MARGARET-at-CLIFFE (ST.), a parish in the hundred
of BEWSBOROUGH, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county
of KENT, 3 miles (N. E.) from Dovor, containing 613
inhabitants. The living is a discharged, vicarage, in the
peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £6. 10.
The church is a spacious structure, in the Norman
style. This place has received the adjunct to its name
from its high situation on the chalk cliffs overlooking
the English channel. In a small bay where there is
a pier, or jetty, for protecting the fishing craft, the
finest-flavoured lobsters in England are caught.