Dungeness, Kent
Historical Description
Dungeness, a low shingly headland on the SE coast of Kent, 4 miles from Lydd. It is surrounded by flats and sand shoals; it gains so rapidly by accumulation of shingle upon it from the sea as to have increased upwards of a mile seaward within the memory of persons now alive, and it contrasts strikingly by its lowness with the bold cliffs of the headland next to it on the Channel, the headland of Beachy. A lighthouse on it was founded in the time of James I., by a goldsmith of the name of Alien, and this gave place, in 1784, to a new lighthouse, designed by Wyatt, in imitation of that of Eddystone, built wholly at the expense of the Ven. Earl of Leicester, rising to a height of 92 feet, and visible at the distance of 14 miles. Lloyd's signalling station is adjacent, and there is a coastguard station. Fishing is carried on to some extent.
Maps
Online maps of Dungeness are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.