Editing Reculver (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Reculver from the air.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|alt=refer to caption|Aerial view of Reculver looking [[Points of the compass|west by south]] at {{convert|600|ft|m|0}} in June 2015: the mown, sub-rectangular area of grass around the church ruins marks the remaining interior of the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] fort. The untended area to its immediate left was a park for static caravans until about 2015.]]
In the Middle Ages Reculver was one of several members, or "limbs", of the [[Cinque Ports|Cinque Port]] of [[Sandwich, Kent|Sandwich]]: possibly originating in a loose association in the 11th century, this status was first recorded in about 1300.<ref>{{harvnb|Murray|1935|pp=43–4}}; {{harvnb|Clarke|2010|p=61}}; {{harvnb|Jenkins|1984|p=18}}.</ref> Like other limbs at [[Fordwich]], [[Deal, Kent|Deal]], Sarre and Stonar, it was then involved in maritime trade, and it shared in the Cinque Ports' duty to supply ships and men for the king's use, in return for concessions such as tax exemption.<ref>{{harvnb|Clarke|2010|loc=p.&nbsp;61 & Fig.&nbsp;2.2}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/details.asp?piece_id=12728&doc_id=1351&doc_ref=E179/123/18|title=E&nbsp;179/123/18|author=E&nbsp;179 Database|publisher=The National Archives|date=n.d.|access-date=20 April 2014 | postscript=; }} {{harvnb|Bagshaw|1847|p=295}}.</ref> The last surviving record of Reculver as a limb of Sandwich dates from 1377, and its name is absent from Cinque Port records of 1432, probably because of "drastic coastal erosion, and the consequent silting up of the Wantsum Channel between Sarre and the North Mouth [adjacent to Reculver]."{{sfn|Jenkins|1984|p=18}} In 1220 King [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] granted the archbishop of Canterbury a market to be held weekly at Reculver on Thursdays,<ref>{{harvnb|McLain|1997|p=101}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.html|title=Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516|author=Centre for Metropolitan History|publisher=Institute of Historical Research|year=2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127084511/http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.html | archive-date=27 November 2013 | url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014|postscript=:}} click on "List of places", {{nowrap|"[R]"}}, "Reculver (Kent)".</ref> and an annual [[fair]] was held there on [[Saint Giles]]'s Day, 1 September.{{sfn|Duncombe|1784|p=73}}{{refn|[[William Lambarde]], writing in 1576, gave the day of the fair as "7.Septemb. being the Nativitie of the blessed virgine Marie",{{sfn|Lambarde|1596|p=65}} to whom the church at Reculver was dedicated. The fair continued in the 17th century, when [[yeoman]] "David Amberton of Chislet sent horses [and wheat]&nbsp;... to Reculver for sale".{{sfn|Bower|1994|p=161}}|group=Fn}}

Oysters from the "Rutupian shore"&nbsp;– the shoreline around [[Richborough Castle|Richborough]], a little over {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} to the south-east&nbsp;– were noted as a delicacy by the {{nowrap|1st–2nd-century}} Roman poet [[Juvenal]],{{sfn|Duncombe|1784|p=79}} and in 1576 oysters from Reculver itself were "reputed as farre to passe those of Whitstaple, as Whitstaple doe surmount the rest of this shyre [of Kent] in savorie saltnesse."{{sfn|Lambarde|1596|p=261}} An enclosed area of salt water known as the Dene was leased for the breeding of [[oyster]]s and [[lobster]]s in 1867;<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New mode of oyster culture|url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18670430/033/0006 |newspaper=Kentish Gazette |date=30 April 1867 |access-date=6 May 2014|url-access=subscription |postscript=; }} {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=East Kent Natural History Society |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000235/18690914/019/0005 |newspaper=Kentish Gazette |date=14 September 1869 |access-date=6 May 2014 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> as of 2014 there is a [[hatchery]] for oysters in saltwater ponds on the eastern side of Reculver belonging to a seafood company that is based there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/invasive-carpet-seasquirt-spread-a69212|title=Invasive carpet seasquirt spreads rapidly on the Herne Bay coast|author=Walker, J.|publisher=KentOnline|date=5 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409014215/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/invasive-carpet-seasquirt-spread-a69212 | archive-date=9 April 2014 | url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> In May 1914, Anglo-Westphalian Kent Coalfield Ltd drilled a [[borehole]] at Reculver in search of coal, since it had found a seam of coal {{convert|48|ft|m|1}} thick at nearby Chislet and was developing a [[Coal mining|colliery]] there; possible samples of coal were retrieved from the borehole at a depth of {{convert|1,129|ft|m|1}}, but it was abandoned, no workable seam having been found.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Anglo-Westphalian Kent coalfield |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000524/19140509/154/0007 |newspaper=Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald |date=9 May 1914 |access-date=8 May 2014|url-access=subscription |postscript=; }} {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Anglo-Westphalian Kent Coalfield Limited. Present position of Chislet Colliery |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000330/19140703/023/0005 |newspaper=Dover Express and East Kent News |date=3 July 1914 |access-date=8 May 2014|url-access=subscription |postscript=; }} {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Anglo-Wesphalian borings abandoned |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000330/19140717/034/0005 |newspaper=Dover Express and East Kent News |date=17 July 1914 |access-date=8 May 2014 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[File:Coastline east of Reculver - geograph.org.uk - 335114.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|alt=refer to caption|Looking east across the mouth of the former [[Wantsum Channel]], from Reculver churchyard: an oyster hatchery is to the right. [[Margate]] is on the horizon.]]
Today Reculver is dominated by static [[RV park|caravan parks]], the first of which appeared after the Second World War.{{sfn|Kerr|1982|p=194}}{{refn|"Shortly after World War II a caravan site was established below the church which has since grown so large that much imagination is now required to conjure up the majesty of its former setting."{{sfn|Kerr|1982|p=194}} A 1953 image of the ruins at Reculver surrounded by caravans is at {{harvnb|Canterbury City Council|2008|p=7}}.|group=Fn}} Also present are a country park, the King Ethelbert public house, which is a [[Public house#Tied houses and free houses in Britain|free house]], and a nearby shop and cafe.{{sfn|Canterbury City Council|2008|p=17}} Reculver was defined as a "key heritage area" in 2008, and there are plans for its development as a destination for [[Ecotourism|green tourism]].{{sfn|Canterbury City Council|2008|p=11}}{{refn|"Reculver's role in the region wide development of East Kent as a green tourism destination is central to [Natural East Kent]'s work. The objective is to create access to good connections across the region for walkers and cyclists, to provide good interpretation of natural and heritage assets and to support the private sector to provide good quality accommodation."{{sfn|Canterbury City Council|2008|p=11}}|group=Fn}} Canterbury City Council's ''Reculver Masterplan'', adopted in 2009, envisaged the creation of 100&nbsp;touring pitches in its caravan park, south-east of the Roman fort, which was then leased to the [[Camping and Caravanning Club]].<ref>{{harvnb|Canterbury City Council|2008|pp=19–31}}; {{harvnb|Canterbury City Council|2013|p=16}}.</ref> That caravan park was closed by 2015, when Canterbury City Council undertook a consultation on its incorporation into the country park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Reculver-Country-Park-users-improvement-plans/story-26662292-detail/story.html|title=Reculver Country Park users back improvement plans|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|publisher=Canterbury Times|date=9 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726173400/http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Reculver-Country-Park-users-improvement-plans/story-26662292-detail/story.html|archive-date=26 July 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=26 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Community facilities===
Reculver Church of England Primary School is adjacent to the church at Hillborough.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reculver.kent.sch.uk/page/?title=Home&pid=1 |title=Reculver C of E Primary School |publisher=reculver.kent.sch.uk |year=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409011431/http://www.reculver.kent.sch.uk/page/?title=Home&pid=1 |archive-date=9 April 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 |postscript=; }} {{harvnb|Harris|2001|p=36}}.</ref> The school's site also hosts Beltinge Day Nursery and Reculver Breakfast and Afterschool Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/127013 |title=Beltinge Day Nursery |publisher=Ofsted |year=2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PiQUT1Y7?url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/127013 |archive-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 |postscript=; }} {{cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/EY405148 |title=Reculver Breakfast and Afterschool Club |publisher=Ofsted |year=2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PiQfbS8S?url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/EY405148 |archive-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> The nearest school for older children is Herne Bay High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hernebayhigh.kent.sch.uk |title=Herne Bay High School |publisher=hernebayhigh.kent.sch.uk |date=n.d. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409012843/http://www.hernebayhigh.kent.sch.uk/ |archive-date=9 April 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref>

The nearest post office is in Beltinge, about {{convert|1.9|mi|km|1}} to the west-southwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postoffice.co.uk/bing-maps/directions/CT66SU%3BCT66PL|title=Directions|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=The Post Office|year=2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616075859/http://www.postoffice.co.uk/bing-maps/directions/CT66SU%3BCT66PL|archive-date=16 June 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=20 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The nearest general practitioner (GP) surgery is about {{convert|1.4|mi|km|1}} to the south-west, between Bishopstone and Hillborough, with others in Beltinge, Herne Bay, Broomfield and St Nicholas-at-Wade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/GP/ct6-6su/Results/4/1.19728302955627/51.3781852722168/4/0?distance=5|title=Results for GP in CT6 6SU|author=NHS|author-link=National Health Service (England)|publisher=gov.uk|date=n.d.|access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> While the nearest [[Hospital#Types|general hospital]] is the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, about {{convert|2.5|mi|km|0}} to the west in Herne Bay,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/home/our-services/queen-victoria-memorial-hospital-herne-bay/?entryid109=230338|title=Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=NHS|date=n.d.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511235441/http://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/home/our-services/queen-victoria-memorial-hospital-herne-bay/?entryid109=230338 | archive-date=11 May 2013 | url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> the closest hospital with an Accident and Emergency (A&E) department is the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, about {{convert|8.2|mi|km|1}} to the east in [[Margate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/UrgentCare/UrgentCareFinder?Location.Name=Reculver&Location.Latitude=51.381&Location.Longitude=1.2&IsAandE=True&IsPharmacy=False&IsUrgentCare=True&IsOpenNow=False&MileValue=10&currentPage=1|title=Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=NHS|date=n.d.| archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141125235255/http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/UrgentCare/UrgentCareFinder?Location.Name=Reculver&Location.Latitude=51.381&Location.Longitude=1.2&IsAandE=True&IsPharmacy=False&IsUrgentCare=True&IsOpenNow=False&MileValue=10&currentPage=1 | archive-date=25 November 2014 | url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref> The nearest community centre is Reculver and Beltinge Memorial Hall, about {{convert|1.9|mi|km|1}} to the west-southwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opencharities.org/charities/302823|title=Reculver and Beltinge Memorial Hall|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=OpenCharities.org|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409002315/http://opencharities.org/charities/302823|archive-date=9 April 2014|url-status=live|access-date=20 May 2014|postscript=;}} {{cite web|url=http://postcode-finder.net/address/27997243|title=Beltinge & Reculver Memorial Hall|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=Postcode-Finder.net|year=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232102/http://postcode-finder.net/address/27997243|archive-date=22 April 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=20 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>