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'''Folkestone''' (Derivation: probably OE; ''Foica’s stone'') is a seaport and resort town in [[Kent]], UK some 11km (7 miles) WSW of [[Dover UK|Dover]]. It was a late developer, becoming officially a port in 1629 and a late “auxiliary” member of the - by now numerous – [[Cinque Ports]].
'''Folkestone''' (Derivation: probably OE; ''Foica’s stone'') is a seaport and resort town in [[Kent]], UK some 11km (7 miles) WSW of [[Dover UK|Dover]]. It was a late developer, becoming officially a port in 1629 and a late “auxiliary” member of the - by now numerous – [[Cinque Ports]].
Folkestone was the setting for the [[H.G. Wells]] novel ''Kipps''.
Folkestone was the setting for the [[H.G. Wells]] novel ''Kipps''.
Reference: ''"Brewer’s Britain and Ireland"''
[[Category: United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
[[Category: United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]