Ankographia [sic], sive convallium descriptio. In which are briefly but fully expounded the origine, course and insertion; extent, elevation and congruity of all the valleys and hills, brooks and rivers, (as an explanation of a new philosophico-chorographical chart) of East-Kent. Occasionally are interspers'd some transient remarks that relate to the natural history of the country, and to the military marks and signs of Cæsar's rout thro it, to his decisive battle in Kent ... / by Christopher Packe, M.D.

  • Packe, Christopher, 1686-1749.
Date:
1743
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Credit: Ankographia [sic], sive convallium descriptio. In which are briefly but fully expounded the origine, course and insertion; extent, elevation and congruity of all the valleys and hills, brooks and rivers, (as an explanation of a new philosophico-chorographical chart) of East-Kent. Occasionally are interspers'd some transient remarks that relate to the natural history of the country, and to the military marks and signs of Cæsar's rout thro it, to his decisive battle in Kent ... / by Christopher Packe, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 1* ] faoJcuUthn, ii. Frversham MaiLhes. T. F*verfij.wi Mar 111. T. JStvenham Valley. are long and deep, do all of them, as they do every where elfe, infenfibly Inofculate with one another by their Capil¬ lary Extremities: but there are none, or at leaft but very few, which are Openly and very vifibly let into one ano¬ ther \ at leaft not fo confpicuoufly Incorporated by whole Groups for a confiderable extent together; which is Remark¬ ably done in various parts of the other Regions, as fhall be Noted in their proper places. The Second General Divihon is the Feversham Convalley. This is contain’d betwixt the Ridge-hill of the great Newn- ham and Doddington Vallies on the (V. and the Ridge of .’the Boughton-hills on the E. both before defcribed. To it ipertain Three, viz. the Feverfham, Sea-Salter and Whitftable Marfhes. The Feverfham Marfh, which lies betwixt Oor and Grav’ny, has two principal Vallies, that run out at length and traverfe a great Trad: of land ; and befides thefe, it has fome others of a Shorter courfe and of lefs fignificati- on. The Oor branch goes out of the Marfhes at the Mill, and thence palling between Judd’s houfe and Rufhit toNewn- ham,• it branches out into Three large and deep Vallies; the Exterior of which runs off Slanting under Doddington, by Sindali’s bottom and Ringfled up to the Down-hills be¬ tween Lenham and Haretfham. The Subdivifions of it’s principal Branches which are difperfed from Newnham and Doddington over all the Country, between the Ridge of the Hill at Madams-court and Water-ditch, (a fpaceof full four •miles upon the line,) are not only numerous, but very con- iiderable: The Deepeft of all which, and indeed of the .whole Country, is that which goes off from Doddington- ilreet under the E. fide of Whichlin-Green up to the Hills above Lenham. 2. The Second is the Ofpringe Valley, that leaves the Marfhes ■Ofprwie Valley, the Powder-mill between Feverfham and Davington, and from