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Information About The Town;
Birchington, Kent`s largest village, is situated on the Isle of Thanet in the North East of the
County of Kent within easy reach from the M2. There have been settlements in and around the village since pre-historic times. The present-day community of around 14,000 people
is centred on the square and its parish church, with its origins in the 12th century, together
with the neighbouring welcoming public houses. The sea shore includes sandy bays, rock pools and paddling pools and forms part of the Thanet Coast project. Dante Gabriel Rosetti,
painter and poet, is buried in the churchyard. This village is twinned with La Chapelle d`Armentieres in North Western France.
This village was first recorded in 1240 as Birchenton, a name derived from the Old English words 'bircen tun', meaning a farm where birch trees grow. Archaeological evidence has shown the area was inhabited before the existence of the village: Roman and prehistoric artefacts have been discovered in the area, and Minnis Bay was once the site of an Iron Age settlement.
Archives show the village's All Saints Church dates to around 1350.In the early 15th century, Quex Park manor house—named after the park's second owner, John Quek—was built just south of the village. The ownership of the manor passed to various families until 1770 when it was acquired by the present owners, the Powell family. In the late 17th century, the house was visited by King William III.In 1565, a report on the coast of Thanet by the commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I stated that this village had 42 houses and did not have an active port.Before the 19th century, the village coastline was frequented by smugglers, leading to skirmishes between them and excise officers. Several of the older houses in the village contain cellars and bricked up tunnels, once used for storing contraband.
The 1801 census recorded the villages population as 537. In the early 19th century, the Tudor Quex House had to be demolished and a replacement manor house was built in its place. In 1818, the Waterloo Tower was built on the grounds of Quex Park. It is a bell tower built by the owner of Quex Park, John Powell Powell, who had an interest in change ringing. Waterloo Tower was the first twelve-bell tower in Kent.The village was a farming community until the late 19th century, when it began to develop into a coastal resort. The railway station was opened in 1863 and the Railway Hotel, now the Sea View Hotel pub, was opened in 1865. Station Road was subsequently built to serve as Birchington's main shopping street. Coast Guard cottages were built at Minnis Bay in the 1870s and the first shops appeared by the bay in 1903.
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