FOL KESTONE HA RBO&R F ROM E A ST C L I F FE D w b We v a i F k a hmt w i t was o n ythe harbour ha e gl mpse of old ol estone, of hat “ da s m bygone free trade y . BE A &T I F &L E N &L A ND ‘ ‘ Ré e/ffDT BATH AND WELLS THE I SLE OF WIGHT ’ BOURNEMOUT H AND CHRI STCH&RCH THE NEW F OREST CAMBRIDGE NORWICH A ND T HE BROADS CAN TERBURY O&F ORD CHE ST E R AND THE DE E THE &EAK DISTRICT THE CORNISH RI VIERA RI&ON AND HA RROGATE DA RTMOOR SCARBOROUGH DICKEN S-L AND SHA KES&EARE -L AND THE DUKERIES SWA NAGE AND NEIGH BOURHOOD THE E NGLISH L AKES THE THAMES E & ETER WARWICK AND L EAMINGTON FOLKESTONE AND DOVER THE HEART OF WESSE& HAM&TON COURT WINCHESTER HASTINGS A ND NEIGH BOURHOOD WINDSOR CASTLE HEREF ORD AND THE WYE YORK BE A &T I F &L I RE L A ND MUNSTER CON NAUGHT BE A &T I F &L SWI T &E RL A ND L UCERNE CHA MONI x VIL LARS AND CHAM&ERY L AUSANNE AND I T S E NVIRONS LIST OF I LL&STRA TI ONS ' Folkestone Harbour from E astcliffe F rontigozece ’ s er e s uar er o es o Fi h m n Q t , F lk t ne T he F ishi n Har our F Olk n . g b , esto e &ar sh C u r o es o e i h ch, F lk t n T he L as o es o e e , F lk t n T he arre F Ol kestone W n, Dover Castl e and Marine &arade ’ Mar s C urc o er St . y h h, D v Dover Harbour fro m th e Castl e ’ T he Co s a es o er o er Cas e n t bl T w , D v tl Ro a & aros o er Cas e m n h , D v tl ’ a es ares Cl ff over Sh k pe i , D I A t no season does Folkestone cease to be Charm h - e ing. T us did a much travelled American some y ars ag o pay tribute to one o f the chief o f the south o f r - England wate ing places, a town which , if it has little ‘ that is ol d to show and n o very striking history to - tell, thoroughly serves its purpose as a watering place and healthful holiday resort . Many thousands Of visi tors from London and other parts o f England every year make Folkestone the spot in which they seek ’ Change from the year s work in healthful rest and play, h n —in — and d its striking situation , its beautiful air that “ o l which they seek . I always go t Folkestone have more than once heard from people when the perennial f topic o the annual holiday has come up, and the words are an eloquent tribute to the attractions o f the place . 6 FOLKESTONE ’ a f ur - M ny o o cross Channel neighbours, too, have found its s r Cliffs and shores, inland village and dive sified r s r s count y ide an att active contrast to the low coa t, the sa s fiat r f o f r nd dune , and the broad st etches o sand thei o wn & s a de Calais . r f 1 1 Du ing the autumn o 9 4, when the outbreak of the Great War led to the devastating o f Belgium and ar s r - s f r p t of no th ea tern France by the troops o Ge many, Fo lkestone became the landing-place and temporary asylum of thousands o f refugees driven from their s. a home Many o f these, it may well be believed, fter a has r r s s pe ce esto ed them to tho e home , will come again in kindlier times to the pleasant coast o n which they found a welcome in the time o f their agony and terror. — Where the chalk Cliffs the white walls o f Albion — o f south-eastern Kent fall somewhat abruptly an d begin S loping gradually down to the level o f Romney rs r r s r Ma h , some two o th ee miles to the we t, the e f r r l d- a was o centu ies an o time vill ge, that took the s f place pos ibly o a Roman settlement, that had in turn been erected where earlier inhabitants had their dwellings between the sea and the higher down s. The r a ea ly importance o f the place had long passed aw y, — and it was but a fishing village and, if all the tales “ ” re o f r r a to be believed, a lively centre the f ee t ade — o f the smuggling fraternity when the coming of the S RM N'S RT R O K STO FI HE E Q UA E . F L E NE T Imm i n i b b l tS n w w nnin he ed ate e g h ourhood of the har our, arro ays ru g along the - ’ i ff c n c nn c b fl i i F i m n u Ol d cl fa e a d o e ted y ghts of steps, s the sher e s Q arter, the F Ol kest on e o f re- i w p ra l ay days . FOLKESTON E 7 ’ railway in the forties brought about a rapid Change ; an d decade by decade the fishing village grew until it is to-day o n e o f the most populous of o ur southern seaside town s an d o n e o f the most popular of o ur — “ ” holiday resorts the pretty town o r midsummer City o f Folkestone . To po g raph ers and philologists are by no means in agreement as to the derivation of the name o f the - place that is to day famil iar to all as Folkestone . It ’ has been suggested that the name signifies Folks stone -or the stone o f the littl e people or fairiesu an d that origin has taken o n a new meaning now that each year countless numbers of human little people are r brought hither for thei holidays, to disport themselves n r o the beach , to amble about the fascinating maze o f r r r walks th ough the g eenery of the Leas, o to make excursions to the inviting hills at the back of the town and other inland places, to the perennially won derful r r wilderness of the War en , o to the fascinations of r Romney Ma sh away to the west . ’ To-day in the fi shermen s quarter down by the har b o u r an d u th e s , p teep narrow H igh Street, we have a ol d h i n f glimpse Of Folkestone, a t o w h at it was “ ” r - in bygone f ee trade days, when it consisted o f “ ” r but th ee irregular streets , built about the sides o f the small valley through which the little stream o f the Foord found its way to the sea . Now, whether 8 FOLK ESTON E r o r we approach by steame by the railway, we see a has ar th t the small village developed into a l ge town . In the former case we see the massy tower o f the o ld r o n f chu ch its high Clif, and large houses stretch ing westward towards Sandgate along the to p of the as in vi Le , and this, it must be admitted , is a more t ing approach than is that by train ; fo r from the Central Station the bare hills on o n e side and the houses with predo minating slate roofs do not strike a Cheerful or a r s pictu e que note . The town is scattered about the hills r s an d which lie between the sea and the highe down , the more o r less flat appearance from the station o r r a r n r s f om the vi duct, as we jou ney o to Dove , is oon seen to be nothing but appearance and far removed r r a r a f om eality, when we begin to w nde bout the hilly r s s r s st eet ; a a humo i t, with that licence which he “ r s has & o s sha e with the poet, said Rome sto d on even hills— Folkestone seems to have been built o n seventy The railway approach to any town is generally the r an d least att active, Folkestone is certainly not an ex ro c eptio n to the rule . Most pleasant it is to come in f m the sea and watch the g ro w i n g to w n as o ur steamer i r s s r are nears th e p e , where the low hill to the we twa d s an d fs r seen crowned with house , the high cli f st etch away to the eastward to the bold declivity known as ’ ff at r Shakespeare s Cli , which once neighbours Dove are and cuts it Off from view .