Sandwich, Kent
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The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:
- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
Open location in Google Maps: 51.277381, 1.338959
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San Diego Sarah • Link
The Downs is a roadstead in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast, between the North and the South Foreland in southern England.
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The Downs.
Latitude 51.213° or 51° 12' 46.8" north Longitude 1.4654° or 1° 27' 55.5" east
Open Location Code 9F336F78+65 GeoNames ID 2651022
Cities serving The Downs include Dover/South Foreland at the south end, Folkstone, Deal, Walmer, Ramsgate, Sandwich, Kingsdown, and Ramsgate/Broadstairs/North Foreland at the north end.
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Goodwin Sands like this:
Goodwin Sands, an extensive and dangerous shoal, off the E. coast of Kent, opposite Sandwich and Deal, about 5 miles from the mainland. N. to S. it is about 10 miles long; its breadth ranges from 1½ to 3 miles, and it forms a natural breakwater for the well-known roadstead called the Downs."
For more info., see
https://mapcarta.com/17647722
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encycl…
San Diego Sarah • Link
For pictures of this lovely old town
https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021…