• It is thought that people first settled in Folkestone 70,000 years ago.
• There is a suggestion that Folkestone comes from Folca’s stone, a rock marking the meeting place of local people.
• St Eanswythe, daughter of King Eadbald of Kent, founded the first nunnery on the cliff top at Folkestone in AD 630.
• In 1313, King Edward II granted the Town a Charter of Incorporation, by which it could elect a Mayor, bailiff and 12 jurats. It was at about this time that Folkestone joined the Cinque Ports as a “corporate limb” of Dover.

Did you know?

• Every beauty pageant can be traced back to Folkestone’s first pageant in 1908.
• The Channel Tunnel, built in 1994, is the world’s longest marine subway.
• Leas Lift: only the 3rd lift in England to be built operating by water balance.

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