The Lord of the Manor is a former pub and road junction near Cliffsend on the Isle of Thanet in Kent.
The Lord of the Manor is a former pub and road junction near Cliffsend on the Isle of Thanet in Kent.
The pub was on the southeast corner of a crossroads; one carrying the road from Canterbury to Ramsgate, the other from Sandwich to Margate. [1] It was named after the original manor house at this location, which belonged to the Marquess Conyngham. [2]
In 1966, several Anglo Saxon burial grounds were discovered near the pub following utility works. The remains were re-interred at the Duckworth Laboratory in Cambridge and the associated objects housed in Ramsgate library. [1] Further excavation took place between 1976 and 1981. [3] In 1981, the site was made a scheduled monument. [4] [5]
The junction is now a roundabout between the A299 Thanet Way from London and the A256 from Dover. The two roads share a single dual carriageway to the south of the junction, and then branch off to Ramsgate and Margate respectively. [6]
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