Ramsgate: The Town and Its Seaside Heritage

by Geraint Franklin

For over 250 years people have headed to Ramsgate for a day at the seaside - and discovered much more in the process. This book charts Ramsgate's transformation from quiet fishing village to a 'harbour of refuge' and seaside resort, driven by the town's strategic position on the east Kent coast. Once visited by a handful of intrepid sea bathers, improvements in passenger boats and the arrival in 1846 of the railway opened up the resort to thousands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789621895
• ISBN13: 9781789621891
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Historic England
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 8.4"