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	Wantsum Channel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wantsum Channel is the name given to a now silted-up watercourse in the English county of Kent.
		From prehistory until the Middle Ages it separated the island of Thanet at the north eastern edge of Kent from the mainland.
		The Channel was emptied into by the River Stour which but was a wide strait fed by the North Sea that was around 2 miles wide during the Roman period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wantsum_Channel (271 words)

	Thanet. Who is Thanet? What is Thanet? Where is Thanet? Definition of Thanet. Meaning of Thanet.
		The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, in England, that used to be separated from the mainland by the Wantsum channel.
		The first bridge over the channel was built at Sarre in 1485.
		However, the channel silted up around the 15th century, and now the so-called isle is only partially separated from the mainland by the minor rivers Wantsum and Stour.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Thanet (213 words)

	Isle of Thanet - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		It was left separated from the mainland by what became known as the Wantsum Channel until the deposition of silt from the River Stour and the build up of shingle which was occurring along the coast have now practically joined the Isle to the mainland.
		It was Richborough at the Southern end of the Wantsum Channel, Reculver marks the northern end, where the fleet landed and where one of the largest triumphal arches in the empire was subsequently built.
		The Romans crossed the Channel from Boulogne and legions with some support from elephants, were sent to conquer different parts of Southern Britain, meeting stiff resistance from tribes under Caractacus and having to fight two major battles to cross both the Medway near Rochester and the Thames, possibly near where the QEII bridge is today.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Thanet (932 words)

	Thanet District Guides, Tutorials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The first bridge over the channel was built at Sarre in 1485 Events August 22 Battle of Bosworth Field is fought between the armies of King Richard III of England and rival claimant to the throne of England Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond.
		However, the channel silted up around the 15th century 14th century 15th century 16th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.
		Thanet The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, in England, that used to be separated from the mainland by the Wantsum channel.
	www.masterliness.com /a/Thanet.htm (599 words)

	Reculver
		Ruins of a 14th century church on the edge of a cliff form a backdrop to the wide Thames-side marshes and hide the intriguing remains of a Roman fort.
		Originally 'Reculbium', which guarded the North end of the then broad waters of Wantsum Channel, along which passed Roman galleys, that once separated the Isle of Thanet from the rest of Kent.
		During the latter years of the Roman occupation the Saxon Shore way was defended by a series of similar fortifications, built along the south-east coast and intended to deter Saxon raiders from Europe.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/re/reculver.html (1920 words)

	Wantsum Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Wantsum Channel - The changing coastline of East Kent
		This explains the location of the early fortifications of Reculver and Richborough which were positioned to guard the north and south entrances to the Wantsum Channel.
		Over time the channel silted up, but it was still possible to sail to Canterbury in the 15th century.
	www.ecastles.co.uk /wantsum.html (94 words)

	HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Wantsum Morris Men were formed in sandwich in 1967 by John Pilfold.
		The side takes its name from the Wantsum Channel which separates the isle of Thanet from the rest of Kent.
		As the Sandwich Morris Men, and occasionally afterwards, the musician, John's wife Valerie, played the accordion for Morris, Rapper and Clog dancing, then as the side set forth alone she was joined by concertina player Michael Perry of Herne Bay.
	www.wantsummorrismen.org /History.htm (297 words)

	MoLAS 2004: annual review
		The project was intended to assess what is known of the changing environment and landscape of the Wantsum Channel and former Sandwich Haven and its significance for archaeology, and to identify areas where future geoarchaeological work is needed both on the site itself and in the area of the Wantsum Channel.
		Although the area was dry land for much of the Mesolithic, a rising sea level pushed the coastline inland, flooding the river valley that existed between the Isle of Thanet and mainland Kent, to form a sea passage and driving onshore a shingle bank (on which the medieval port of Stonar was later built).
		The reconstruction of the evolving landscape at the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel provided the wider context in which to assess the significance of the buried stratigraphy on the site itself (comprising much of the Sandwich Industrial Estate), which lies within the former Sandwich Haven, between the medieval ports of Stonar and Sandwich.
	www.molas.org.uk /projects/annualReviews.asp?aryear=2004&category=5§ion=1 (1458 words)

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		Julius Caesar landed at Richborough when it was truly an island and the Wantsum Channel separated the Isle of Thanet from the mainland.
		The Romans built forts at both ends of the Wantsum Channel to safeguard their ships against Saxon raids at Reculver (Regulbium) and Richborough (Retupiae).
		Long Shore Drift along the Channel caused the mouth of the river to move from the Wantsum Channel, which was gradually silting up towards Sandwich.
	www.naturegrid.org.uk /gtstour/word/sb-history.doc (644 words)

	Virtual Fieldwork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Sometime in the 3rd century, a more substantial stone fort was built to defend the Wantsum Channel against the Saxons.
		Reculver was still several kilometres from the sea and the Channel was an important routeway for ships around the Isle of Thanet.
		The fort fell into disrepair over the next 200 years and it wasn't until the 7th century that a monastery and church were built in the ruins of the fort.
	www.georesources.co.uk /rec.htm (395 words)

	Reculver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		When the villagers too were forced to leave by the approaching sea, they left the two towers as landmarks for shipping.
		The Isle of Thanet was once separated from Reculver on the mainland by a tidal channel, Wantsum Channel, a third of a mile wide.
		By 1500 a programme of drainage, together with natural silting, had prevented shipping from using the channel, which has now shrunk to a drainage dyke.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /johnno/rclv.htm (161 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		On photo 'b', you are looking S. over the Wantsum Channel.
		As the channel gradually became silted up, it turned to marshland and has now been reclaimed for farmland.
		It has to be drained by large dykes and protected by the sea wall or it could easily be flooded again by the sea.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~drayner/image7.htm (144 words)

	San Diego Buddy Board - Agency is Appealing the Channel Island Closures
		Unfortunately, the extreme lefties have taken the Channel Island Closures thru the back door, Gray Davis appointing Hattoy to the commission- then noone showing up to a major vote on the closure-except the extreme left-closures is their "only" viewpoint.
		There was no such reference in the Channel Islands National Marine Sactuary process and the reserves would appear to be permanent.
		The Channel Islands process was separate and distinct from the MLPA as it was begun before the law was passed and was a joint federal and state process.
	www.sandiegofishing.com /buddydb/showthread.php?s=3cce8851fe668e7032cd5f951410cdd0&threadid=9012 (2421 words)

	Coast Protection at Reculver - The Present
		The Northern Sea Wall is a 4.4km long concrete sea wall fronted by a shingle beach and protects the low lying land of the reclaimed Wantsum channel.
		It is obvious that failure of the Northern Sea Wall would lead to flooding of the old Wantsum channel as happened in 1953.
		A breach in these walls would start the erosion process up again and within 10 - 15 years the sea would have broken through to the Wantsum channel causing widespread flooding with the ruins of St Mary's church and the Roman fort left on an ever-diminishing island.
	www.canterbury.gov.uk /cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=774 (345 words)

	Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In Roman and Anglo Saxon periods the Wantsum was a broad tidal channel, rather like the River Swale today, which had a double tide which met near the present village of Sarre.
		Minster was a thriving port and the channel was used regularly by all craft sailing between the English Channel and London, with Richborough guarding its south entrance and Reculver its north entrance.
		However by the 13th century the large areas of salt marsh that flanked the Wantsum had made such inroads that only a narrow channel remained.
	www.btinternet.com /~kentnet/sailkent/magazine.html (1780 words)

	Isle of Sheppey - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Sheppey is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called The Swale.
		In common with the Wantsum Channel separating the Isle of Thanet from the mainland to the east; and Yantlet Creek at the Isle of Grain these were used in ancient times to allow shipping to reach ports such as Chatham and London without encountering the bad weather from the North Sea.
		A hoy having been chartered the fugitive king landed at Elmley, only to be mobbed by local fishermen, seeing in his noble manner, on such a humble vessel not their king but the notorious Jesuit Father Petre, locally hated, and so took from him his money, watch and Coronation ring.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/wiki/Sheppey (1952 words)

	The Deal Maritime and Local History Museum
		This waterway "The Wantsum Channel" also formed a safe haven protected from the worst of the weather and from enemies by the garrisons of Reculver and Richborough at either end.
		During centuries of Roman occupation the Wantsum Channel slowly narrowed due to silting and our shingle bank was slowly growing Northward.
		Soon, the Captain of Deal Castle was complaining that his line of sight for the ordanance was being obscured by the number of houses being built on the foreshore.
	home.freeuk.net /deal-museum/history.html (2188 words)

	Little Stour Books
		However, in the days when the village was named, this was indeed where the river met the sea.
		The Stour flowed into the Wantsum Channel which separated the Isle of Thanet from the rest of Kent.
		However, the channel silted up and by about 1500 Thanet was an Isle in name only.
	www.littlestourbooks.com (148 words)

	Planning: - Local Plan - Rural and Villages
		Alluvium is found at the Swale estuary (Seasalter) and at the Wantsum channel, producing sand and gravel for bricks and mortar.
		This designation applies to the marshes of the former Wantsum Channel which separated the Isle of Thanet from mainland Kent.
		R5 The Wantsum Channel Area of High Landscape Value is defined as having local landscape importance in terms of the quality of the landscape and/or the special landscape role it performs.
	www.canterbury.gov.uk /cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=535 (7148 words)

	Wantsum Morris Men
		Wantsum Morris Men formed as a club in 1967, with the members living both sides of the Wantsum Channel, which in former times separated Thanet from the rest of Kent.
		St Augustine arrived in England at the Southern end of the Wantsum, and built an Abbey at Reculver at the Northern end.
		Wantsum Morris Men perform annual tours on Boxing day and May 1st.
	website.lineone.net /~may/html/wantsum.html (535 words)

	Thanet Plan 11
		This is especially true of Pegwell Bay and the former Wantsum Channel, where uninterrupted long views of the sea, the marshes and the attractive and undeveloped coastline exist towards Sandwich, the Ash Levels and Reculver.
		It is therefore necessary to exercise rigorous control over the location, scale and design of new development within and adjacent to the SLA, having regard to the sensitive nature of the area.
		This area largely comprises the hill slopes leading from the Central Chalk Plateau down to the former Wantsum Channel.
	www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk /local_plan/thanet_plan_10.htm (7711 words)

	Guest Pages on DoverWeb Dover Kent England
		Mark Carter (former DJ from Neptune Radio and Channel Travel Radio) was the manager of the station before Radio Investments gave him full control of the station and it broadcasts yearly on the 106.5FM frequency.
		Not long after this (well thousand years or so) people were sailing the channel and we know this thanks to a Bronze Age Boat found in Bench Street during the building of the A20 dual carriageway through the town.
		Jonathan Webb's feat was not officially recognised as coastguards on either side of the channel were not notified of the attempt.
	www.dover-web.co.uk /guest_page_main.asp?OrgID=14 (7238 words)

	Maritime Heritage Trail - English Channel maritime history trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The twin towers of St. Mary's Church are a well known landmark for sailors and local people alike along this stretch of the North Kent Coast between Herne Bay and Birchington.
		It is said that back in the Middle Ages ships would dip their sails as they sailed passed the Church as a sign of respect.
		Reculver was the site of Regulbium, an important Roman fort which controlled the northern entrance to the Wantsum Channel separating the Isle of Thanet from mainland England.
	www.maritimeheritagetrail.co.uk /EN/loc_history.php?id=16 (272 words)

	River Stour Harbour Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Great Stour then flows in a north easterly direction through Canterbury and on to Plucks Gutter where it is joined by the Little Stour from the south to become the Stour.
		The River Wantsum, all that is left of the Wantsum Channel, also joins it about here.
		The river continues easterly through Sandwich to join the English Channel just south of Ramsgate.
	www.btinternet.com /~kentnet/sailkent/guides/stour.html (176 words)

	Reculver Roman Fort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It is said to have stood on a promontory which pushed out into the Thames estuary and carried a signal station or even lighthouse before coastal erosion took its toll.
		The far side of the fort drops down to the marshy flood plain of the River Wantsum/Wantsum Channel which, once upon a time, cut Thanet from the mainland.
		This river enabled small boats to pass between to Reculver, Richborough, Hoath, Fordwich and Canterbury in Roman times as Reculver was an early Claudian bridgehead.
	www.favonius.com /romans/reculver.htm (473 words)

	(GCJMJP) REGVLBIVM by f650cs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		This place is on what used to be the West shore of the Northern entrance to the Wantsum Channel, which until the 15th Century separated the Isle of Thanet from the rest of Kent, and provided an important short-cut by sea between the Thames Estuary and the English Channel.
		This is a spot with layer upon layer of history.
		The church was built on the site of a Roman fort, REGVLBIVM, which guarded the northern entrance to the Wantsum Channel.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=144918 (528 words)

	Ramblers Association - Information - Path - Saxon Shore Way
		Interesting walk around the old coastline of Kent as it was in Roman times, along the Thames Estuary, down the Wantsum Channel, along the White Cliffs and on into Sussex.
		The section between Dover and Rye forms part of the English variant of the European Coast Path E9, and the whole route is part of the South East Walks Network.
		Two leaflets are available covering the section of the Saxon Shore Way between Whitstable and Reculver, with links to Whitstable and Herne Bay stations, and the Thanet Coastal Path/Viking Coastal Trail between Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate stations.
	www.ramblers.org.uk /info/paths/saxonshore.html (511 words)

	Thanet, Isle of -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is 42 square miles (109 square km) in area and is composed mainly of a chalk outlier ending in the North Foreland.
		A playground in the English Channel, the Isle of Wight is known for its beauty and pleasant climate.
		The island lies off Portsmouth, England, separated from the mainland by a strait known as The...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9071931 (683 words)

	Zentelligence
		You should be able to read about her death-defying experience at my hands in a forthcoming issue of the Thanet Gazette, that's if you live close enough to the edge of the known world where Thanet is.
		In fact and until quite recently, Microsoft's Encarta encyclopaedia still had Thanet listed as a proper island, the pizza-fed cartographers in Redmond not knowing that the Wantsum Channel in Kent had silted-up in the 15th century.
		Mind you, Microsoft are infamous for their geographical errors, such as which country owns the disputed region of Kashmir and the thorny question of Taiwan, which the politicians in Beijing are a little sensitive about.
	zentelligence.blogspot.com /2004/10/plane-jane-ive-just-taken-thanet.html (310 words)

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