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Prehistory. Folkestone's history has been shaped by its location within the natural landscape. It sits near the North Downs Trackway, which provided a natural track from the narrowest part of the English Channel to the important religious complexes at Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire, where it is known as the Harroway.
Folkestone ( / ˈfəʊkstən / FOHK-stən) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port and fashionable coastal resort for most part of the 19th and mid 20th centuries.
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Excavations have shown that the region of Folkestone has been populated from prehistoric times and the existence of a villa on the East Cliff dating from the Roman period, which was discovered in 1924, shows us that Folkestone has been inhabited for over two millennia. The Saxons and the Jutes were also present in the area as burial grounds ...
Modern Folkestone is a product of the Victorian age. The coming of the railway in 1843, the development of the harbour and the Earl of Radnor’s decision to create a superior resort in the middle years of that century, were the factors that made the town of today, with fine buildings, attractive parks and gardens and a seafront varied in ...
The Railway. The first day of August 1993 marked the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Folkestone – Boulogne route to regular traffic, a date fixed by the coming of the railway to the Kentish port. The line from London, via Reigate and Tonbridge, had arrived in June 1843 but as the nineteen arches of the Foord Viaduct were still under ...
In 1849, the harbour was used by up to 49,000 passengers, [4] and was being served by the Folkestone Harbour railway station, opened that year. In 1860, the quay was built and a new fish market was opened on 2 August 1862. During the 19th century, the harbour was importing coal, timber and ice, being unloaded in the inner harbour.
A maritime port and gateway to the Continent. Folkestone has been a trading port since Roman times. Since at least 1100 it has been a haven for fishing boats along The Stade and around the mouth of the Pent Stream. This stream still flows into the inner harbour through the fine red brick sluice house. The harbour slowly grew over the ages and ...
