[DOC] [TLE] History of the Isle of Wight - Wikipedia [PAR] The Isle of Wight is rich in historical and archaeological sites. These range from 
prehistoric fossil beds which include dinosaur remains, to dwellings and artefacts 
of the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman period and beyond. During the Mesolithic 
period, "sea levels in the North Sea and the English ... The Isle is geologically 
linked to Armorica and there has been some... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Isle of Wight - 1066 A Medieval Mosaic [PAR] After the Norman Conquest, the title of Lord of the Isle of Wight was created and 
... Sir Richard Worsley, Captain of the Island at this time, successfully 
commanded the resistance to ... Historically, inhabitants of the Isle of Wight have 
been known as Vectians (pronounced Vec-tee-ans) from the Latin name for the 
Island, Vectis. [DOC] [TLE] The Applied Epistemology Library :: View topic - The Isle of Wight [PAR] The Isle of Wight seems to have been named after the first Saxon King of the 
island, ... called the Isle Wight Vectis only about a century after Roman 
occupation, long ... off the Cornish coast opposite Marazion, known in ancient 
times as Ictis. .... for the other inhabitants of the island had either been slain or 
escaped into exile. [DOC] [TLE] Lundy's Lost Name Charles Thomas [PAR] continuously inhabited since prehistory, where a sin- ... pute that the Isle of Wight 
is the Vectis of Pliny's ... period) a fixed indicative name for so large a feature, ... 
But this by no means implies that it must have been ... a while back, they came 
from [Wales], and they called it Y''. .... Some of these once-hillocks exhibit large 
and. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about NATURAL HISTORY - StudyStack [PAR] THE "ISLE OF" THIS HAS BEEN INHABITED SINCE PREHISTORIC TIMES; IT 
WAS ONCE CALLED VECTIS, ISLE OF WIGHT. THE NAME OF THIS SMALL... [DOC] [TLE] Isle of Wight Nostalgia Site: Island History - Invectis.co.uk [PAR] They called the Island Wiht (weight) meaning raised or what rises over the sea. 
Then the Romans arrived in 43 AD and translated Wiht into the name Vectis from
... [DOC] [TLE] Britannia antiqua illustrata, or, The antiquities of ancient Britain ... [PAR] Britannia antiqua illustrata, or, The antiquities of ancient Britain derived from the 
... THis name of Saxon is very ancient if we find out the true Original of it, which 
once ... and noteth the Isle of Wight, which yet retaineth that Name of them, to 
have been .... Wight Island was in time past named by the Romans, Vecta, Vectis 
and... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Isle of Wight. [PAR] From Prehistoric to Tudor Times and from Norman Times Relics have been ... He 
also conquered the Isle of Wight and slew most of the inhabitants. ... A hundred 
years later the Danes once again used the Island as a safe haven after raids 
along ... Upon their return to the Island they burned more villages and a town 
called... [DOC] [TLE] ANCIENT STATE OF BRITAIN - Masseiana [PAR] ALBION, called by Chrysostom Great Britain, is, according to Caesar, of a 
triangular ... From the difference of personal appearance different conjectures 
have been drawn. ..... Besides whom, an ancient volume, written about that 
period, mentions a .... First the Ordovices, who inhabited the north towards the 
isle of Mona;* and... [DOC] [TLE] Legends and Folklore - Bevois Mount History [PAR] At one time all the inhabitants of Southampton would have been familiar with ... 
area called Bevois Town, built upon a hill that was once called Bevois Mount ... 
and a thirteenth century tower called Arundel Tower which is named after ..... and 
over Vectis, (the ancient name for the Isle of Wight) they had a mighty 
copulation. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Vectis directory, or Isle of Wight general guide" [PAR] A Directory for the Isle of Wight has been long felt to be a desideratum .... is called 
plotnore or platnore, by the inhabitants, and is so firm that

Question: The "Isle of" this has been inhabited since prehistoric times; it was once called Vectis
Answer: Wight