| Hasted's History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent |
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Edward Hasted (1732–1812) was the author of a major county history, "The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent". His work was first published in four folio volumes between 1778 and 1799 and as a second edition in 12 octavo volumes between 1797 and 1801. The latter included much new material, but omitted some details from the first edition. It is thought that some revisions were by unidentified editors, possibly working independently of Hasted. A modern reprint of the second edition was published in 1972. A copy of "The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 10", originally published by W Bristow, Canterbury, 1800, is available on the British History Online digital library at www.british-history.ac.uk. British History Online provides an archive of printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a focus on the period between 1300 and 1800. Hasted's history includes chapters on Deal and Walmer and neighbouring parishes. The following direct links will take you to the relevant pages on the British History Online website:
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| Walmer in "A Topographical Dictionary of England" by S Lewis |
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The following text is an extract from "A Topographical Dictionary of England", originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848. Walmer (St. Mary) WALMER (St. Mary), a parish, and a member of the cinque-port liberty of Sandwich, in the union of Eastry, locally in the hundred of Cornilo, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, 2 miles (S.) from Deal; containing 2170 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 885 acres, of which 372 are arable, 272 meadow and pasture, 114 in homesteads and gardens, and 100 sea-beach. Walmer-street, which is situated on the road from Deal to Dovor, is interspersed with genteel houses and marine villas; and, partly on account of its convenient position as regards those two towns, is much frequented during the season for sea-bathing. It is noted for the salubrity of its air, and for the fine prospects in its vicinity, over the Downs and the straits of Dovor to the French coast; but chiefly for the celebrated fortress Walmer Castle, erected by Henry VIII. at the same period with those of Deal and Sandown, for the defence of the coast, and now appropriated to the lord warden of the cinque-ports, for whose residence the principal apartments were fitted up some years since, and the fosse was converted into a garden. Since this appropriation, many handsome marine villas have been erected in the vicinity, and an esplanade has been formed; bathing-machines are kept, and a complete establishment has been opened of hot, vapour, and shower baths, with reading-rooms and every accommodation for visiters. From the esplanade is a delightful promenade to Deal Castle (the principal part of which is in this parish), commanding a splendid view of the sea, with the shipping in the Downs. In the village is a large brewery and malting establishment. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with the vicarial tithes; net income, £154; patron and appropriator, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, which has been repaired, and the nave considerably enlarged, is entered on the west under a highly-enriched Norman arch; and there is a similar arch between the nave and chancel: in the burial ground are two remarkably fine yew-trees. Near the church is a deep fosse, with other vestiges of ancient intrenchments; and in the churchyard several stone coffins were discovered about 50 years since, supposed to have belonged to the Crowl family, of whom Sir Nicholas, in the reign of Edward I., erected a mansion in the village, of which there are still some remains. His late Majesty and the Queen Dowager, when Duke and Duchess of Clarence, resided at Walmer Castle in the summer of 1822; the Princess Amelia occupied for many years an old mansion in the village, and Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the court, have resided at the castle for a short period. See the original at: www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp444-449 |