The Romney Marsh
In this section: the fifth continent --- marsh formation --- marsh drainage --- farming --- Dungeness power station --- Dungeness lighthouses --- churches --- Rhee wall

 

Burmarsh
This church has Norman origins, yet there is only one fifteenth century window, near the porch. The rest of the windows are eighteenth century.

The Georgian interior was removed when restoration work was done in 1876. The tower was re-built in the fourteenth century and had buttresses added to stop subsidence.


Dymchurch
The church is a Norman building, enlarged in 1821 by the remova1 of the north wall in order to widen the nave. At this time the tower was demolished. The legendary Dr. Syn, the Marsh smuggler, would have used this church.


East Guldeford
The church was built in 1505 by Sir Richard Guldeford. It is made of brick and has two pitched roofs, with a bell-cote sitting between them. It is a simple open design inside, and was much restored in the early nineteenth century. There are box pews and also a frieze depicting the seraphim with musical instruments.