Ramsgate, in the Isle of Thanet, is a hamlet belonging to the parish of St. Lawrence, situated about five miles to the south of Margate, and commands very fine and open sea-views.

It was formerly an obscure fishing village, but after the year 1688, was greatly improved and enlarged by a successful trade to Russia and the Eastern countries. But what renders this place most worthy of notice is the harbour, which though originally intended only for ships of 300 tons burthen and under, has been so much improved, that it is now capable of receiving vessels of 500 tons. The pier is chiefly built of Portland and Purbeck stone, and is one of the most magnificent structures of the kind in the kingdom. This work was begun in the year 1749; it extends about 800 feet into the sea, before it forms an angle, and is twenty-six feet broad at the top, including the parapet. The south front is a polygon, each face of which is 450 feet in length, with octagons of sixty feet at the ends. The entrance measures about 200 feet. The harbour contains an area of forty-six acres; which after this work was finished, according to the first design, became choaked up with mud, for want of a backwater. Under the direction of the celebrated engineer, Mr. Smeaton, many improvements have been effected, and a cross wall erected in the uppermost part of the harbour, with sluices, and the pier has been extended 300 feet from the extremity of the former head. These alterations have greatly facilitated the entrance of ships in hard gales of wind; for whose reception and safety at such dangerous seasons on this exposed coast, the work was originally undertaken.

Here is also a good dry dock, with convenient storehouses for every purpose; and, in addition to these improvements, a new light house has been built on the west head, which is furnished with Argand lamps and reflectors. The public advantages derived from this capacious harbour are incalculably great, and its beneficial influence on the commercial pursuits of the inhabitants of Ramsgate must be obvious; but the great increase of buildings which has latterly taken place, has been produced by the resort of fashionable company hither, during the summer, for the purposes of bathing and festive recreation. Amongst the recent augmentations of this "hamlet," must be noticed a square of well-built houses, a crescent, and many detached villas of a character highly respectable. The visitor must not expect in this place the bustle of gaiety, or tumult of pleasure, which Margate affords. The company which resort hither have the reputation of priding themselves on being select; and, certainly, the visiting society would appear to be chiefly composed of families known to each other, and tenaciously preserving their domestic circles from the intrusion of promiscuous sojourners.

All suitable means of amusement are provided for the truly respectable company who periodically frequent this watering-place. More than twenty bathing-machines attend daily; and several convenient waiting-rooms have been built, for the reception of bathers before and after immersion. The assemblies are well-conducted, and there are two circulating libraries; one kept by Mr. Burgess, and the other by Mrs. Witherden. Both are provided with a copious assortment of Tunbridge-ware, trinkets, &c. in addition to the books which form the more useful and valuable part of their stock. The taverns and inns are good; and near the sea are several pleasant coffee-rooms.

The streets are paved and lighted, and the market is well supplied. Several "fast-sailing" vessels preserve a constant communication by water between this port and London.

Amongst various elegant seats in the immediate neighbourhood of Ramsgate, must be mentioned East-Cliff, lately the property of the Right Honourable Lord Keith, but which now belongs to P. Cummings, Esq. who has enlarged and much improved this pleasing villa. The Caverns at East-Cliff are curious, and deserving of attentive investigation.

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RAMSGATE is a watering and sea bathing place, municipal borough, parish and head of a petty sessional division and county court district, situated to the south of the North Foreland in an opening of the cliffs, on the south-east coast of the isle of Thanet, 72 miles from London, 16 north-east from Canterbury, 30 north-east from Ashford, 61 north-east from Maidstone, 20 north from Dover and 4 south from Margate, and is a member of the Cinque Port liberty of Sandwich, in the isle of Thanet division of the county, isle of Thanet union, lathe of St. Augustine, rural deanery of Westbere and archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury. The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company have two stations here: one being near the harbour, which is the terminus of the line from Faversham, which reduces the distance between London and Ramsgate by 27 miles: the other station is on the line from Ashford through Canterbury & is also connected with a short line to Margate. There are steamboats to London, Tilbury, Margate, Deal, Dover, Calais and Boulogne during the season. The parish of Ramsgate, separated from that of St. Lawrence in 1827 by Act of Parliament (7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 106), is now a distinct parish. The borough incorporated by royal charter 21 March, 1884, is divided into six wards and includes the parish of Ramsgate and St. Lawrence Intra. The corporation consists of a mayor, six aldermen and 18 councillors. A Commission of the Peace for the borough was granted Jan. 7Th 1893, when the Cinque Ports justices ceased to have any jurisdiction within the limits of the borough.

The town is paved, lighted with gas and watched by the Corporation, who axe the owners and managers of the gas and water works; the whole borough is supplied with gas from works in the Boundary road, and with water from two reservoirs of 250,000 and 700,000 gallons respectively, situated at Southwood, the supply being derived from a chalk well of about 1,000 feet in depth at Whitehall; these reservoirs also supply the parish of Minster.

Ramsgate as a watering place enjoys great popularity; the fine sands, which extend to Broadstairs, are specially adapted for bathing: the air is bracing, although it has a southern aspect. The East Cliff promenade is reached from the beach by a flight of steps, known as “Augusta Stairs,” and on the west is a smaller flight once named “Jacob’s Ladder.”

The Granville Marina, opened in 1877, slopes in an easterly direction from the Ramsgate railway station, near the sands, for 600 yards, thence by a broad curve is carried westward, by a gradual ascent, to the brink of the East cliff. At the curve is a large building of red brick and white stone, containing a hall 50 feet broad by 100 feet long, which is used for public entertainments.

The promenade pier on the East cliff, erected in 1881 at a cost of £10,000, is 555 feet in length.

Extensive improvements on the sea front were carried out during 1895—6, including a new sea-wall, taking in part of the inner basin, a sloping road carried on arches connecting the West Cliff and Harbour street, an inclined approach to the East Cliff, and the widening of the approach to the sands. The wall practically traverses the whole length of the north side of the Inner Basin, forming what is called “the New Military road,” and gives access to the arches, the shipbuilders’ yards and other premises on this side of the harbour beyond the Smack Boys’ Home. The inner Basin has also been deepened so as to allow vessels crossing the sill of the gates to discharge or take in their cargoes alongside the whole length of the New Military road. The improved road to the sands extends from the point of junction with the New West Cliff road and York street, to the South Eastern and Chatham railway station, and varies in width from 40 to 70 feet.

The harbour, having in 1749 been selected as a harbour of refuge for the Downs, underwent great improvements, and has since been much extended; it is an artificial and nearly circular haven, comprising an area of 51 acres including the walls, and having an inner basin; 400 sail have been received in this harbour at one time; the east pier is one-third of a mile long and the west pier 1,500 feet, the entrance of the harbour being 253 feet wide; the width of the piers (26 feet) and the distance they stretch out to sea make them favourite promenades, commanding fine views of the coast and the shipping in the Downs and the Goodwin Sands about 5 miles distant; the lighthouse is on the western pier-head. The slipway, adjoining the east pier, erected in 1838, is 180 feet long and 60 feet wide and will take vessels, of 500 tons; some, business is done in the building of boats and repairing of vessels.

A trade is carried on in importing coal and produce for the local supply, and there is also a fishery of some importance. It obtains its chief revenue from its harbour and from the fishing and passenger boats.

The total value of the imports in 1901 was £26,701. The number of British sailing and steam vessels that entered the port in 1901 with cargoes and in ballast, including their repeated voyages, was 138 of 57,798 tons, and the number of Foreign vessels was 47 of 6,468 tonnage. The number of cleared was, British 52 of 3,948 tons and Foreign 27 of 4,822 tonnage.

In the general coasting trade, 692 sailing and steam vessels entered with cargoes of 55,499 tons and 193 cleared of 11,195 tonnage. In addition 789 sailing and steam vessels of 204,400 tons entered in ballast and 1,259 cleared of 246,493 tonnage.

The number of vessels registered under Part I. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as belonging to the Port, December 31st, 1901, was 185 of 5,834 tons.

The number of Fishing boats registered under Part IV. of the same Act, at the same date, was 161, employing 553 men and boys.

The limits of the Port of Ramsgate were extended in February, 1882, so as to include portion of the abolished port of Deal; it now includes the district between the Reculver towers (limit of Faversham port) and Sandown Castle (the northern limit of the Port of Dover) and embraces the river Stour and haven of Sandwich. Fishing boats and their implements are distinguished by the letters R. E. or R.

The Custom House, a convenient building, is extensively used for trading and other purposes. The amount of revenue collected in 1901 was £4,711.

St. Geotge's the parish church, built in 1827 at a cost of £30,000, is of brick with stone dressings in the Gothic style, and has a tower containing a clock and one bell, and also a peal of 10 tubular bells: there are several stained windows: in 1884 the interior was restored and a new vestry built at a cost of £2,200: the church affords 1,200 sittings, of which 650 are free. In 1902 the late Miss Fanny Blackman of this town bequeathed £400 in trust to the vicar and churchwardens for keeping in order the graves of her family, and to distribute any surplus income among the poor. The register dates from the year 1827. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson M.A. of Kings College, Cambridge.

St. Mary’s, in Chapel place, erected in 1791 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St. Lawrence, is in the Romanesque style, and affords about 695 sittings. The register dates from the year 1791. The living is an incumbency, net yearly value £100, in the gift of and held since 1894 by the vicar of Ramsgate, Rev. Alfred Trelawny Boodle B.A. of Keble College, Oxford, has been curate in charge since 1901.

Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish, formed January 14Th 1848, and enlarged by the addition of part of the parish of St. Lawrence, in Thanet, February 13Th 1877; the church is of Kentish rag, in the Early English style, and has a tower with spire, containing a clock and one bell: the church affords 1,000 sittings, 360 of which are free. The register dates from the year 1848. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £420, derived from pew-rents, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Charles Lewis Williams M.R.C.S.Eng, and surrogate. The parish hall for this district, erected in 1881 at a cost of £1,000, will seat 350 persons, and is used for various parochial purposes; there are also parish club rooms, a gymnasium and a library, erected at an additional cost of £500 and containing about 1,000 volumes.

Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed from that of St. Lawrence in Thanet in 1845; the church, built in 1844, is of flint with stone dressings: there are three stained windows: in 1888 the chancel was restored: the church affords 600 sittings, of which 300 are free. The register dates from the year 1844. The living is a rectory, net, yearly income £250, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of the adjoining parish of St. Lawrence, and held since 1902 by the Rev. Edwin Langley M.A. Selwyn College, Cambridge. St. Paul’s is an ecclesiastical district, formed in 1887; the church, erected in 1874 as a mission chapel to St. George’s, at a cost of £1,350, has been enlarged at a further cost of £3,000 for the building and site, and is of brick and stone in the Gothic style, and has a turret containing one bell: there are 600 sittings. The register dates from the year 1874. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1887 by the Rev. Charles Edward Eastgate M.A. of Merton College, Oxford.

The Sailors’ Home and Mission church, opened by the late Marquess Conyngham in June, 1878, provide for shipwrecked seamen of all nations brought in by the lifeboat during the winter; in connection with this is the Smack Boys’ Home, opened 2 Nov. 1880; both these are in the Military road, Royal harbour, and cost together £6,000.

St. Augustine’s Catholic church, on the West cliff, was built at the expense of the late A. W. Pugin esq. and has several stained windows: there are 350 sittings. The Benedictine monastery, on the opposite side of the road, was built for the Fathers of this order who serve the church: near the monastery is St. Augustine’s College for Boys, also conducted by the Benedictine monks; abbot of the monastery and president of the college, Right Rev. F. Thomas Bergh; prior, Rev. E. Swithbert Palmer. The Observatory, erected by the late Mr. Pugin on the monastery estate for Herman Bicknell esq. forms part of the same group of buildings. The monastery is a station of the Meteorological Society of Great Britain, of which some of the monks are fellows. There is a day school on Artillery hill, East cliff, in connection with St. Augustine’s, and a preparatory school for boys in St. Mildred’s road.

The Catholic church of St. Ethelbert and Gertrude, in the Hereson road, was built in 1902 at a cost of £3,300 and has 300 sittings.

There are Wesleyan, Congregational, Baptist, Particular Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels.

The Town Hall, erected in 1839, is the place of sitting for the magistrates; the walls are adorned with portraits of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, the late Sir Moses Montefiore bart. the Col. King-Hannan M.P. and others.

The Corporation Public Library, in Cavendish street, opened in 1895, contains nearly 5.000 volumes, and there are reading and reference rooms. The Borough Technical Schools also occupy a portion of the building.

St. Georges Hall was formerly St. James’s Theatre.

The Post Office is in High street, and there are two banks.

The Bull and George hotel is in the High street.

The Granville hotel, designed by the late E. Welby Pugin esq. and situated on the East cliff, is an extensive pile of buildings, with picturesque gables, and bay windows commanding a splendid view of the sea and downs; the hotel gardens extend in front of the building and are traversed by a ride extending along the cliff as far as the grounds of Sir Joseph Sebag Montefiore kt. J.P.; the eastern wing is devoted to a tower, dining hall and restaurant, and the west to the Granville new hall, theatre, ball and supper room, which join the restaurant and in no way interfere with the quiet and comfort of the hotel visitors; in the centre of the building is a Turkish bath with a complete hydropathic establishment. An Italian garden and croquet lawn flank the building.

The chief places of amusement are Sanger’s Amphitheatre & the Marine theatre.

There is a bathing establishment on the West cliff.

The markets are held on Wednesday and Saturday, and are well supplied with meat, fish, vegetables and fruit.

Ramsgate is the head quarters of Nos. 8 and 9 Companies of the 1st Cinque Potts Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers); the A Company 1st Volunteer Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment); and the 1st Cadet Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).

The Ramsgate and St. Lawrence Royal Dispensary, situated in Broad street, was founded in 1820 and rebuilt in 1878; the number of patients for 1901 was about 1,836.

The Seaman’s infirmary and General Hospital, in West Cliff road, was established in 1847 and contains 24 beds; the average number of patients is about 160 a year.

There are charities to the amount of £70 a year, to be given away to the poor of Ramsgate.

In 1902 the late Miss Fanny Blackman of this town, bequeathed the residue of her estate in trust to the vicar and churchwardens of St. George’s church, to pay at Christmas in each year £1 each to deserving poor women of the age of fifty years and upwards.

The obelisk near the east pier commemorates the embarkation of George IV. for Hanover; the King and Queen of the Belgians landed here in 1837.

Ellington Park, opened 7 Sept. 1893, comprises 12 acres of land purchased by the Corporation from the Wilkie trustees, at a cost of over £15,000. The park and grounds are centrally situated and have an elevation of 140 feet above sea level.

Chatham House College, Chatham street, founded in 1809, stands in a park of 16 acres, and includes a private chapel, carpenters’ workshop, gymnasium, laboratory, private studies and a library, and there is a junior school for little boys from 7 to 12 in a separate wing.

On the West cliff, 1 mile west, is West Clift House, the seat of The Misses Warre; Southwood House is the marine residence of Henry Weigall esq. D.L., J.P. and Lady Rose Weigall.

The area of the civil parish is 309 acres of land, 12 of water, 15 of tidal water and 71 of foreshore; rateable value £101,264; the population in 1881 was 16,234; 1891, 16,253 and 1901, 16,503.

The population of the municipal wards in 1901 was:-East Central, 4,361; East Cliff, 3,590; St. Lawrence, 4,447; Sir Moses Montefiore, 7,771; West Central, 4,384; West Cliff, 3,180.

The area of the municipal boroughs is 2,304 acres; rateable value £150,812; the population in 1891 was 24,733 and in 1901, 27,733, viz:-Ramsgate, 16,503 and St. Lawrence Intra, 11,230.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was; St. George (parish church), 7,263; Christ Church, 6,759; Holy Trinity, 2,513; St. Luke (St. Lawrence), 5,310; St. Paul, 3,376.

St. Luke’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed August 17, 1875; the church is of Kentish ragstone, in the Gothic style, with piers of Aberdeen granite: it was erected in 1875—76 at a cost of £8,300, and affords 1,100 sittings, of which 600 are free. The register dates from the year 1876. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £235, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1875 by the Rev. John Bradford Whiting M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge. A sum of £120 yearly is granted by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the payment of a curate. The Wesleyan chapel here was erected in 1897, and will seat 350 persons.

The South Eastern College, a boarding school established in 1879 and incorporated in 1892, for the education of gentlemen’s sons, now (1902) has about 200 pupils; it stands on 160 acres of land, and includes a junior school in separate buildings, opened in 1886.

The Convent of the Assumption, West cliff, erected in 1873, at a cost of about £16,000, was enlarged in 1890, and has been occupied since 1878 by 16 nuns, who conduct a school for Catholic children of the higher classes; a limited number of lady boarders are received.

The Ramsgate Cemetery, comprising about 30 acres, with two chapels, was opened in March, 1871, and is under the control of a Burial Board of nine members; an addition of about 7 acres was made in 1898.

The Cemetery for the parish of St. Lawrence (Intra), comprising about 5 acres, and immediately adjoining the Ramsgate Cemetery, was opened in August, 1898, and is also under the control of a Burial Board of nine members.

A fair is held here on the 10th of August yearly. A charity of about £55 is yearly distributed among the poor.

The isle of Thanet Joint Hospital Board isolation Hospital for infectious Diseases, Haine road, Haine, St. Lawrence Extra, was built in 1900—2, at a cost of £50,000, for 82 patients.

East Cliff Lodge is the seat of Sir Joseph Sebag Montefiore J.P. and East Court that of Sir William Henry Wills bart. F.R.G.S., D.L., J.P. the latter is near Dumpton Stairs, 1 mile east; from its gardens some curiously constructed subterranean passages lead to the sands. Near it are Hereson, Dumpton, West Dumpton and Hollicondane. Near St. Lawrence are White Hall and Newington, also Ozengell and Netbercourt House.

The synagogue at Hereson was erected in 1833 by the late Sir Moses Montefiore bart.; adjoining it is a mausoleum, built in close imitation of the tomb of Rachel in the Holy Land, wherein repose the remains of Sir Moses and his wife Judith Lady Montefiore, to whose memory the late Sir Moses built and founded, in proximity to the synagogue, a theological college for the study of the Hebrew law and literature; the buildings include a lecture hall and reception hall, and there is a very valuable library of Hebrew books and manuscripts. The college is at present used as a home of study and rest for gentlemen who have previously held various clerical posts in the Jewish community, but are no longer able to do so by reason of indifferent health age &c.; reader, Rev. G. S. Belasco.

Pegwell Bay, lying to the south and west of Ramsgate, presents a large expanse of sands art low water, and includes Sandwich Haven, the mouth of the river Stour, and Ebbsfleet, where the English, under Hengist, first landed in Britain, A.D. 447. This place is famous for shrimps.

The area of St. Lawrence Intra is 1,983 acres of land and 263 of foreshore; rateable value £49,548; the population in 1901 was 11,230 including 41 in Northwood Hospital (Sanatorium for infectious Diseases), and 44 in Club Union Convalescent Home.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services

St. George’s Parish Church, Rev. Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson M.A. vicar; Rev. Alfred Trelawny Boodle B.A., Rev. Henry George Fox-Strangways & Rev. Ebulus James Watson-Williams M.A. curates; 8 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; week days, 8 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; saints’ days, 8 & 11 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.

Christ Church, Rev. Charles Lewis Williams M.R.C.S. Eng. vicar & surrogate; Rev. Francis Wright Bourdillon & Rev. George Stanley Pite M.A. curates; 11 а.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 12 noon; thurs. 7 p.m.; saints’ days 11.45 a.m.

Holy Trinity Church, Mount Albion, Rev. Edwin Langley M.A. rector; 8.30 & 11 a.m.. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; fri. 7.30 p.m.; daily, 9.30 p.m.

St. Paul’s, King street; Rev. Chas. Edwd. Eastgate M.A. vicar; 8 & 11 a.m.. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. & fri. 7.30 am. & 7.30 p.m. & sat. 7.30 a.m.; mon. tues, thurs. & sat. 5 p.m.

St. Mary’s Chapel of Rase, Rev. Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson M.A. incumbent; Rev. Alfred Trelawny Boodle B.A. curate in charge; sun. 8 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. & thurs. 8 p.m.

St. Lawrence Parish Church, Rev. Thos. George Crosse M.A. vicar; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3, 4, 5 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. at 7 p.m.; wed. & fri. 11 a.m..

St. Luke’s, St. Lawrence, Rev. John Bradford Whiting M.A. vicar; 11 a.m. 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. Catherine’s Chapel of Rase to St. Lawrence, Manston, 8.15 & 11 a.m. & 2.45 & 6.30 p.m.

St. Augustine, Catholic, West Cliff, Right Rev. F. Thomas Berg O.S.B, (abbot), Revs. E. Swithbert Palmer (prior), T. Elphege Power, J. Willibald Burt, A. Winebald Burt, W. A. Kloeren, J. Aidan Macdonald, Anselm Fox (priest in charge of mission), D. Benignus Sullivan, T. Erkenwald Egan, Columbia Swanson, Joseph Oswald Monti, A. Joseph Power, Austin Claeys; mass 7 & 8 & high mass 10 a.m.; vesp. & benedictions 3.30 p.m.; daily mass 6.30, 7, 8 & 8.30 a.m.; benediction on thurs. & days of devotion at 4 p.m.

St. Ethelbert & Gertrude, Catholic, Hereson road, Rev. Joseph Power O.S.B, priest in charge; mass 8.10 a.m.; sunday evening service 6.30 p.m.; wed. mass 8 a.m.

Jewish Synagogue, Hereson, Rev. George S. Belasco, reader; sat. 9 a.m. & 3 p.m.

Baptist (Mount Zion), Camden road, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.

Baptist, Cavendish street (Cavendish), Rev. Thomas Hancocksi; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.10 p.m.

Baptist (Mission), Farley place, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. & thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Meeting street (formed 1662; seats 1,000), Rev. W. Duxbury Woods B.A.; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tihurs. 7 p.m.

Plymouth Brethren, Guildford hall, Guildford lawn, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Denmark road; sun. 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Queen st.; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. & fri. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Forester’s Hall, Meeting street, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.; tues. 7.15 p.m.; thurs. 7.15 p.m. & sat. 7.15 p.m.

Union (Ellington), Orescent road (erected in 1873; seats 300), Rev. C. W. Screech; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan (Bethel), Hardres st.; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Chapel road; sun. 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Manston; 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 6.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, St. Lawrence; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Mission Hall, Newcastle hill, sundays, 7.30 p.m.

Sailors’ Harbour Mission, Military road, Horace Bowler, missionary; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Sailors’ Bethel, Leopold street, Horace Bowler; meetings, mon. tues. wed. & sat. 6.30 p.m.

Mission Hall, King street; sun. 11 a.m. 2.45 & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.; sat. 7.30. p.m.

Mission Hall, Broad street; 7 p.m. in winter.

SCHOOLS-Ramsgate.

Borough Technical Schools, Cavendish street, Ambrose R. R. Franks, organizing sec.; William Bull B.A. science master; George J. Heys, art master; Charles T. Miller M.A. teacher of languages.

St. Augustine’s Catholic College, West cliff, Eight Rev. Abbot F. Thomas Bergh, pres.; Rev. T. Egan, rector.

A School Attendance Committee of 12 members of the Corporation was formed in 1884; Thomas B. Crosoer, 11 Vale square, clerk to the committee & school attendance officer.

St. George’s Commercial, Church road, erected in 1844, for 986 boys & 905 girls; average attendance, 668 boys & 497 girls.

Christ Church, Royal road, erected in 1847 & enlarged in 1898, for 900 children; average attendance, 292 boys, 229 girls & 167 infants.

St. George’s infants’ Commercial Schools, King street, erected in 1876, for 400 children; average attendance, 325.

Crescent Road Elementary School, erected in 1867, & enlarged in 1897, for 173 children; average attendance, 173; infants’, for 70 children; average attendance, 70.

St. Augustine’s, Catholic (mixed), Artillery hill, East cliff, built in 1879 & enlarged in 1898 for 200 children; average attendance, 158; under the superintendence of the sisters of the immaculate Conception.

SCHOOLS.-St. Lawrence.

St. Lawrence (boys), erected in 1850; average attendance, 189.

St. Lawrence (infants), erected in 1886, for 140 children; average attendance, 86.

St. Lawrence (girls) (national), erected in 1850, & enlarged in 1896, for about 100 children.

St. Luke’s, St. Luke’s avenue (girls & infants), erected in 1876, for 150 girls & 290 infants; average attendance, 110 girls & 197 infants.

St. Luke’s, Thornton road (girls & infants), erected in 1888, for about 160 children; has an average attendance of about 86.

Holy Trinity (mixed), Hereson road, erected in 1858, for 262 children; average attendance, 270; & for 77 infants, average attendance, 70.

Church of England, Manston (mixed), erected in 1875, for 260 children; average attendance, 186.

Convent of the Assumption (girls, higher grade Catholic schools, West cliff, St. Lawrence-on-Sea.