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Illustration — View of Kingsgate Bay to the south with Kingsgate Castle and the North Foreland lighthouse being just visible on the right of the photo. • Illustration — Cliffs to the north of Kingsgate Bay, Thanet, Kent Kingsgate is a hamlet in St Peter's parish, Broadstairs, Kent. The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 (‘gate’ referring to a cliff-gap) though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748. The location of Holland House built between 1762 and 1768 by Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, of Holland House in Kensington, which was accessed from the beach through a stone arched gate originally named Barthelmas Gate and renamed later to Kings Gate.

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Illustration — View of Kingsgate Bay to the south with Kingsgate Castle and the North Foreland lighthouse being just visible on the right of the photo. • Illustration — Cliffs to the north of Kingsgate Bay, Thanet, Kent Kingsgate is a hamlet in St Peter's parish, Broadstairs, Kent. The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 (‘gate’ referring to a cliff-gap) though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748. The location of Holland House built between 1762 and 1768 by Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, of Holland House in Kensington, which was accessed from the beach through a stone arched gate originally named Barthelmas Gate and renamed later to Kings Gate.

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