Tankerton

"Tankerton," said the Duke drily, "is a large house, and my great-great-grandfather was the most hospitable of men.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914

"Tankerton," said the Duke drily, "is a large house, and my great-great-grandfather was the most hospitable of men.

Zuleika Dobson 1911

I came through one of the famous "terrible 'flus" of the last forty years - that dreadful Christmas in Tankerton when we were all ill, and none of the presents were opened until the 28th.

Worried Imogen 2009

My university tutor boasted about "the lass I shagged in Tankerton" part of Whitstable the first time I met him, and that rather put me off the place.

:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2008

My great-great-grandfather, when he was a very old man, married en troisiemes noces a dairy-maid on the Tankerton estate.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914

At Tankerton there is a model farm which would at any rate amuse you, with its heifers and hens and pigs that are like so many big new toys.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914

What he had thought to be only his fancy had been his death-knell, wafted to him along uncharted waves of ether, from the battlements of Tankerton.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914

Tankerton, of which you may have seen photographs, is the chief of my country-seats.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914

When a new Duchess is brought to Tankerton, the oldest elm in the park must be felled.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914

Opening the envelope, the Duke saw that the message, with which was a prepaid form for reply, had been handed in at the Tankerton post-office.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914