Pegwell village overlooks a
large bay, which has in the
past been named Hope Bay,
Greystone Bay, and
Courtstairs Bay, and today is
simply known as Pegwell
Bay. The
Here the photographer looks down the alley from Market Square to the entrance bay; the oriel window was added by George Devey for the Rothschilds in the 1870s.
It was
paralleled 79 years later with the opening of the Wiltshire, Somerset & Weymouth railway line, and its branch line
from here to Bridport and West Bay. The
In March 1943, one mile to the east of Reculver Towers was cordoned off, and on 11 April Wing Commander Guy Gibson tested the Barnes Wallis 'bouncing bomb' in Reculver Bay. The
Opposite, the stone and slate cottages are Trefoil and Corner Cottage, on Stocks Corner, where Duck Street turns towards Seatown hamlet, beside Lyme Bay. The
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