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Margate in Maps and Pictures

compiled by Anthony Lee

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May 26 2013
Watercolours of Margate added to the Watercolours section
Watercolours by John Nixon [ca 1750 - 1818]
John Nixon was an amateur artist best known for his humorous sketches. He was a wealthy merchant, and regularly visited Bath and Margate, whose characters and scenes he recorded in his drawings. He was a friend of Thomas Rowlandson, whose influence can be seen in his work.

Margate Pier 1783 [John Nixon]	Margate Races 1788 [John Nixon]	The Fort [John Nixon - Bonhams]	Margate Pier [John Nixon - Christies
Watercolours and drawings by Edward Francis Burney [1760-1848], cousin of Fanny Burney

Bathing Houses at Margate [Burney - Yale Univ.]	View at Margate [Burney -Yale Univ.]	View at Margate [Burney -Yale Univ.]
Views of the Fort

Fort ca 1806 [James Clarendon Smith]	Fort and Cliffs 1809 [artist unknown]
Other views of Margate

Margate Sands 1807 [Joshua Cristall]	Pier and Lighthouse 1839 [Anne Rushout]	Embarking troops and horses at Margate ca 1800 [NMM]
May 19 2013
Watercolours of the Pier at Margate added to a new Watercolours section
More details of the watercolours are given in the Watercolours section

A view from the Pier at Margate, George Keate 1779	Margate Pier at Low water ca 1790	Plan of proposed new Pier by John Rennie 1809	Part of the New Pier at Margate July 12 1812

Margate Harbour Samuel Austin ca 1830
May 12 2013
Margate's Triumphal Arches
On special occasions Margate would decorate its streets with arches, festoons, flags and banners. These decorations are shown in a number of CDVs and Stereocards, but most are undated with no titles. However, the events celebrated can sometimes be identified from contemporary newspaper reports. On the two occasions illustrated below, in May 1865 and May 1875, the special event was a procession of the East Kent Mounted Rifles on their arrival in Margate for a summer encampment. Newspaper reports of these visits can be read here.
May 1865

An archway was built across the High Street from The Prince of Wales Tavern to the ironmongers shop of D. and W. Bentley. [Left picture] A view down the High Street looking towards Queen Street. This stereoview shows, on the left, a garden wall, then Boxtree House, and then the Princes of Wales Tavern where the arch was built. On the right are a series of shops and then the shop of D. and W. Bentley (see the 1872 OS Map). [Middle picture] A CDV showing a view very similar to that in the Stereoview. [Right picture] A CDV showing a view up the High Street from the junction with Queen Street. The Elephant Hotel is on the right.

Another archway was built across the High Street from the junction with New Street (where Woolworths was later built) to the King's Head on the opposite side of the road. These two views are looking up the High Street from the junction with New Street.The previous archway can be seen in the background. The junction with New Street is on the left and the Kings Head Inn is on the right. The right hand view shows the archway being decorated.

A less elaborate archway was built at the bottom end of the High Street. In this view down the High Street looking towards the harbour, The Globe Tavern and Prebble's bathing rooms are on the left.
May 1875

For the 1875 celebrations an archway in the Gothic style was built across Upper Marine Terrace, from the Elephant Hotel. This view is from the junction with High Street, looking down Upper Marine Terrace towards the sands, with the Elephant Hotel on the left. Some of the decorations for these celebrations might also have been used at the celebrations for the opening of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum later that year.

The lower end of the High Street, from the Elephant Hotel to near the Parade, was decorated with festoons crossing and re-crossing the street. This is a view looking down the High Street towards the Droit House and harbour, with Queen Street on the right.

Marine Terrace was decorated with Venetian masts and banners, as shown in this CDV, which also shows, in the foreground, the vehicle of H. Goodman, the photographer.
April 28 2013
Stereoviews added to the OS 1873 Map of Margate

Eaton Road/Belgrave Villas construction [stereo]	View from Jetty 1868 [stereo]	Trinity Church 1860 [Peterkins]	Trinity Church from Dane Hill [stereo]

Marine Terrace [stereo]	St Johns church [stereo]	Harbour early 1860s [Poulton]	Pettmans Bathing Stage [Henry Borton]

Royal Crescent [stereo]	Parade from the Pier [stereo]	Northdown House [Goodman]
April 21 2013
Stereoview added to the OS 1873 Map of Margate

Ogden and Sons Fort Arcade [London Photographic]	Marine Parade [stereo]	Margate Cliffs [James Stodart]	Margate Cliffs [stereo]

Jetty crane and stairs [stereo]	Jetty crane and stairs [stereo]	Jetty 1881 [stereo]	Jetty and Beach [stereo]

Jetty [Blanchard]	Harbour and Droit House [stereo]	Harbour crane and lighthouse right [stereo]	Cold Harbour from Fort Steps [Stodart]

Harbour and Cold Harbour [Stodart]	Lower Marine Terrace and Sands [stereo]	Fort Green and Paragon [stereo]	Cliftonville Hotel 1868 [stereo]
April 14 2013
CDVs added to the OS 1873 Map of Margate

Fort Bandstand and Paragon	Horse and open carriage [Goodman]	Jetty extension with paddle steamer [Goodman]	Jetty extension sailing boat [Goodman]

Jetty before extension	Marine Terrace sands and back of bathing rooms	Fort Crescent and West cliff lodge	St Johns Church Lecturn

Minstrel Leonard [Goodman and Schmidt]	Marine Terrace decorated for celebration	Celebratory Archway at Upper Marine Terrace	Drawing of Forsters Hall Union Crescent

Laying foundation stone for Deaf and Dumb Asylum 1874	Laying foundation stone [Deaf and Dumb Asylum ?]	Drawing of Deaf and Dumb Asylum	Laying Foundation stone/Convalescent Home for Orphans 1874
April 7 2013
Photographs added to the OS 1907 Map of Margate

Jetty and Lower Promenade 1899	Restaurant on Jetty July 1920	Clearing defence debris on the Fort 1946	Parade Royal Albion fire

Cecil square car rally	Cecil square 1934 site of proposed underground toilets	Cecil street/Cecil square Parade 1930s	Northdown House 1965

Marine Gardens/circus procession	Marine Gardens/circus procession	Marine Gardens/Grosvenor Place Jarman fire	Marine Gardens/Grosvenor Place Jarman fire

Canterbury Road/Hartsdown Road Bridge ca 1930	Canterbury Road/Westbrook Bridge ca 1930	Surrey Road 1945 road works	Victoria Road/John Amos Builder 1912
March 31 2013
Photographs added to the OS 1907 Map of Margate

Pettmans Depository Athelstan Road	Pettmans Depository Athelstan Road Steam Lorry 1920s	Pettman removal steam vehicle	Pettman Depository ca 1930s

Pettman van outside Dane Park Gates ca 1920	Pettman van at work in Bath Road	Hippodrome fire	Belgrave road fire [back of Dreamland]

Market Street Sidney Place fire	Market Street Sidney Place fire	Market Street Sidney Place fire	Market Street Sidney Place fire

Queens Hotel fire	Queens Hotel fire
March 17 2013
Photographs added to the OS 1873 Map of Margate
On Friday 27th October 1882 a major fire destroyed the Royal Hotel Assembly rooms and neighbouring buildings in Cecil Square. The event is described in detail in Thanet's Victorian Fire Brigades by Robert Varnham [Polly's Publishing, 2010].

An artists impression of the Fire	The fire, from Illustrated Police News November 11 1882	Damage to Adjacent Houses in Cecil Square	Damage to Adjacent Houses in Cecil Square

Destruction of houses of Miss Smart, Mrs Beverly, the Vicar, Mr Francis Carr Cobb, and Capt. Swinford	Looking towards Cecil Street	Damage to Adjacent Houses in Cecil Square	Destruction of houses of Miss Smart, Mrs Beverly, the Vicar, and Mr Francis Carr Cobb
March 8 2013
Albumin photographs added to the OS 1873 and 1907 Maps of Margate

Fire brigade [Geo Goodman photo]	Parade and bathing rooms from harbour 1860s	Harbour, Parade and Bankside ca 1880	Jetty ca 1880

Building Marine Drive ca 1880	Building Marine Drive ca 1880	Fort and Paragon ca 1880	Ethelbert Crescent

Town Hall and Police Force	St Johns Church ca 1880	Cecil square event	Cecil square event

Marine Drive looking at Marine Terrace ca 1880	Building Marine Drive ca 1880	Francis Carr Cobb 1898
February 24 2013
Albumin photographs added to the OS 1873 and 1907 Maps of Margate

Marine Terrace/Sangers Hall by the Sea	Marine Terrace and Hall by the Sea 1860s	Trinity Church	Parade 1890

Parade and water pump	Parade wih the Flora on the Slipway 1860	Margate Harbour from the Pier	Harbour and boats

Jetty entrance and way to Marine Palace	Jetty and entertainers on sands	Jetty end	Gathering sea weed on beach

Fort green ca 1880	Fort Bandstand	Royal Crescent	Parade/York Hotel
February 10 2013
Photographs added to the OS 1907 Map of Margate and to the Dreamland Page. Thanks to Nick Dermot and the Thanet District Council

Marine Terrace and Dreamland 1931 [TDC collection]	Dreamland 1937 [TDC collection]	Dreamland Cinema entrance early 1950s [TDC collection]	Marine terrace and station entrance [TDC collection]

Marine Terrace and former Sands Station early 1950s [TDC collection]	Marine Terrace and former Sands Station early 1950s [TDC collection]	Marine Terrace and The Façade building early 1950s [TDC collection]
January 27 2013
Photographs added to the Dreamland, Margate page

Dreamland Super Variety Cinema advert 1929	Dreamland cinema interior ca 1930s	Dreamland Great Ballroom ca 1930a	Dreamland Sunshine cafe ca 1930s

Dreamland Site Map 1921 [Twyman collection]	Scenic Railway ca 1930s	Scenic Railway	Dreamland Miniature Railway ca 1930s

Dreamland Arcade Miniature railway station and buffet ca 1930s	Miniature Railway	Dreamland Midget Town programme 1930s	Dreamland watching the Fireworks ca 1930s

Dreamland TrainAir tethered aeroplanes ca 1930s	Dreamland Motro Speed Boat Lake ca 1930s	Dreamland Flower gardens ca 1930s	Dreamland Gardens

Dreamland Park	Dreamland Park	Dreamland Football match 1920s	Miniature coach at Dreamland

Miniature coach at Dreamland	Miniature coach at Dreamland	Miniature coach at Dreamland	Miniature coach at Dreamland

Miniature coach at Dreamland	Miniature coach at Dreamland
January 20 2013
Photographs added to the 1873 Ordnance Survey Map of Margate

Cliftonville Hotel 1876	Nayland Rock Hotel 1871	Nayland Rock Hotel Entrance Gates 1880	Caroline Square

Parade with ship on Slipway	Parade and lifeboat	Parade from Pier with town pump	Parade looking to High Street

Jetty and Pier hotel	Jetty Coastguard 26 Nov 1886	Marine Terrace Sands 1895	Marine Terrace sands and Cinque Ports Arms

Clocktower and Albert terrace 1895	Building work on beach opposite Buenos Ayres	Royal Hotel Cecil Square	Perrys Convalescent Home for Children Chateau Bellevue Wilderness
January 13 2013
Margate Storms of 1877 and 1897 and the Jetty in wartime
Storm 1877

Ship ashore after storm 1877
Storm 1897
Four rare pictures of the storm, thanks to James Brazier

Storm of 1897 [James Brazier]	Storm at Pier [James Brazier]	Storm at Marine Palace [James Brazier]	Storm at Jetty [James Brazier]

Damage to Jetty and Droit House	Friend to all nations recoved from beach	Surfboat Funeral Crowd on the Parade	Surfboat Funeral Crowd on the Parade

Remembrance card 1897	Funeral Service page 1	Funeral Service pages 2,3	Funeral Service page 4

Disaster at Margate/Poem by Joseph Gwyer	Loss of surfboat/Poem	The nine drowned men
Margate Jetty in war time

Droit House Bomb damage in 1941	Gap blown in Jetty for invasion defence 1940	Jetty showing repaired decking
January 10 2013
Pictures of Frozen Sea at Margate 1963, Margate Jetty Fire 1964 and the Storm of 1979
Frozen Sea 1963

Frozen Sea	Frozen Sea	Frozen Sea	Frozen Harbour

Frozen Sea	Frozen Sea	Frozen Sea	Frozen Sea

Frozen Sea and Parade	Frozen Harbour	Frozen Harbour
Jetty Fire 1964

Jetty pavilion fire 1964	Jetty pavilion fire 1964	Jetty pavilion fire 1964	Jetty pavilion fire 1964

Jetty pavilion fire 1964	Jetty pavilion fire 1964
Margate Storm 1979

Pier 14 Feb 1979 storm	Pier 14 Feb 1979 storm	Pier 14 Feb 1979 storm	Jetty 14 Feb 1979 storm
Demolition of Margate Jetty 1979

Lighter aground September 1979
January 8 2013
Pictures of the snow storm at Margate 1956

Snow and Harbour 1956	Marine Terrace in the snow 1956
Pictures of the 1978 Storm at Margate

Storm at Harbour 12 Jan 1978 11 am	Storm and jetty 12 Jan 1978	Lifeboat trapped 12 Jan 1978	Jetty Storm 12 Jan 1978

Jetty Storm 12 Jan 1978	Pier after storm 14 Jan 1978	Marine Terrace damage 14 Jan 1978	Jetty damage 14 Jan 1978

Jetty after storm 14 Jan 1978	Jetty after storm 14 Jan 1978	Jetty after storm 14 Jan 1978	Jetty after storm 14 Jan 1978

Droit house after storm 14 Jan 1978	Pier and Marine Terrace after storm	Jetty and lifeboat house after storm	Releasing the lifeboat after storm

Margate Jetty remains 1978	Margate Jetty remains 1978	Aerial view Jetty and storm 1978
January 7 2013
Pictures of the 1953 Storm at Margate

Stormy Sea	View of harbour from Marine Drive before lighthouse collapse	Storm at Lido 1953	Droit House in the storm 1953

Floods in Market Place	Parade/Duke Street Ruby Lounge	King Street floods	King Street floods

King Street floods	King Street floods	King Street after the floods	Hawley Street floods

Marine Drive after the storms	View from Fort Hill after collapse of lighthouse	From Parade after collapse of lighthouse	Parade with fallen lighthouse

Pier with fallen lighhouse	Pier with fallen lighhouse	Base of lighthouse	Base of lighthouse

Jetty opposite lifeboat house
Rebuilding the Lighthouse 1955

Rebuilding lighthouse January 1955	Rebuilding lighthouse February 1955