Title

High Street, Hythe, Kent, 1890-1907

Caption

High Street, Hythe, Kent, 1890-1910. The High Street in Hythe contains the Smugglers Retreat (on the right) which was demolished in 1907. Popular belief has it that a light was lit in the projecting upper storey window to signal to smugglers off the coast that it was safe to land.

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A81_276

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,6Mb (1,9Mb) / 17,4in x 12,0in / 5223 x 3590 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature road building buildings England house architecture street plant pub public house lane avenue inn location century Kent ivy B&W demolished tavern MONOCHROME smuggling 19th century black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century nineteenth century English Heritage Hythe Smugglers Retreat TGN photograph landscape Unknown photograph landscape