Excerpt from: "The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales as adapted to the new poor law, Franchise, Municipal, and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and compiled with special reference to the lines of Railroad and Canal communication, as existed in 1840-2"

Sandgate, chapelry and hamlet partly in the parish of Folkestone, and partly in the Parish of Cheriton, county of Kent ; 2 miles west-south-west of Folkestone, and 15 south by east of Canterbury. 

Living, a perpetual curacy in the archd. and dio. of Canterbury; gross income £192. Patron, in 1841, the Hon. J. D. Bligh. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. 

The situation of this village, which lies along the shore, with hills rising immediately behind it, is in the highest degree salubrious and delightful. The houses are modern, and well built. Ship-building seems to be the only trade carried on. 

Under the Reform act, Sandgate in included within the parliamentary boundaries of  HYTHE : which see. Having risen into high esteem as a watering-place, and possessing hot and cold baths, and every accommodation for those who are in pursuit of health or pleasure, the prosperity of this place arises principally from the influx of summer visitants. 

An excellent library and reading-room have been established. A fair is held on July 23d. Here is a castle similar to those of Deal and Walmer; and the Royal Military canal, which terminates at Cliff End in Sussex, commences here. On the cliffs are several strong batteries. Returns with Folkestone and Cheriton.