Herne Bay, a watering-place of Kent, 12 miles W. of Margate. Founded in 1830, it has a pier 1213 yards long, an esplanade 1 mile long, and a handsome clock-tower. Bishop Ridley was vicar of Herne in 1538-40. Pop. 2816.
Herne Bay
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 688
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