Thanet

Thanet, ISLE OF, forming the N.E. corner of Kent, is now an Island in name only, being separated from the rest of the county by the Stour, and a brook which represents the ancient Wansum channel. It has the sea on the N. and E., and Pegwell Bay on the S., and its dimensions are 9 miles E. to W., and 5 from N. to S. It contains the well-known watering-places Margate and Ramsgate, and at the North Foreland is a celebrated 19 ouse.