Pegwell, Kent
Historical Description
Pegwell, a hamlet in St Lawrence parish, Kent, on a bay of its own name, 1 mile WSW of Ramsgate. The hay extends from Ramsgate to the vicinity of Sandwich, penetrates 2 miles westward to the mouth of the river Stour, presents a large expanse of sands at low water, is famous for shrimps and lobsters, and was, near its head, the traditional landing-place of Hengist and Horsa and of St Augustine. See EBBS FLEET and LAWRENCE, ST.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Pegwell 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)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.