Jim Dickson

Hampton, Herne Bay, Kent. Coastline and littoral then and now.

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Hampton, Herne Bay, OS 1830 to 1880 County Layers with ESRI World Image Satellite. Reproduce by permission of the National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/

Comparison of the Ordnance Survey County Layers from 1830-1880 and current satellite imagery reveal a significant change in the coastline. The oyster processing facility and Studhill Farm locations are now within the inter-tidal zone.

Hampton, Herne Bay, OS 1830 to 1880 County Layers. Reproduce by permission of the National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/

A comparison of the OS 1888-1913 survey and satellite imagery, below, shows the movement of the coastline in the intervening years. Note the houses at Hernecliffe Gardens and Eddington Gardens, famous as the retirement home of Inspector Edmund Reid who investigated the Ripper murders in Victorian London. Reid was the last resident of Eddington Gardens, abandoning his home in 1916.

Hampton, Herne Bay OS 1888-1913 with Mapbox satellite. https://www.mapbox.com/maps/satellite

Go back a few more years to 1801 there is little detail to see on this part of the coastline. Towns and facilities remain undeveloped.

Hampton and Herne Bay by Capt Mudge RA FRS 1801 reproduced David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries” https://www.davidrumsey.com/home

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