Historical Markers in Broadstairs

By Ray Gurganus, March 31, 2025

Charles Dickens Marker

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1 ► United Kingdom, England, Kent, Broadstairs — Charles Dickens —

Charles Dickens lived here 1839, 1840, 1845, 1849 & 1859 and wrote part of Nicholas Nickleby. — — Map (db m272114) HM

2 ► United Kingdom, England, Kent, Broadstairs — Viking Bay — Broadstairs Town Trail —

In 449 AD Hengist landed in Thanes, and this early landing was commemorated in 1949 by a re-enactment in which Danes rowed a replica Viking Ship across the North Sea, landing at Main Bay in Broadstairs [renamed Viking Bay from this date onwards]. . . . — — Map (db m272455) HM

3 ► United Kingdom, England, Kent, Broadstairs — Welcome to St Peter's — St Peter's Village Trail —

This village came into existence as a pagan Jutish settlement, and was well established by the 7th century AD. From these beginnings the present Town of Broadstairs and St Peter's has evolved. St Peter's Church The village takes its name . . . — — Map (db m272458) HM

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