Sandwich is a cinque port, along with Hastings, New Romney, Hythe and Dover – we had some warm family disagreements discussions about these until someone managed to get a phone signal and look them up. The town has a large number of medieval buildings, and we enjoyed a quick look round recently when we were staying nearby.
THE FISHER GATE (1384) on the quayside
THE BARBICAN (and toll house)
THE TOLL TABLE, 1905
Although viable vehicles using an internal combustion engine had only been in existence for about 6 years (and were few and far between), steam vehicles were not uncommon. It’s surprising to learn the variety of transport methods still catered for in post-Victorian England. I’d like to have possessed a ‘wain’. And a ‘chaise’, for that matter.
RIVER STOUR at the quayside, with the swing bridge road that now leads to the Barbican
IS THIS FOR REAL? (looking at the modern screws, I concluded not)
ST PETER’S CHURCH (C13 / 14), now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
MEMORIAL IN ST PETER’S CHURCH with ambiguous tribute
SANDWICH WEAVERS (1500) a home and workshop used by Dutch workers in the c16 
THE SWING BRIDGE OVER THE STOUR
The quayside was used for army embarkations for wars with France
Too good to miss (from a Kent Events website)
ROLLING HARBOUR GALLERY 