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South Foreland Lighthouses - a brief history. 1367-1793
Photocopy of an article from the Parish News(?) based on an older article by Col Cavenagh giving a brief history of the South Foreland Lighthouses from 1367 until 1793.
Beacon to be placed between Upper and Lower Lighthouses while roof repairs undertaken. 1698
Copy of a sketch featuring a proposed beacon to be hoisted on a 20 feet high pole between the Upper and Lower South Foreland Lighthouses while the roof of the Upper Light was undergoing repairs ...
'Land Speculation in St Margaret's at Cliffe 1881 to 1954' by A L Macfie
The extension of the London-Dover railway to Deal in 1881 gave rise to a bout of hectic land speculation in St Margaret's. This article by A L Macfie appeared in The Journal of Kent Local ...
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas. c1899
A photograph taken from The Leas looking westwards across The Bay towards the lighthouse. It was taken c1889 and the three experimental lights, using different types of fuel, can be seen on the horizon.
The three experimental lighthouses erected to test lighthouse fuels. 1884
Black and white photograph showing St Margaret's Bay and beach and the South Foreland Valley. The hillsides are bare with no tree cover. Many new trees were planted after this time to give the valley ...
St Margaret's Bay from South Foreland
Small black and white photograph taken from a high point in the area of the South Foreland Valley, looking across St. Margaret's Bay, to the east. There are very few houses visible in the Valley.
St Margaret's Bay from South Foreland
A photograph from the valley looking northwards across the Bay towards the Granville Hotel with surrounding properties, and Bay Hill.
St Margaret's Bay from South Foreland. pre WW2
A view from The Front looking eastwards across the Bay. The Hermitage, with its flagpole is central, with the Granville Hotel just above. There is much development on Bay Hill and along Granville Road and ...
South Foreland Lighthouse. postmarked 1910
This faded sepia postcard carries little information other than the brief title. The subject is the 'out of service' Lower Lighthouse and attached dwelling. Postmarked 10.0am 29 March 1910.
Loxley, Salisbury Road. View from the house across South Foreland
A view from a house named Loxley in Salisbury Road looking west across Granville Road to the valley and a distant lighthouse.
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas. sent to Miss F Newman. c1910
Colour postcard showing a view of St Margaret's Bay looking south-east. Both Upper and Lower Lighthouses are visible in distance. Stamp has been torn off, no postmark visible. Message on reverse reads: To Miss F Newman Northcourt High Street, ...
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas. pre 1939
A view looking westwards across the Bay along the valley and up to the lighthouse. The landmark known as The Ness is at the far end of the Bay and The Hermitage (now South Sands ...
South Foreland Lighthouse. c1920
Black and white postcard featuring the Lower South Foreland Lighthouse, Engine House and Testing Gallery.
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas.
A view looking westwards along the cliffs and Bay towards Ness Point on the far side and the lighthouse in the distance.
Watercolour of St Margaret's Bay by AR Quinton. c1925
A postcard made from a watercolour by AR Quinton looking west from The Leas across the beach and Bay and through the valley towards the distant lighthouse. A delightful picture showing the openness of the ...
Lower South Foreland Lighthouses power station and testing gallery. 1922
Detail from a 1922 sale catalogue for the auction of the South Foreland lighthouse's power station, Lower Lighthouse's keeper's cottages and testing gallery. Upper Lighthouse in the distance.
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas. c1930
A postcard (No 290 from a Series by WH Stamford of Dover) showing a view from The Leas looking across the Bay and up the valley towards the lighthouse. c1930.
Lower South Foreland Lighthouse and Keepers' cottages. 1930s
An image looking along the cliffs at South Foreland with the Lower Lighthouse in the distance, (now disused), and with what are considered to be the engineers' buildings which stood between the two lighthouses.
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas. c1925
Black and white photograph
St Margaret's Bay from South Foreland. postmark 1929
This Truart Series postcard of the Bay with the Dover Patrol Memorial in the background was posted in Dover on the 15 August 1929, using a one penny red stamp commemorating the Postal Union Congress, ...
South Foreland Lighthouse
Black and white postcard of the South Foreland Lighthouse Madges Photo Series postcard produced for the village shop.
War Office's propose a gunnery school at St Margaret's. 30 November 1945
These are typed extracts from an unknown newspaper 'Villagers up in Arms' over the proposal by the War Office to establish a gunnery school at St Margaret's. dated 30 November 1945
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas. 1950s
A view from The Leas looking SW across the Bay towards the South Foreland Valley. This is one of 12 postcards produced by Valentine & Sons of the St Margaret's Series, taken in the 1950's ...
St Margaret's Bay from The Leas. c1950s
Postcard from The Leas looking SW across the Bay, which shows the demolition of the Bay properties and the re-construction of The Green Man. This would place the picture at late 1950's.

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