CONTENTS
Charles G. Harper
CHAPTER I
PAGE
DEPTFORD AND PETER THE GREAT
1
CHAPTER II
GREENWICH—THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL—THE “FUBBS YACHT”—THE GREENWICH WHITEBAIT DINNERS—WOOLWICH—THE “PRINCESS ALICE” DISASTER—LESNES ABBEY—ERITH—DARTFORD
15
CHAPTER III
STONE—GREENHITHE—NORTHFLEET—HUGGENS’S COLLEGE—ROSHERVILLE—GRAVESEND—SHORNEMEAD—CLIFFE—COOLING—THE HUNDRED OF HOO—THE ISLE OF GRAIN—HOO ST. WERBURGH—UPNOR CASTLE—STROOD
31
CHAPTER IV
ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM—BROMPTON—GILLINGHAM—GRANGE—OTTERHAM QUAY—LOWER HALSTOW—IWADE
57
CHAPTER V
SHEPPEY
67
CHAPTER VI
THE CAPTURE OF JAMES THE SECOND—FAVERSHAM
88
CHAPTER VII
MILTON-NEXT-SITTINGBOURNE—SITTINGBOURN—OLD INNS—MURSTON—LUDDENHAM
94
CHAPTER VIII
GOODNESTONE—GRAVENEY—SEASALTER—WHITSTABLE AND THE OYSTER FISHERY
103
CHAPTER IX
HERNE BAY—RECULVER—WANTSUM—SARRE
116
CHAPTER X
THANET’S CORNFIELDS—MONKTON—MINSTER-IN-THANET—BIRCHINGTON—QUEX PARK—WESTGATE—DANDELION
130
CHAPTER XI
MARGATE
144
CHAPTER XII
KINGSGATE—THE NORTH FORELAND—BROADSTAIRS—ST. PETER’S
156
CHAPTER XIII
RAMSGATE
167
CHAPTER XIV
PEGWELL BAY—EBBSFLEET—THE LANDINGS OF HENGIST AND OF ST. AUGUSTINE—RICHBOROUGH
177
CHAPTER XV
SANDWICH
188
CHAPTER XVI
WORTH—UPPER DEAL—DEAL—THE GOODWIN SANDS
214
CHAPTER XVII
THE DOWNS AND THE DEAL BOATMEN
240
CHAPTER XVIII
WALMER CASTLE—KINGSDOWN—ST. MARGARET’S BAY
256
CHAPTER XIX
DOVER—THE CASTLE AND ROMAN PHAROS—“QUEEN ELIZABETH’S POCKET-PISTOL”—THE WESTERN HEIGHTS
270
CHAPTER XX
THE CHANNEL PASSAGE—THE NATIONAL HARBOUR AND ITS STRATEGIC PURPOSE—SWIMMING AND FLYING THE CHANNEL
284
CHAPTER XXI
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