SECRET FOLKESTONE.

Published by Amberley, Stroud, 2024

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Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, Kent, United KingdomMarrins Bookshop

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8vo. 9 x 6.5 inches. 95 + [1] pp. In pictorial wrapper. As new condition. Illustrated throughout in colour and sepia, including maps and plans. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. A new study by local historians, Terry Begent and Eamonn Rooney, which uncovers many little known and fascinating stories from the past of Folkestone. These include the foundation of the first nunnery in England by St. Eanswythe in the seventh century, speculations on the Saxon moot stone, the early water supply, the town's role as a limb of the Cinque Ports, Frontline Folkestone and the town's defences, the visits of Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth in the sixteenth century, some distinguished Folkestonians, including William Harvey and Walter Tull, the Cross Channel ferry port and the Channel Tunnel, the reception of the Belgian refugees in 1914 and the German Gotha air raid of May 1917. KENT FOLKESTONE KENT - EAST KENT TOWNS HISTORY WW1 ILLUSTRATED KENT.

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Title
SECRET FOLKESTONE.
Author
BEGENT, TERRY and ROONEY, EAMONN.
Publisher
Amberley, Stroud
Publication year
2024

Marrins Bookshop

Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom

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Founded by Patrick Marrin's father George in 1946, Marrin's Bookshop has been based in its current Folkestone location since 1963. Patrick has worked in bookselling since 1970. As well as rare antiquarian books, maps and prints, the stock includes a wide range of literature, library sets, travel, history and illustrated books in all fields. We also offer a bookbinding and restoration service. Visitors to the shop are welcome and we exhibit at UK book fairs. A large proportion of our stock can be searched on this website, or at http://www.marrinbook.co.uk.…

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science and medicine, Natural history, maps and prints, Antiquarian books, History of Kent and English topography

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