Lathe (division)
A lathe was an administrative division of the county of Kent in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.It is believed that the were originally formed around the royal settlements of the Kingdom of Kent. By the late Saxon period, they had become purely administrative units, each of which contained several hundredss.
By the late eleventh century, West Kent was divided into three lathes: the Lathe of Aylesford, Lathe of Milton and Lathe of Sutton. East Kent was divided into four: the Lathe of Borough, Lathe of Eastry, Lathe of Lympne and Lathe of Wye
In the thirteenth century, the lathes of Borough and Eastry were merged to form the Lathe of Saint Augustine, the lathe of Lympne was renamed the Lathe of Shepway, the lathes of Sutton, Milton and Wye were merged and redivided to form the Lathe of Scraye and the Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone. The Lathe of Aylesford survived unchanged.