This publication was inspired by archaeological investigations at the Southlands School site, New Romney, in preparation for the construction of a new superstore. Although the town now lies approximately two miles from the coast, the sea was crucial to New Romney’s medieval development and prosperity and these excavations, located in an area that formed part of New Romney’s long beachfront in the medieval period, provided an opportunity to explore that relationship. This monograph investigates the association between town and sea by linking the results of excavation to the wider history of New Romney as a whole.