 Tong lies in the heart of the stronghold of ague on either side of the Swale. The soil is throughout very rich ; but this is the Kentish region of " wealth without health." The local proverb runs — " He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston,...  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 724by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Britton - 1808 - 888 pages
...formerly supplied the latter with water, now turn a corn-mill at a short distance below. Several urns, a brass helmet, a sword, &c. have, at different times,...proverb : He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Mursion, Tenham, or Tong. RODMERSHAM Church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and consists of three aisles,... | |
 | Samuel Denne, William Shrubsole - 1817 - 464 pages
...the castle. A corn mill has been erected on the moat for upwards of two hundred years : several urns, a brass helmet, a sword, &c. have at different times been dug up within the area of the castle. A little to the right of Green-street is Linsted Lodge the seat of lord Teynham. Near the forty-sixth... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1829 - 800 pages
...shortlived ; which circumstance has given rise to the well-known proverb in this part of the county : " He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." This district is situated in a fine level country, the fields being large, and the land exceedingly... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1829 - 792 pages
...shortlived; which circumstance has given rise to the well-known proverb in this part of the county : " lie that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." This district is situated in a fine level country, the fields being large, and the land exceedingly... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Richard J. King - 1863 - 506 pages
...very rich ; but this is the Kentish region of " wealth without health." The local proverb runs — " He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." Sapchild, seen rt. of the line, is probably the Eachancild where, in 694, Wihtred King of Kent held... | |
 | Richard John King - 1868 - 536 pages
...but this is the Kentish 98 KENT. region of " wealth without health." The local proverb runs — " Ho that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." Bapchild, seen S. of the line, IJ- m. beyond Sittingbourne, is probably the Bacancild where, in 694,... | |
 | 1874 - 598 pages
...marshy land which lies to the north. Three parishes are specially condemned in an old local rhyme— " He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." <§T The latter insalubrious locality may best be visited from Teynham, and afterwards the tourist... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1877 - 398 pages
...very rich ; but this is the Kentish region of " wealth without health." The local proverb runs — ' He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." Sapchud, seen S. of the line, Ц т. beyond Sittingbourne, is probably the Bacancild where, in 694,... | |
 | 1883 - 628 pages
...marshy land which lies to the north. Three parishes are specially condemned in an old local rhyme — " He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong." On the side of the London road opposite Teynhain is LYNSTED (pop. 1200), with its Church surmounted... | |
 | G. F. Northall - 1892 - 590 pages
...condition of people almost peculiar to England ; and which is, in effect, the basis of all the nation. He that will not live long, Let him dwell at Murston, Tenham, or Tong. — AH. 73. Tenham has a sickly situation. Therefore the ensuing lines are probably in banter — If... | |
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