Cliffsend in Kent, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
The Beginning of English History
Photographed by Josh Pletcher, April 15, 2023
1. The Beginning of English History Marker
Owen Hughes - Mayor
Erected 1949 by Corporation of Ramsgate.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical year for this entry is 449 CE.
Location. 51° 19.727′ N, 1° 22.343′ E. Marker is in Cliffsend, England, in Kent. It is on Sandwich Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cliffsend, England CT12 5HY, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is in the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Canadian Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital (approx. 3.2 kilometers away); Mary Woolstonecraft Shelley (approx. 3.2 kilometers away); In Step With Pugin (approx. 3.5 kilometers away); The Royal Victoria Pavilion (approx. 3.6 kilometers away); St. Augustine in Kent (approx. 4 kilometers away); Minster Sunday School WWI Memorial (approx. 4 kilometers away); Welcome to St Peter's (approx. 5.2 kilometers away); Charles Dickens (approx. 5.9 kilometers away).
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Hengist and Horsa are legendary Germanic brothers who, according to later English legends, led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, the progenitor groups of modern English people, in their supposed invasion of Great Britain in the 5th century. Tradition lists Hengist as the first of the Jutish kings, or alternatively as the founder itself, of the Kingdom of Kent.(Submitted on October 23, 2025.)
Modern scholarly consensus regards Hengist and Horsa as mythical figures, given their alliterative animal names, the seemingly constructed nature of their genealogy, and the unknowable quality of Bede's sources
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2025, by Josh Pletcher of Wellington, Colorado. This page has been viewed 35 times since then and 10 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 23, 2025, by Josh Pletcher of Wellington, Colorado. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
