Editing Sandwich, Kent (section)

==Religious sites==
[[File:StPetersChurch.Sandwich.jpg|thumb|[[St Peter's Church, Sandwich|St Peter's Church]], now redundant]]
St Bartholomew's Chapel was restored and enlarged by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1343722 |desc=St Bartholomews Chapel |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref> Nearby were two religious [[almshouse]]s: St Bart's Hospital dates back to around 1190, and St Thomas's Hospital was built in the 14th century and named in honour of [[St Thomas Becket]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/town_history/ancient_hospitals.htm|title=The ancient hospitals of Sandwich|publisher=Open Sandwich|access-date=2 April 2010|archive-date=11 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011031120/http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/town_history/ancient_hospitals.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[St Peter's Church, Sandwich|Church of St Peter]] includes some evidence of early [[Norman architecture|Norman]] work, but was rebuilt in the early 13th&nbsp;century. In 1661 the top of the central tower collapsed, destroying the south aisle.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1343813|desc= Church of St Peter, Sandwich|year=2011  |access-date= 24 April 2011}}</ref> The [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[parish church]] is [http://www.stclementschurchsandwich.org.uk St. Clement], which has a tower dating from the latter half of the 12th&nbsp;century; the rest of the church is from the 12th and 14th&nbsp;centuries.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1343695 |desc=Church of St Clement |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref> [[St Mary's Church, Sandwich|St&nbsp;Mary's Church]] also has Norman features and was built on the site of a convent founded by [[Domne Eafe]], cousin to King [[Ecgberht of Kent]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1069541 |desc=St Mary's Church |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref>