SITTINGBOURNE  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• FAVERSHAM

Faversham See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on a navigable See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

creek of the Swale, 44; in . E.S.E. of See also:

• LONDON

London by the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Eastern and See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham railway . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (1901) 8943 . It consists principally of one See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street (the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Watling Street) and the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern suburb of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate urban district (pop . 7086), celebrated for its oysters, the See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery of which used to employ a large number of the inhabitants . See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

Brick and See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement making is an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, and there are See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn and See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . The export See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in corn and import trade in See also:

• COAL

coal is considerable . St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael's See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, originally See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ENGLISH

English, underwent extensive restoration in 1873 . An earthwork known as See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle Rough, in the marshes below Milton, was probably the See also:

• WORK

work of Hasten the Dane in 892, and Bayford Castle, a mile distant_ occupies the site of one said to have been built in opposition by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King . See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred . Tong Castle is about 2 M . E. of Sitting-See also:

• BOURNE (southern form of burn, Teutonic born, bran, burna)
• BOURNE, or BOURN
• BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747)

bourne It consists of a high See also:

• MOUND

mound surrounded by a See also:

• MOAT

moat, and is said to have been erected by See also:

• HENGEST

Hengest .

Fragments of See also:

• MASONRY

masonry exist about the mound . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding of the castle resembles that connected with the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage . See also:

• VORTIGERN (GUORTHIGIRNUS, WYRTGEORN)

Vortigern is said to have granted Hengest as much See also:

• LAND

land as an ox-hide could encompass, and the hide being cut into strips the site of Tong Castle was accordingly marked out . The same tradition attaches to Tong Castle in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire . Tradition also asserts, according to the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century chronicler, See also:

• GEOFFREY
• GEOFFREY (1158-1186)
• GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

Geoffrey of See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth, that it was in Tong Castle that Vortigern met Rowena, Hengest's daughter, and became so enamoured of her as to resign his See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom to her See also:

• FATHER

father . In the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II . Tong Castle belonged to See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• MORTIMER (Family)

Mortimer; See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March . Sittingbourne (Scedungburna, Sidyngbourn) is mentioned in Saxon documents in 989 and frequently In contemporary records of the 13th and 14th centuries . The first See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was not obtained until 1573, when it was incorporated by See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of a " See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian and See also:

• FREE

free tenants " of the town of Sitting-bourne . A weekly market was granted, two fairs yearly at Whitsuntide and Michaelmas, and many other privileges . This charter obtained until in 1599 a second one incorporated thetown by the name of " See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor and jurats " and regranted the market and fairs together with some additional privileges, among others that of returning members to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, which, however, was never exercised .