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VÝROČÍ…AUGUST 4th 2004 – WHO INVENTED IT?
Ever wondered who first thought up chewing gum or candy floss? You have? Well, this issue is definitely up your street. On August 6th 1762 John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich.
The Earl of Sandwich & the Sandwich
The word 'sandwich' for an item of food was possibly named after John Montagu who was the 4th Earl of Sandwich. It is said that in approx.1762, he asked for meat to be served between slices of bread, to avoid interrupting a gambling game.
Hereditary English titles can be confusing. The family of the Earls of Sandwich has no real connection to the town itself, only the title. The 1st Earl, Edward Montagu, originally intended to take the title of the Earl of Portsmouth - this may have been changed as a compliment to the town of Sandwich, because the fleet he was commanding in 1660 was lying off Sandwich, before it sailed to bring back Charles II to England.
It is generally thought here, that the word 'sandwich' as an item of food, has no connection with the town, only with John Montagu, who happened to have the title, a 'sandwich' could just as easily have been called a 'portsmouth' if the 1st Earl, Edward Montagu, had not changed his mind.
Sandwich for the name of the town
The ancient Cinque Port of Sandwich, is very close to the seaside towns of the Isle of Thanet, so called because, in Roman times, it was separated by the sea from Sandwich, and the nearby Roman fort at Richborough.
The first recorded mention of Sandwich was in 664 AD but it is older than that - there was probably some kind of settlement in Roman Times, as it is very close to Richborough Roman Fort. The name is Saxon in origin and means, 'Sandy Place' or 'Place on the Sand'.
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