St John The Baptist Margate the original church dates from
about 1050 extensively enlarged between 1100 and 1250 when it was gutted by
fire and rebuilt on some of the original pillars and the tower added, extensive
restoration in 1875 which included the building of the spire.
Anyway here are the photos which should expand when
clicked on
Brass to Richard Notfelde 1446
And here the text about the church from John Lewis (vicar
there in the first part of the 1700s)
You can by his whole book from me, a modern cheap
reprint available online here http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/catalogue/the_history_and_antiquities_as_well_ecclesiastical_as_civil_of_the_isle_of_tenet.htm
this is the far better second edition, better because it was expanded to about
double the size. Last time I looked the inferior first edition (about half the
book) was available on google books for nothing. You can also come into the bookshop
and either buy or browse the reprint or buy an original, a sound copy of the
second edition in a full leather binding will cost around the £800 mark.
A few pictures from the vicinity of the church
The books I bought in Margate today.
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