Sheerness: The Royal Hotel
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Sheerness: The Royal Hotel
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 24 Nov 2013
The 1864 Ordnance Survey map shows the original Royal Hotel on this site, set back from the road in its own gardens and with carriage drives approaching it. By 1896 the gardens had been nibbled away and the present building can be seen, although the main original hotel was still in existence. Then by 1908 the original hotel is still present but all the gardens have gone, to be replaced by new buildings. By 1933 the original building was still there although now joined to the current building, while the present day name of the street in front of the hotel, The Broadway, had replaced the earlier Edward Street. By 1958 the original building had disappeared. The Royal Hotel's website is here http://www.royalhotelsheerness.com/index.html
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Image Location
Latitude
51.440209
Longitude
0.764094