Tankerton was once known as 'Tankerton-on-Sea', although, it later became a suburb
of Whitstable.
One of the intriguing features of Tankerton's beach is the shingle
bank known as The Street. It had been assumed this was the remains of a Roman road
built on land that has since surrendered to the sea. However, a more plausible suggestion
is that it is all that remains of a medieval town called Graystone. Certainly, the
shingle all the way along the beach contains fragments of tile and other bits of
building debris.
