Sandwich, Kent

Sandwich is the medieval Cinque Port that the sea left behind, a Kent town whose gates, bridge and churches survived as its ...

Read more

Sandwich is the medieval Cinque Port that the sea left behind, a Kent town whose gates, bridge and churches survived as its waterways silted. Its defended river entrance is the favourite subject of the antique prints: the Barbican and old bridge, the drawbridge as drawn by Shepherd, Winkles and Bartlett, and St Clement's Church by Gastineau and others, with an 1872 design for restoring Fishers Gateway. The maps include Dawson's Reform Act plans of the 1830s, James's boundary plan of 1868 and the town plans of Creighton and Walker, while road strips by Gardner, Owen and Bowen and Paterson follow the route through Canterbury to Deal and Dover. A 1749 plan for a harbour in the Downs near the town, Gostling's coast towards Thanet, sketch maps of the Goodwin Sands and the Downs, and an Admiralty plan of 1943 chart its approaches from the sea.

Sandwich is the medieval Cinque Port that the sea left behind, a Kent town whose gates, bridge and churches survived as its waterways silted. Its defended river entrance is the favourite subject of the antique prints: the Barbican and old bridge, the drawbridge as drawn by Shepherd, Winkles and Bartlett, and St Clement's Church by Gastineau and others, with an 1872 design for restoring Fishers Gateway. The maps include Dawson's Reform Act plans of the 1830s, James's boundary plan of 1868 and the town plans of Creighton and Walker, while road strips by Gardner, Owen and Bowen and Paterson follow the route through Canterbury to Deal and Dover. A 1749 plan for a harbour in the Downs near the town, Gostling's coast towards Thanet, sketch maps of the Goodwin Sands and the Downs, and an Admiralty plan of 1943 chart its approaches from the sea.

Back to Top