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
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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.

    86/124 (page 80)
    Sinus and Imjcfflatm, II: 2fmbirnt i. Sdndgate* 2. [ 8° ] which comes from clofe under Tatter-Lees: They all defcend by Frognall and Newington, unite at Cold Harbour* and after receiving Lateralis on both fides, go into the Shore at Seabrook. At the end of this Sinus is a General Grand Inofculation of this Vale with both the Upper Region and the Alhford Vale. For on the W. the hills of the Hangers fmky to let in thzEching orEaftern Group of the Great Nail- bourn Valley,- whilft the Lim'mge or Weftern Group of the fame Inofculates as ftrongly, on the other fide of the Hill, with the Exteriors of the Stour above it’s Head at Poftling. And on the N the Vallies Ihoot up feveral leffer Heads thro’ the leffer'* Si nufes of the Hangers, and Inofculate more In- fenfibly with the Exteriors of the Dentonbranch of the Bar¬ ham Valley, that begins it’s Courfe on the Hills between Tatter-Lees and Arpinge-ftreet. Thefe three Vallies run diredtly acrofs the Vale from the Hills to the Sea, and the Lafl: of them extends itfelf to the length of four miles, which is the Greateft Width of this whole Country. But the Vallies of the Northern Region, which are but7zew, take a more oblique or Eafterly courfe to the Sea. The Fuji is a fmall one, about a mile and a half in Length, and does but fill up the Interval betwixt the next of This and the lafl: of the other Divifion. It comes from the Eaftern part of Cheriton, about the Oaks, down by Querling into the Sea attSWgtfteCaftle. But the main and Principal one arifes by many Capillaries at the Exteriors of the Sea-brook, all along from Fean under the Hills alrnoft as far as to Cheriton Church ; which being collected into a pretty Channel, de¬ fee nds by Brcdmere thro5 Folkftone down into the Sea,* re¬ ceiving all the way in it’s Defcent from the Down-hills, for the fpace of three miles, nine or ten branches, which flufh the waters down from feveral very plentiful fprings, the mofl . Qonfiderable of which, are thofe that arife about the Cajlley, and: