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 - 1907
Location:
High Street, Hythe, Shepway, Kent
Reference:
OP00573
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Content

This is part of the Collection: WCO01 W And Company (W & Co.)

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Trade And Commerce, Crime And Punishment, Street Scene