In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Ramsgate like this:
Ramsgate, watering-place and seaport, market town and par., and member of the Cinque Port of Sandwich, Kent - par. and Cinque Port, 308 ac., pop. 16,234; town (including also the greater part of St Lawrence Thanet par.), 4 miles SE.
Ramsgate through time
Ramsgate is now part of Thanet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Thanet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ramsgate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ramsgate, in Thanet and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/575
Date accessed: 23rd March 2025
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