Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PETER (St.)

PETER (St.), a village and a parish in Thanet district, Kent. The village stands on a pleasing eminence, ¾ of a mile W N W of Broadstairs r. station, 1½ S W of the North Foreland, and 2 S E of Margate; is a member of Dover cinque port; and has a post-office‡ under Margate. The parish contains also the chapelry of Broadstairs, and the hamlets of Upton, Bromstone, East Dumpton, Fair-Street, Westwood, Poor-Hole, Sacketts-Hill, Buddles, Shallows, Stone, Kingsgate, George-Hill, Reading-Street, Joss-Street, Beards-Hill, Callis-Court, Callis-Grange, Sole-Street, Dane-Court, and parts of North Town, Northwood, and Nash. Acres, 3, 312; of which 397 are water. Real property, £19, 474. Pop.in 1851, 2, 975; in 1861, 2, 855. Houses, 604. The property is much subdivided; and there are many pleasantresidences. The North Foreland is a prominent feature; and North Town hill is the highest ground in Thanet. Water-works were constructed in 1859. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £540.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church ranges from Norman to later English; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with W tower; and contains three brasses, monuments to the Dewkners and others, and atablet to T. Sheridan, Esq. The tower serves as a sea-mark, and shows two fissures caused by an earthquakein 1580; and the churchyard contains the grave of Richard Joy, the Kentish Sampson. The rectory of Broadstairs is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, an endowed school with £30 a year, and charities £200.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: St Peter CP       St Peters CP/AP       Thanet RegD/PLU       Kent AncC
Place names: PETER ST     |     ST PETER
Place: St Peter

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