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Word: tenterden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1948-1948
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...fertile land known to the Kentish peasants as Lomea (The Low Island), and belonged to Earl Godwine, friend of Edward the Confessor. One legend says that Godwine, hard-pressed by his enemies, vowed to the Virgin that if he got back to Lomea he would build a steeple to Tenterden Church; when he escaped he forgot the vow. Another version: that the Abbot of Canterbury built the steeple from money intended for the island's dikes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Low Island | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

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