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It is believed that they 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 Hundred s.

By the late 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.