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Glimpses into Faversham's Maritime Connections

Faversham has been a centre of commercial trade and industry for centuries. Maritime activities created considerable wealth for this historic market town. Its proximity to the English Channel and Thames estuary, and to the safe anchorages provided by the East Swale and the Creek, have been key to the town's growth and importance. It has been a member of the the Confederation of the Cinque Ports since at least the 12th century.

This website provides glimpses into the start of a project for a series of hardback books and a not-for-profit web-based database as a reference and educational resource to record key aspects of the maritime development of this ancient town and sea Port. The website explores selected aspects of Faversham maritime heritage and show cases examples of Derek's paintings of local vessels and their stories.