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Kent / Re: Mercy Solly Margate St Johns
« on: Sunday 02 September 12 10:24 BST (UK)  »
I also was very interested in your posting about John and Mercy Sayer. I run a web site on the history of Margate (www.margatelocalhistory.co.uk) and there you will find a number of maps and pictures of the bathing rooms at Margate (together with trade cards of the Sayer’s and other proprietors of bathing machines) that may be of interest. I thought you might also be interested in an advertisement in the Kentish Gazette  for July 12 1811 for the sale of property following the death of Mrs Mercy Sayer:
To be sold under will of Mrs Mercy Sayer, deceased
-Freehold estate
1. House, now in occupation of Mrs Susanna Sayer, situate in a court or passage, on the East side of the High-street, adjoining to the dwelling house of Messrs Rowe.
2. Large stable yard, with stabling for 9 horses and lofts over the same, a shed capable of standing 6 bathing machines under cover, and a Garden enclosed, now in occupation of  Mrs Susanna Sayer, situate on south side of New-street, adjoining to Kerby’s Livery Stables.

I was interested to read that your cousin has a ‘pencil scrawled drawing’ of the Sayer baths. I am always interested in including new information on the web site, and I wondered if it might be possible to include this sketch. I could be contacted by e-mail – my contact details are given on the web site.

Anthony Lee

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Kent / Re: Margate Old Roads - Brewhouse Hill (6 King Street)
« on: Thursday 03 February 11 16:19 GMT (UK)  »
Just to confirm previous postings, there is useful information about Brewhouse Hill on the http://www.margatelocalhistory.co.uk website. By 1883 (in the Isle of Thanet Guide) the road was known as Brewery Hill, and Foley house was No 8, at that time occupied by a Herbert Jones and an H.W.Travers. Earlier guides (eg Bagshaw 1846) show Foley house occupied by Francis Carr Cobb. Confusingly, the Isle of Thanet Guide says that Brewery Hill was between 25 and 27 High Street , but this is obviously a misprint for 25 to 27 King Street, as the entry for King Street shows Brewery Hill at this position.  The OS 10 feet to the mile map for 1873 (see web site) shows Foley house to be  a fairly large house in the courtyard in front of the Malt kilns of Cobb’s brewery. Interestingly, the road is given no name on the map, which is very unusual, since many very minor courts and roads are named. This suggests that ‘Brewery Hill’ might have been a rather informal name for the courtyard of Cobb’s brewery. Although not named, Edmunds map of 1821 shows a building in the courtyard of Cobb’s brewery with a shape very much like that of Foley house on the 1873 map.
Anthony

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Kent / Re: Margate old roads - Kidman's Row
« on: Thursday 03 February 11 16:16 GMT (UK)  »
Just to confirm previous postings, Kidman’s Row can be seen on two maps included on the http://www.margatelocalhistory.co.uk web site. No 2 Kidman’s Row was occupied by a Samuel Gibbs in 1883 (see directory for 1883 on the site). The 10 feet to the mile Ordnance Survey Map of 1873   shows Kidman’s Row as a row of houses in a courtyard that could be reached from either St John’s Street or Church Square. It is also shown in the Edmunds Map of 1821.
Anthony

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