Notes on Folkestone, historical, climatological and medical : with a chapter on selecting apartments / by Arthur E. Larking.

  • Larking, Arthur E.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Notes on Folkestone, historical, climatological and medical : with a chapter on selecting apartments / by Arthur E. Larking. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    22/98 page 10
    CONFIGURATION OF FOLKESTONE If one goes to the top of the high chalk hills, the North Downs, which approach to within a mile or so of Folkestone at the back of the town, and gazes down from the height of 500 feet or thereabouts on to the tableau below, it is seen that a huge plateau runs out towards the sea, and on this the town of Folkestone is built. This plateau or table-land goes up to within a hundred yards of the sea, and then a sharp, steep declivity leads down to the sea-shore, some 150 feet below (vide Frontis- piece). The sides of this are clothed with verdure of all kinds, fir trees and numerous wild flowers and shrubs. Sequestered and shady walks abound along the side and at the bottom of the bank.
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