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HERNE BAY

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 372 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HERNE See also:BAY , a seaside resort in the St See also:Augustine's See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 8 m. N. by E. of See also:Canterbury, on the See also:South Eastern and See also:Chatham railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 6726. It has grown up since 183o, above a sandy and pebbly See also:shore, and has a See also:pier ; m. See also:long. The See also:church of St See also:Martin in the See also:village of Herne, 14 m. inland, See also:Ridley (1538), afterwards See also:Bishop of See also:London. At Reculver, 3 M. E. of Herne Bay on the See also:coast, is the site of the See also:Roman station of Regulbium. The fortress occupied about 8 acres, but only traces of the south and See also:east walls remain. In Saxon times it was converted into a See also:palace by See also:King Ethelbert, and in 669 a monastery was founded here by Egbert. The See also:Early See also:English church was taken down early in the 19th See also:century owing to the encroachment of the See also:sea, and parts of its fabric were preserved in the See also:modern church of St See also:Mary. But its twin towers, known as the Sisters from the tradition that they were built by a See also:Benedictine See also:abbess of See also:Faversham in memory of her See also:sister, were preserved by Trinity See also:House as a conspicuous landmark.

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