Limbs – Past and Present
At different times, all of the towns and villages listed in the right-hand column below have been limbs or members of the Cinque Ports. Today only those shown in bold type are members of the Confederation. Those listed in italics have either ceased to exist due to coastal erosion; been subsumed within larger towns or communities, or they have been deprived of their status as members by changes to the structure of local government, over the years.
HEAD PORT/ANCIENT TOWN
LIMBS
HASTINGS
Bulverhythe
Northeye
Pevensey
Hydneye
Seaford
Guestling
Petit Iham
Bekesbourne
Grange
WINCHELSEA
(originally, itself a limb of Hastings)
(none)
RYE
(originally, itself a limb of Hastings)
Tenterden
NEW ROMNEY
Lydd
Old Romney
Dengemarsh
Oswaldstone
Bromehill
HYTHE
West Hythe
DOVER
Folkestone
Faversham
Margate
St. Johns
Goresend
Birchington Wood
Woodchurch
St Peters
Ringwold
Kingsdown
SANDWICH
Deal
Ramsgate
Brightlingsea
Fordwich
Sturry
Walmer
Stonar
Sarre
St. Nicholas
Reculver