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FOLKESTONE , a municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, seaport and watering-See also:place of See also:Kent, See also:England, within the See also:parliamentary borough of See also:Hythe, 71 M. S.E. by E. of See also:London by the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1891) 23,905; (1901) 30,650. This is one of the See also:principal ports in See also:cross-Channel communications, the steamers serving See also:Boulogne, 30 M. distant. The older See also:part of Folkestone lies in a small valley which here opens upon the See also:shore between steep hills. The more See also:modern portions extend up the hills on either See also:hand. To the See also:north the See also:town is sheltered by hills rising sharply to heights of 400 to 500 ft., on several of which, such as Sugarloaf and See also:Castle Hills, are See also:ancient See also:earth-See also:works. Above the cliff See also:west of the old town is a broad See also:promenade called the Lees, commanding a notable view of the channel and connected by lifts with the shore below. On this cliff also stands the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary and St Eanswith, a cruciform See also:building of much See also:interest, with central See also:tower. It is mainly See also:Early See also:English, but the See also:original church, attached to a See also:Benedictine priory, was founded in 1095 on the site of a See also:convent establishedby Eanswith, daughter of See also:Eadbald, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Kent in 63o. The site of this See also:foundation, however, became endangered by encroachments of the See also:sea. The monastery was destroyed at the See also:dissolution of religious houses by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. Folkestone inner See also:harbour is dry at See also:low See also:water, but there is a deep water See also:pier for use at low See also:tide by the Channel steamers, by which not only the passenger See also:traffic, but also a large See also:general See also:trade are carried on. The See also:fisheries are important. Among institutions may be mentioned the See also:grammar school, founded in 1674, the public library and museum, and a number of hospitals and sanatoria. The discontinued Harveian Institution for See also:young men was named after See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Harvey, discoverer of the circulation of the See also:blood, a native of Folkestone (1578), who is also commemorated by a tercentenary memorial on the Lees. Folkestone is a member of the Cinque See also:Port of See also:Dover. It is governed by a See also:mayor, 7 aldermen and 21 councillors. See also:Area, 2522 acres. To the west of Folkestone, See also:close to See also:Shorncliffe See also:camp, is the populous suburb of Cheriton (an See also:urban See also:district, pop. 7091).
Folkestone (Folcestan) was among the possessions of See also:Earl See also:Godwine and was called upon to See also:supply him with See also:ships when he was exiled from England; at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Domesday Survey it belonged to See also:Odo, See also:bishop of See also:Bayeux. From early times it was a member of the Cinque Port of Dover, and had to find one out of the twenty-one ships furnished by that port for the royal service. It shared the privileges of the Cinque Ports, whose liberties were exemplified at the See also:request of the barons of Folkestone by See also:Edward III. in 1330. The See also:corporation, which was prescriptive, was entitled the mayor, jurats and commonalty of Folkestone. The See also:history of Folkestone is a See also:record of its struggle against the sea, which was constantly encroaching upon the town. In 1629 the inhabitants, impoverished by their losses, obtained See also:licence to erect a port. By the end of the 18th See also:century the town had become prosperous by the increase of its fishing and See also:shipping trades, and by the See also:middle of the 19th century one of the See also:chief See also:health and See also:pleasure resorts of the south See also:coast.
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