Watching a bit of a programme about Doctor Beeching yesterday reminded me to look up the railway that must have run through Seabrook. There is still a railway bridge across Horn Street and the remains of one over the bottom of Hospital Hill. I found this site1 with this map2 that shows where Sandgate station was. The remains of it would be under this estate. Our house is just about where the 19.757 is to the top right of the map. I'd like to get an old Ordnance Survey map from the time (that one is from 1908) that has the station still on it. I'll try and do a clever hover over mash up of the old map with a modern day equivalent3 so you can compare more easily.
I was hoping our house was actually in the station if I'm honest.
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