to be Brythonic in origin. Commonly the original meaning of Thanet is thought to be "fire" or "bright island" ( tân in Modern Welsh and tan in Breton means fire), and this has led to speculation
1350-536: The Seventh . Until the mid 18th century there was a ferry between Sandwich and the island; in 1755 a wooden drawbridge was built, and the ferry was closed. Today the Isle is an island no longer and the erstwhile channel is now flat marshland criss-crossed by drainage ditches. Meanwhile, the exposed chalk cliffs are gradually being worn down by the sea, particularly at the North Foreland . Much else of
1400-537: The Stour. There was also previously a stream called the Nethergong on the western side that had its outlet at Northmouth (Yenlade) about 1.8 km (1.1 mi) to the east of Reculver . Bede , in the 8th century, said that the Channel was then three furlongs wide (660 yards (600 m)). A map of 1414 showed a ferry crossing at Sarre . The first wooden bridge over the channel was built there in reign of Henry
1450-707: The Vikings and both Elcherel the leader of the men from Kent, and Huda the leader of the men from Surrey were killed. Thanet's monasteries were subsequently used by the Danes as feasting halls or general headquarters. In 865, the Great Heathen Army encamped in Thanet and was promised by the people of Kent danegeld in exchange for peace. Regardless, the Vikings did not abide by this agreement and proceeded to rampage across eastern Kent. Some time between 978 and 989 (sources differ) raiders entirely destroyed Minster Abbey by arson together with those sheltering in
1500-417: The abbey-manors of St. Mildred's (larger) and Monocatune (Monkton, Monks-town). Households of 239 villeins , 71 others and 3 knights were mentioned. The land of these two abbey-manors was separated by a strip of land called a balk and known as Cursus Cerve or St Mildred’s Lynch. It is documented on an early map of Thanet and is associated with the hind symbol used in Thanet and the path of a hind that defined
1550-563: The abbey. In 969, King Edgar ordered all of Thanet to be plundered. In 980, Thanet was over run by the Vikings. In 1047, those in Thanet successfully resisted a Viking raid of 25 ships that had plundered elsewhere including Sandwich. The 1085 survey of the Domesday Book revealed that Thanet had as tenants-in-chief the See of Canterbury and the Abbey of St Augustine, separated into
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1600-637: The area now known as the Isle of Thanet was one of the major areas of Stone Age settlement. A large hoard of Bronze Age implements has been found at Minster-in-Thanet ; and several Iron Age settlements have also come to light. Julius Caesar made two attempts to invade Britain , in both 55 and 54 BC. In 2017 archaeologists from the University of Leicester excavated a Roman fort covering up to 49 acres (20 ha) at Ebbsfleet , and dated it to around 55–50 BC. They further linked it to Caesar's invasion of Britain in 54 BC, and suggested that
1650-492: The base, pointed, the margins usually entire on mature trees, or (especially on young trees) more or less spiny-toothed. When quite young, both surfaces are clothed with whitish down, which soon falls away entirely from the upper surface leaving it a dark glossy green; on the lower surface it turns grey or tawny, and persists until the fall of the leaf; the petiole is 3–16 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in) long. The acorns are produced one to three together on
1700-656: The broader Chalk Group . Overlying the chalk both within the Wantsum Channel and in patches on the surface of the Isle itself are the 100 m (330 ft) thick sands , silts and clays of the Palaeogene age Thanet Formation (formerly the Thanet Beds). The area gives its name to the internationally recognised Thanetian , descriptive of rocks of this particular part of the Palaeocene throughout
1750-725: The brothers Horsa and Hengest ... Vortigern welcomed them, and handed over to them the island that in their language is called Thanet, in British Ruoihm. This story, however, is possibly an example of non-historical founding myths , though one constructed with political objectives in mind. It has been noted that Alfred's version of the Saxon Chronicles omitted the death of Horsa. In reality, it appears to have been settled by Jutes under Visigothic authority between 476-517 AD, though they may have been present earlier as Foederati . These were followed by Ingaevones in
1800-543: The coast is a built-up area. The Wantsum area is still liable to flooding: during the North Sea flood of 1953 Thanet was cut off for a few days, but the sea defences have been strengthened since then. The soil and equable climate of the Isle have always encouraged arable farming. "... a garden indeed, a county of corn but the labourers' houses all along, beggarly in the extreme. The people dirty, poor-looking, but particularly dirty." Today there are still farms inland, but
1850-443: The coast is nearly all covered in settlements, most of which have come into being in the 19th and 20th centuries. As the popularity of the seaside resort grew, so did that of the Isle of Thanet. At first the holidaymakers came by boat from London; after the coming of the railways in the mid-1840s, that became the preferred mode of transport. The population grew, as the following population statistics show: The principal landmarks on
1900-400: The end of that century refer to turreted walls beneath the cliffs needing maintenance. Coastal erosion has long since destroyed these structures. Counted households had increased to 532 when reported during the reign of Elizabeth I . The first Earl of Thanet was created in 1628. By 1807 the island roads were deemed to be good infrastructure for the time without turnpikes although one
1950-521: The ground where they may then germinate. Feral goats were brought to Ventnor to control the spread of the holm oak. It can be clipped to form a tall hedge , and it is suitable for coastal windbreaks , in any well drained soil . It forms a picturesque rounded head, with pendulous low-hanging branches. Its size and solid evergreen character gives it an imposing architectural presence that makes it valuable in many urban and garden settings. While holm oak can be grown in much of maritime northwestern Europe, it
2000-478: The invading force arrived in nearby Pegwell Bay . Nearly a century later, in 43 AD, Claudius sent four legions to Britain, where the Romans were to remain for the next 400 years. During that time the port of Richborough , on the opposite side of the Wantsum Channel , became one of the chief ports of Roman Britain . According to the eighth-century ecclesiastical historian Bede , Vortigern , King of
2050-626: The island was home to an ancient beacon or lighthouse. Another theory states that Tanet is a common European toponymic creation of Celtic origin, based on the Celtic word *tanno- meaning " holm oak " (compare Breton tann "sort of oak", Cornish glastannen "holm oak") and the Celtic suffix *-etu , to mean a collection of trees. Thanet would mean "place of the holm oaks", such as the Northern French Thenney (Eure, Thaneth ab. 1050); Tennie (Sarthe, Tanida 9th century) or
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2100-555: The land assigned to St. Mildred's in the Kentish Royal Legend . By 1334–1335 Thanet had the highest population density in Kent according to King Edward III's lay subsidy rolls . Margate is mentioned in 1349, in a dispute about the land of Westgate Manor. Thanet acted as a granary for Calais , whose governor for Edward III was so assigned to administer. Edward III also required local fortifications to be constructed where boats and ships could land. Documents towards
2150-548: The margins of the Isle is the Seaford Chalk Formation which contains relatively more flint nodules and seams. It has also been referred to as the ‘Broadstairs Member’. The Seaford Chalk is of Coniacian to Santonian age whilst the Margate Chalk is of Santonian to Campanian age. Both were traditionally referred to the ‘Upper Chalk’ but are now classed as parts of the ‘White Chalk Subgroup’ as part of
2200-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Thanet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thanet&oldid=1227465603 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
2250-617: The sea broke through river valleys in the North Downs to the south (Middle Chalk) and finally today's English Channel was opened up. The proto- River Stour then formed part of the intervening water, with a new tributary, the River Wantsum , completing it; it became known as the Wantsum Channel. The Wantsum Channel gradually narrowed as pebble beaches built up at the southern end of the strait, blocking silt coming down
2300-401: The sixth century. Throughout this time the Isle remained an island. The Wantsum Channel allowed ships to sail between the mainland and the island in calm waters. The Saxon Chronicle recounts that in 1052 Earl Godwin after obtaining hostages and provisions from Sandwich sailed through the "Wantsume" towards "Northmuth" and "Lundene". Gradually this silted up, and the last ship sailed through
2350-539: The tree's roots. The first trees to be grown from acorns in England are still to be found within the stately grounds of Mamhead Park , Devon . From Britton & Brayley in The Beauties of England and Wales (1803): The woods and plantations of Mamhead are numerous and extensive. Many of them were introduced by Mr Thomas Balle (sic), the last of that family who, on returning from the continent, brought with him
2400-577: The world. Brickearth head deposits lie within many of the shallow chalk valleys and across some areas of flatter ground within the Isle. The Isle of Thanet formed when sea levels rose after the last glacial period , around 5000 BC . The North Sea encroached on the land which is now the estuary of the River Thames , and southwards to reach the higher land of the North Downs , leaving behind an island composed of chalk in its wake. Eventually
2450-422: Was once operated by the Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company from Westbrook to Ramsgate from 1901 to 1937. The tramway had a narrow gauge of 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ). 51°21′N 1°23′E / 51.350°N 1.383°E / 51.350; 1.383 Holm-oak Quercus ilex , the holm oak , also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak ,
2500-415: Was soon established at Ramsgate. The wheat crop was excellent helped with sea weed fertiliser processes. Margate was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1857 and Ramsgate in 1884. Broadstairs and St Peter's Urban District and the Isle of Thanet Rural District covered the rest of the island from 1894 until 1974. By 1974, however, all these boroughs and districts had been abolished, and since that year
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