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Anglo Saxon History | | saxonhistory.co.uk |
Map Position
This map shows the position of locations showing 'Saxon, Roman Actual named locations ' of type 'Roman Town, Roman Villa, Roman Major Fort, Roman Watch Tower, Roman Port, Roman Bloomery, Saxon Port' containing 'anderida, bodiam, dubris, durobrivae, durovernum, hythe, old hastings, portus lemanis, regulbium, romney, rye' centered on Brookland in Kent. |
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Roman Major Fort |
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Saxon Port |
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A representation of the Romney Marsh Area after the storm in 566AD |
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What do we know
In Roman times the Rother(Limen) passed along the northern edge of the Romney Marsh from Appledore through to Hythe
with iron from the furnaces at Bardown near Stonegate being brought down the Limen to the current Port Lympne(Portus Lemanis).
Some time before the 8th Century the rother was blocked at Hythe, the village of Romney is recorded in AD741 as a fishing village, so the Rother
must have broken through there by this time.(A charter of Aethelberht, King of Kent, dated c. AD741, granted it fishing rights in the river Limen which
implies the river must have broken through at this point and AD895 it was recorded as Rumanea) .
There was 'in 566AD a major storm 'on the coafts of Kent, Suffex, and Hampshire', which was a likely cause of
the blocking of the estuary at Hythe. The only other possibility was that it just silted up, but this is probably much less
likely. Due to the blockage at Hythe the Rother then broke through the spit of land between the lagoon and 'Old' Romney
which became a major port, and from this point the Rother/Limen started depositing silt until 'Old' Romney became about 2 miles inland
and the poplulation moved to 'New' Romney in the early AD900's where a port was founded, probably by the Archbishop of Canterbury (c. AD1000)
and around the same time a mint was established during the reign of Aethelred II (c. 997-1003).
The shaded areas on the Marsh area are derived from research carried out at the University of East Anglia
The "Kent A" cadastre - page 5 - Peterson 2002
the main data shows the differing soil types on the marsh - implying land at various points.
Saxon places names translated
| Current translation for Rother |
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rother derived from roðer – sailor or rower probably means sea inlet or deep river |
| “Sailor or rower probably means sea inlet or deep river” |
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| Current translation for Limen |
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limen derived from læmen – river full of silt(clay) |
| “River full of silt” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Name found: | Limwarlet (Kent) |
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| Current translation for Appledore |
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apple derived from apuldre – apple trees |
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dore derived from dora/dor – a bumble bee/door |
| “Apple trees bumble bee” |
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| Names found: | Apeldres (Kent) |
| Pideleford (Cornwall) |
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| Current translation for Hythe |
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hythe derived from hyð – hythe - usually a harbour or port, an important or first one, or starting point |
| “Hythe” |
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| Names found: | Hed (Kent) |
| Hede (Kent) |
| Iaonei (Kent) |
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| Current translation for Stonegate |
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stone derived from stan – stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone |
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gate derived from gat – an entrance - from gat eye of a needle or a hole - appears related to roman roads, or parks |
| “Stone entrance” |
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| Current translation for Port Lympne |
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port derived from portus – a sea port/harbour |
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lympne derived from hlimme æg – a torrent(very fast water) island |
| “Sea port torrent island” |
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| Current translation for Appledore |
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apple derived from apuldre – apple trees |
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dore derived from dora/dor – a bumble bee/door |
| “Apple trees bumble bee” |
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| Names found: | Apeldres (Kent) |
| Pideleford (Cornwall) |
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| Current translation for Romney |
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rom derived from rom – a ram - sheep |
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ney derived from en æg – en - people of and æg - an island |
| “Ram en” |
| Found in Domesday 1086AD |
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| Names found: | Maresch de Romenel (Kent) |
| Maress de Romenel (Kent) |
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| Current translation for Old Romney |
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old derived from eald – old or ancient |
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rom derived from rom – a ram - sheep |
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ney derived from en æg – en - people of and æg - an island |
| “Old or ancient ram en” |
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| Name found: | Romenel (Kent) |
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| Current translation for New Romney |
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new derived from niwe – new |
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rom derived from rom – a ram - sheep |
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ney derived from en æg – en - people of and æg - an island |
| “New ram en” |
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