The Kentish Traveller's Companion Author:Thomas Fisher Subtitle: In a Descriptive View of the Towns, Villages, Remarkable Buildings, and Antiquities, Situated on or Near the Road From London to Margate, Dover and Canterbury General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1776 Original Publisher: T. Fisher Subjects: Kent (England) History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Eu... more »rope / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: KENTISH TRAVELLER'S COMPANION, DESCRIPTIVE VIEW v ! OF THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, remarkable BUILDINGS and ANTIQUITIES, SITUATED ON OR NEAR The Road from LONDON to MARGATE, DOVER and CANTERBURY. ILLUSTRATED With a con-eft MAP of the O AD on a Scale of One Inch to a Mile. O famous Kent, What county hath this I.'le, that can compare with thecl That hath within thyfelf as much as thon canft vi)h ; Thy rabbits, venifon, fruits, thy fons of fowl and filh ; Aswhat with ftrengih comports, thy hay; thy corn, thy wooJ, Nor any thmg doth want, that any where is good. Drayton's Polv-a PRINTFD AND SOLD By T. Fishe, Rocheftcr ; and Simmons ami Kirkby, Canterbury. Mdcclxxvi. ' STAGE V. Dfftription of Canterbury; Caftle; St. Atigtifinfs Msnajtery ; Cathedral -- St. Stephen's. -- Starry. -- ForJwicb. -- Sarr. -- Recttlver. -- Tba/tet. -- St. Nicholas. -- Monkton. -- Ckve. -- Jdount Pleajant. -- Minfter. -- Birching! on. -- Ma R G A T E . 97 STAGE VI. Defcrrption of Margate. -- Drapers. -- HackenJoton Banks. -- King's Gate. -- North Foreland. -- Broadftain. -- Gndwin Sands. -- St. Petir'i. -- Ramfgate. -- Ebbifeet. -- Stonar. -- Ricbborot/gb. -- 'S A N D w i c H . 117 STAGE VII. Ancient andprefentfiate sf Sandwich; ConjeBurcs an tie decay tf the Cinque Ports. -- Wwdnejhorvugb. -- Enftr...« less