Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Whitstable within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Whitstable.-- seaport and par. with ry. sta. (Whitstable on Sea), Kent, 6 miles NW. of Canterbury by rail, 3601 ac. and 561 foreshore, pop. 4882; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Whitstable is the port of Canterbury, and carries on a considerable shipping trade, especially in coals. It has extensive oyster fisheries, for which it has been famous from the days of the Romans, the oysters of Whitstable being the most delicate in the market.
A village in Whitstable hundred, in the county of Kent.