Economy
In the Middle Ages, Reculver was a member of the Cinque Port of Sandwich. The connection with Sandwich may have begun in the 11th century, and membership of the Cinque Ports involved Reculver in supplying ships and men for the king's use, in return for concessions such as tax exemption. In 1220, King Henry III granted the archbishop of Canterbury a market to be held weekly at Reculver, on Thursdays, and a fair was held there on Saint Giles's Day, 1 September.
Today Reculver is dominated by caravan parks, the first of which appeared after the Second World War. Also present are a country park, The King Ethelbert public house, which is a "free house", and a nearby shop and cafe. Reculver was defined as a "key heritage area" in 2008, and there are plans for its development as a destination for green tourism.
On the eastern side of Reculver is a hatchery for oysters, belonging to a seafood company which is based in Reculver. Young oysters are transplanted from there to the sea bed at Whitstable. Oysters from the "Rutupian shore" β the shoreline around Richborough, a little over 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Reculver β were noted as a delicacy by the 1stβ2nd century Roman poet Juvenal, and in 1576 oysters from Reculver itself were "reputed as farre to passe those of Whitstaple, as Whitstaple doe surmount the rest of this shyre in savorie saltnesse."
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