Well I never! I imagined that the river had silted up centuries ago. I had no idea that minster was still pretty much on the coast/river during the 19th century. When did it silt up to present day levels? Although now I look closely at a map I appreciate how close to the coast it is. I had my scale all wrong! Louise Suzannah Foad wrote: >Minster in Thanet Coastguard Station (St Augustines or North Shore) >1851 HO107/1629/117-118 >1861 RG9/533/30 >1871 RG10/09990/33-34 >1881 RG11/0983/34-35 >1891 RG12/0725/34 >RG13/0819/35 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: LYNNEASHBY2@aol.com >To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com >Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:14 PM >Subject: [SPAM] Re: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Charles ashton - boatman > > >Can I add my ten pence worth? >Just a small correction to add to this- Minster was once one of the busiest >ports in East Kent- I am not sure whether there was a coastguard station >there, but don't rule it out!! >Lynne > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Not certain when the Minster marshes were not there but where Minster Railways station is was the port or quay as when it was being built they found all sorts of things there. So the sea came as far as that. Minster church I believe used to have a beacon in its tower to warn ships. The Minster museum might be able to help. The whole are from Pegwell to Minster has been and as far as I know still is silting up due to the erosion on the North coats from Margate to Birchington. That is being washed around and deposited in what is now Pegwell Bay. Sean -----Original Message----- From: isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Louise Harris Sent: 28 September 2006 21:40 To: Suzannah Foad; isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Minster Coastguard Station Well I never! I imagined that the river had silted up centuries ago. I had no idea that minster was still pretty much on the coast/river during the 19th century. When did it silt up to present day levels? Although now I look closely at a map I appreciate how close to the coast it is. I had my scale all wrong! Louise Suzannah Foad wrote: >Minster in Thanet Coastguard Station (St Augustines or North Shore) >1851 HO107/1629/117-118 >1861 RG9/533/30 >1871 RG10/09990/33-34 >1881 RG11/0983/34-35 >1891 RG12/0725/34 >RG13/0819/35 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: LYNNEASHBY2@aol.com >To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com >Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:14 PM >Subject: [SPAM] Re: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Charles ashton - boatman > > >Can I add my ten pence worth? >Just a small correction to add to this- Minster was once one of the busiest >ports in East Kent- I am not sure whether there was a coastguard station >there, but don't rule it out!! >Lynne > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the http://www.orbital.net MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello Sean My inquisitiveness is getting the better of me... As you seem to know a bit about Minster in Thanet, by chance are you the son of Jean and Alan who were both born in Wales and moved to the village in the 1960's? Best wishes Sylvia