Parish church [1]
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Parish church [1]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 Sep 2021
The Anglican parish church of St Margaret was built circa 1150, replacing an earlier church of which a few fragments remain in the chancel. The tower was added in the late 12th century, and partly rebuilt in 1713. The church was restored in 1864. Constructed of flint and rubble stone under slate roofs, with a tile roof to the south aisle. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1101743 St Margaret’s at Cliffe is a coastal village some 3 miles northeast of Dover. The village is the place in Britain that is nearest to the coast of France, 18 miles distant. The area has been settled since Anglo-Saxon times, and the village became a high class resort in the nineteenth century. The area has always been at the front line of cross Channel conflicts.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.153545
Longitude
1.371506