Angie Bell

What Is Kent Called Today?

The name Kent derives from the ancient Celtic tribe who inhabited South East England from the Thames to the south coast. Their lands included modern Kent plus parts of Surrey, Sussex and Greater London. What did Kent used to be called? Iron Age and Roman Period Julius Caesar called Kent, Cantium, and the pre-Roman local …

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Does Kent Have An Accent?

“There is no such thing as a Kent dialect or accent,” socio-linguist Dr David Hornsby boldly claims. Over time the Estuary English accent has swept across the county and the view is we don’t speak too differently to Londoners or people from Essex. Is the Kent accent posh? In case you haven’t heard of it, …

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Was Kent Called Cent?

The meaning has been explained as ‘coastal district,’ ‘corner-land’ or ‘land on the edge’ (compare Welsh cant ‘bordering of a circle, tire, edge;’ Breton cant ‘circle;’ Dutch kant ‘side, edge’). In Latin sources the area is called Cantia or Canticum, while the Anglo-Saxons referred to it as Cent, Cent lond or Centrice. Why was Kent …

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