Historical-nonfiction:

“Sandwich” was the title of an Earl before it meant the food. And the title was a place before it was a title – specifically a town in the English county of Kent. The name is Old English for ‘a trading-centre on sand.’ The sand part is obvious, and the trading-center part come from the Old English word ‘wic,’ a special purpose building such as a trading post.

December 28th, 2015 10:31am