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Margate
Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, Westbrook. In 2011 it had a population of 61,223. The town has been a significant maritime port since the Middle Ages, and was associated with Dover as part of the Cinque Ports in the 15th century. It became a popular place for holidaymakers in the 18th century, owing to easy access via the Thames, and later with the arrival of the railways. Popular landmarks include the sandy beaches and the Dreamland Margate, Dreamland amusement park. During the late 20th century, the town went into decline along with other British seaside resorts, but attempts are being made to revitalise the economy. History Margate was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as lying within the hundred of Thanet and the county of Kent. Margate was rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamland Margate
Dreamland Margate is an amusement park and entertainment centre based on a traditional English seaside Travelling funfair, funfair located in Margate, Kent, England. The site of the park was first used for List of amusement rides, amusement rides in 1880, although the Dreamland name was not used until 1920 when the park's Grade II* Listed building, listed (particularly significant building of more than local interest) Scenic Railway (roller coaster), Scenic Railway wooden rollercoaster was opened. The number of amusements at the park increased during the 1960s and 1970s, and in 1981 the site was sold to the Dutch Bembom brothers, who renamed it "Bembom Brothers White Knuckle Theme Park". The name remained until it reverted to Dreamland in 1990. In the early 2000s, the park began to enter into decline, and a number of rides were sold to other theme parks. The park's owner, Jimmy Godden (entrepreneur), Jimmy Godden announced in 2003 that Dreamland would be closed and the site Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Thanet
The Isle of Thanet () is a peninsula forming the easternmost part of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel, it is no longer an island. Archaeological remains testify to its settlement in ancient times. Today, it is a tourist destination, and has an active agricultural base. Etymology The island of Thanet is mentioned as ''Tonetic'' (c. AD 150; the TON- of this form was misread as TOΛI-, hence it appears as ''Toliatis'' in the surviving manuscripts of Ptolemy); ''Tanat's'', ''Athanatos'' and ''Thanatos'' (in various copies of 3rd C AD, Solinus); ''Tanatos'' (AD 731); ''Tenid'' in 679 and ''Tenet'' (e.g. charters of AD 679, 689 and thereafter); and the Old Welsh forms ''Tanet'' and ''Danet'', found in the ''Historia Brittonum'' (c. AD 829/30) and Armes Prydein (c. AD 930). Standard reference works for English place-names (such as Eilert Ekwall's ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names'') state the name ''Tane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliftonville
Cliftonville is a coastal area of Margate in the Thanet District, Thanet district of Kent, England. It includes the Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay estate, built in the 1930s with wide avenues and detached and semi-detached houses with driveways, garages and gardens. East Cliftonville The estate covers the eastern part of Cliftonville and was fields when first built. It extends east beyond Northumberland Avenue and has been developed in phases. An earlier phase covered the northern ends of Leicester and Gloucester Avenues and the whole of Clarence and Magnolia Avenues; the later phase extending eastwards of Princess Margaret Avenue is a Wimpy-style housing estate with small houses largely identical in appearance and of less substantial build quality than the original 1930s estate. The eastward expansion of Cliftonville has included much of the former parish of Northdown including Northdown Park and House. West Cliftonville West Cliftonville was originally developed as an upmarket re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garlinge
Garlinge is a village and suburb of Margate, in the Thanet district, in Kent, England, situated southwest of the centre of the town. Amenities There is a small selection of shops in the village: newsagent/off-licence, two hairdressers, bakery/cafe, pharmacy, a petrol station, a mini supermarket/post office and two car workshops. There are a number of restaurants and take aways, including a fish and chip shop. The village has two pubs – the Rodney on the High Street and the Hussar on Canterbury Road - the latter serves meals and has accommodation. History Garlinge takes its name from the former Garling's Farm, which was owned by the London hospitals Bridewell and Bethlem. The Dent-de-Lion gateway is a grade II* listed building, dating from the late 14th/early 15th century (c1380). Garlinge developed with the arrival of the railway to Margate and steam-packets bringing holiday makers from London. There was a Methodist Chapel in Garlinge by 1848. All Saints Church on Hart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Margate
The Battle of Margate (), also known as the Battle of Cadzand (not to be confused with the 1337 Battle of Cadzand), was a naval battle that took place on 24–25 March 1387, during the Caroline War phase of the Hundred Years' War, between an English fleet and a Franco- Castilian- Flemish wine fleet. The battle ended in an English victory: many ships were captured, and a vast haul of booty was acquired, including 8,000–9,000 tons of wine.Goodman, p. 126 Background In October 1386, Richard II's so-called Wonderful Parliament approved a commission that began gathering men and ships for an amphibious assault on Flanders. This was aimed at provoking an insurrection that would replace the government of Philip the Bold with a pro-English regime. It was also hoped this would dispel any attempt by the French to invade England. On 10 December, Richard, Earl of Arundel, a member of the commission, was appointed admiral; a week later, the earl was indentured to serve with 2,500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaside Resort
A seaside resort is a city, resort town, town, village, or hotel that serves as a Resort, vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of an official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements such as in the German ''Seebad''. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort. History Seaside resorts have existed since antiquity. In Ancient Rome, Roman times, the town of Baiae by the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy was a resort for those who were sufficiently prosperous. Barcola by the Adriatic Sea in northern Italy with its Roman luxury villas is considered a special example of ancient leisure culture by the sea. Mersea Island in Essex, England was a seaside holiday destination for wealthy ancient Romans living in Colchester. The development of the beach as a popular leisure resort from the mid-19th century was the first manifestation of what is now the global tourist industry. The first seasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unparished Area
In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparished. Many towns and some cities in otherwise rural districts are also unparished areas and therefore no longer have a town council or city council, and are instead directly managed by a higher local authority such as a district or county council. Until the mid-nineteenth century there had been many areas that did not belong to any parish, known as extra-parochial areas. Acts of Parliament between 1858 and 1868 sought to abolish such areas, converting them into parishes or absorbing them into neighbouring parishes. After 1868 there were very few extra-parochial areas left; those remaining were mostly islands, such as Lundy, which did not have a neighbouring parish into which they could be absorbed. Modern unparished areas (also termed "n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Thanet (UK Parliament Constituency)
East Thanet is a British United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet in Kent, represented since 2024 by Polly Billington of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The seat previously existed, under the name Thanet East, from 1974 to 1983, returning one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was re-established as East Thanet for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. It is primarily the successor to the former South Thanet (UK Parliament constituency), South Thanet parliamentary constituency. Boundaries 1974–1983 (Thanet East) The Borough of Ramsgate, and the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peter's. 2024–present (East Thanet) Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinque Port
The confederation of Cinque Ports ( ) is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier (Brightlingsea) in Essex. The name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to the original five members (Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich). At its peak in the Late Middle Ages, the confederation included over 40 members. There is now a total of 14 members: five "head ports", two "ancient towns" and seven "limbs". The confederation was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. The ports lie on the western shore of the English Channel, where the crossing to the European continent is narrowest. Inhabitants of the Cinque Ports are called ''Portsmen''. Origins The origins of the confederation are obscure, but are believed to lie in the late Anglo-Saxon period, and specifically in the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–1066). Certain south-eastern ports were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westbrook, Kent
Westbrook is a Victorian seaside resort on the Thanet District, Thanet peninsula in the southeast corner of England. It is the westernmost part of Margate and is part of the ribbon development of the north Kent coast. Westgate-on-Sea lies to the west. Running through it is the main Canterbury Road where the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital stands, although the building is currently redeveloped into apartments. The row of shops opposite the hospital entrance includes Clarke and Crittenden. The Dog & Duck pub has been turned into offices for the Hospital Building site. A chapel stands in the grounds with, in 2024, planning permission for conversion into apartments. History Westbrook's parish church is All Saints Church, a Victorian architecture, Victorian era church standing on All Saints Avenue. The church was built in 1894 out of Kentish ragstone, ragstone by a local architect, T. Andrews. The building uses lancet windows and Tracery#Geometrical tracery, Geometrical Tracery. The nave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Bay, UK
Palm Bay is an area of Cliftonville, a suburb of Margate in Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ..., England. The area is predominantly housing, but also has recreational land for the general public. Palm Bay is one of many bays round the coast of Thanet. It lies between Walpole and Botany Bays and is popular as a centre for Jet Skiing, the eastern end of Palm Bay is also known as Forness Bay and is the home to a local water skiing club. The original Palm Bay estate was built in the 1930s as a number of large, wide avenues with detached and semi-detached houses with driveways, garages and gardens. This land was sold by Mr Sidney Simon Van Den Bergh to the Palm Bay Estate Co on 23 June 1924. Such avenues include Gloucester Avenue and Leicester Avenue. The estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Greater London to the north-west. The county town is Maidstone. The county has an area of and had population of 1,875,893 in 2022, making it the Ceremonial counties of England#Lieutenancy areas since 1997, fifth most populous county in England. The north of the county contains a conurbation which includes the towns of Chatham, Kent, Chatham, Gillingham, Kent, Gillingham, and Rochester, Kent, Rochester. Other large towns are Maidstone and Ashford, Kent, Ashford, and the City of Canterbury, borough of Canterbury holds City status in the United Kingdom, city status. For local government purposes Kent consists of a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and the unitary authority area of Medway. The county historically included south-ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
