More information : ' . . . there is a legend which ascribes the building of the two towers of the church [St. Mary's Abbey church] to the Abbess of the poor nuns of Davington, who, as she with her sister was proceeding in fulfilment of a vow from Faversham to the chapel of the Virgin at Broadstairs, was wrecked at Reculver, where her sister died. The church towers are said to have been built in memory of the event, and as a warning and guide to mariners. The Priory of Davington was founded in about 1156. It is probable that there is some basis for this statement, as the architectural features of the towers would agree well with that date.' (1)
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