« Reply #1 on: Monday 31 July 06 23:23 BST (UK) »
You are right about the east/west division: the Men of Kent were considered to be of "pure blood", being separated from adjoining counties by the Medway and the Wealden forest, while the Kentish Men were more likely to inter-breed with "foreigners" from across the border!
Thanet is definitely a separate breed!!

Regards, Bill
Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
Beers, Heath, Conyers, Miller, Russell, Larson, Clark, Sibert, Hopper, Reinhart: USA