East Kent and West Kent are one-time traditional subdivisions of the English county of Kent, kept alive by the Association of the Men of Kent and Kentish Men: an organisation formed in 1913. West Kent and East Kent are one-time traditional subdivisions of the English county of Kent, kept alive by the Association of the Men of Kent and Kentish England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format The division may have risen from the ethnic differences approximately 1,500 years ago between the Jutish settlement of the east of the county and the Saxon presence in the west, although its origins are somewhat obscure. The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutae were a Germanic people who according to Bede were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of the time The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. Residents of East Kent, those living east / south of the River Medway, are called 'Men (or Maids)of Kent', as opposed to residents of West Kent, who are known as 'Kentish Men' or 'Kentish Maids'.

According to the BBC website ^[1] a few hundred years later, it appears that the Men of Kent resisted William the Conqueror more stoutly than the Kentish Men, who weakly surrendered.

Today there is still an element of rivelry between the two, which completely disappears during the harvest season, when the Men of Kent invite the Kentish Men to the "Garden of England" to help gather in the crops.

East Kent had its own Quarter Sessions based in Canterbury until 1814, when the administrations of East and West Kent were merged. The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were periodic courts held in each County and County borough in England and Wales until Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common East Kent, which corresponded roughly to the Diocese of Canterbury, consisted of the three lathes: Lathe of St Augustine, Lathe of Shepway and the upper division of the Lathe of Scray. The Diocese of Canterbury is a Church of England diocese covering eastern Kent, founded by St Augustine in 597 A lathe ( Old English lǽð, Latin lestus) formed an administrative Country subdivision of the county of Kent, in England ^[2]

Places in East Kent include

• Broadstairs
• Ashford
• Deal, Dover
• Canterbury,
• Faversham,
• Folkestone
• Herne Bay
• Margate
• Ramsgate,
• Romney
• Sandwich
• Sheppey
• Sittingbourne
• Thanet,
• Whitstable

References

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2. ^ Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England, Vol. The town of Ashford lies on the River Great Stour, M20 motorway, South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways in the borough of Ashford Deal is a Town in Kent, England. It lies on the English Channel eight miles north-east of Dover. Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury Folkestone (ˈfoʊkstən is a resort town on the south coast of Kent, England, traditionally known as "The Garden Coast" Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, South East England, with a population of 35000 Margate is a Seaside resort town within the Thanet district of East Kent, England. Ramsgate is a seaside town on the Isle of Thanet in east Kent, England. New Romney is a small town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh an area of flat rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea Sandwich is a historic town in Kent, south-east England. It was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings This article is about the Isle of Sheppey in northern Kent not to be confused with Shepway in south-eastern Kent Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles (129 km east of Gillingham, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in The Swale History See also Isle of Thanet The Isle of Thanet is the major part of the Thanet District Whitstable ( is a seaside town in northeast Kent, southeast England II, 1831

Also East Kent refers to the East Kent Road Car Company Limited, the once famous bus company that served this part of the world from 1916 to 1993 with their maroon and cream vehicles. Click on the link to see the complete history of the company. http://friendsoftheeastkent.weebly.com/history.html