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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 612 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WHITSTABLE , a watering-See also:

place in the St See also:Augustine's See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, on the See also:north See also:coast at the See also:east end of the Swale, 6 m. N.N.W. of See also:Canterbury, on the See also:South Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 7086. They are particularly important in that they counteracted the popular and interestingly written books of Max See also:Muller: for instance, Muller, like See also:Renan and Wilhelm von See also:Humboldt, regarded See also:language as an innate See also:faculty and See also:Whitney considered it the product of experience and outward circumstance. See Whitney's See also:article See also:Philology in the See also:present edition of the See also:Encyclopaedia Britannica. The See also:branch railway connecting Whitstable with Canterbury was one of the earliest in England, opened in 183o. The See also:church of All See also:Saints (Decorated and Perpendicular) possesses some old See also:brasses; it was restored in 1875. Whitstable has been famous for its See also:oyster beds from See also:time immemorial. The See also:fisheries were held by the Incorporated See also:Company of Dredgers (incorporated by See also:Act of See also:Parliament in 1793), the affairs being administered by a foreman, See also:deputy foreman and See also:jury of twelve; but in 1896 an Act of Parliament transferred the management of the See also:fishery to a company. The less extensive Seasalter and See also:Ham oyster fishery adjoins. There is also a considerable See also:coasting See also:trade in See also:coal in See also:conjunction with the South-Eastern & Chatham railway company, who are the owners of the See also:harbour, which accommodates vessels of about 400 tons alongside the See also:quay. The urban district consists of parts of the old parishes of Whitstable and Seasalter.

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modern times the See also:manor was held by Wynne See also:Ellis (1790-1875), who See also:left a valuable collection of paintings to the nation. Tankerton, adjoining Whitstable to the N.E., is a newly established seaside resort.

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