Sandgate

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- The Benvenue after she was wrecked off Sandgate Esplanade opposite Brewers Hill, 11th Nov 1891

- The junction of Radnor Cliff and Radnor Cliff Crescent at about the turn of the 19th. Century.

- The East End of Granville Parade looking towards Sandgate Castle.

- Sandgate Castle seriously damaged by storms in 1927.

- The Alfred Bevan Memorial Convalescent Home, formerly Beach Rocks which opened 25 June 1892.

- Sandgate High Street looking West in the 1890s.The Fire Station on the left was built in 1883-1884.

- Sandgate High Street looking towards Sandgate Hill from the junction with Castle Road, c.1895.

- Sandgate High Street looking East in the 1890s. The Royal Kent Hotel is on the right of the picture.

- Sandgate Lift on Sandgate Hill was opened in May 1891. Due to motorized vehicles it closed in1918.

- Sandgate War Memorial on the corner of Military Road & the High Street was unveiled on 11 May 1921

- Spade House, Radnor Cliff Crescent, was built for HG Wells in 1901. He lived there until 1909.

- The Star & Garter Home was for Soldiers & Sailors wounded in the First World War (1914-1918).

- The Turnpike, Sandgate Hill existed from before 1780. It was abolished in 1877.