Kentish Gazette
23-9-1780
Advertisement:
Folkestone Arms, (late the White Hart) Folkestone, James Bateman informs his
friends and the public in general that he has completely rebuilt his house and
fitted it up in the most genteel and commodious manner for the reception and
accommodation of all who will do him the favour of their company.
He
has also provided himself with a fresh assortment of liquors of every kind, and
of the best sorts; he therefore humbly hopes for a continuance of that encouragement
which, having long experienced he most gratefully acknowledges, and will
endeavour to deserve in future.
Folkestone
Sept. 22nd, 1780
Kentish Gazette
20-1-1781
Advertisement:
Notice: Whereas a black mare was put into the stable of the Folkestone Arms
Inn, Folkestone, on Friday the 12th, and has not been enquired after
since, whoever can prove the said mare their property may have her again by
paying the expenses.
Folkestone,
Jan. 19, 1781.
Kentish Gazette
18-8-1781
Advertisement
extract: To be sold publicly to the highest bidder, on Monday, the tenth day of
September next, at two o`clock in the afternoon, at the Folkestone Arms, in the
town of Folkestone, unless disposed of before by private contract, of which
timely notice will be given: A messuage or tenement, with the barn, stable,
outhouses, edifices and buildings, with the appurtenances thereto belonging, in
good repair; in the parish of, and near or adjoining to the town of Folkestone
aforesaid, in the occupation of Mr. John Baker, Brewer.
Kentish Gazette 31-10-1786
Folkestone
Arms Inn, Folkestone: George Janaway, late of Hothfield, respectfully acquaints
the nobility, gentry and the public that he has taken and genteelly fitted up
the said inn, and humbly solicits the honour of their patronage and support,
assuring them it will be his unremitting study to render every accommodation
agreeable to those who may please to favour him with their commands.
Neat
post-chaises, with able horses, on the shortest notice.
Kentish Gazette
3-4-1787
The
assignees of the estate and effects of Richard Elgar, late of Folkestone, in
the County of Kent, Builder, Dealer, and Chapman, a bankrupt, give notice that
they will attend from Ten till Twelve in the forenoon and from Two till Five in
the afternoon, on Thursday, the 5th day of April, 1787, at the
Folkestone Arms, in the town of Folkestone, in order to pay a dividend of
fifteen shillings in the pound, arising from the said bankrupt`s estate and
effects.
Kentish Gazette
10-9-1790
For
sale, at the Folkestone Arms, in sundry lots, on Thursday, the 16th
day of September instant, about One o`clock in the afternoon, the
undermentioned goods, viz:
170
gallons of foreign brandy
630
ditto of foreign Geneva
N.B.
The goods were seized on the 17th of August last; therefore will be
found equally as good as when landed.
Kentish Chronicle
14-1-1794
John
Marsh`s Bankruptcy:
The
creditors who have proved their debts against John Marsh, late of Folkestone,
in the County of Kent, tailor, draper, dealer and chapman, a bankrupt, may
receive a final dividend from his estate by applying to the Folkestone Arms, in
Folkestone, at two o`clock in the afternoon, on Tuesday, the 28th
day of January instant, or afterwards at Mr. Reynold`s office, at Folkestone,
solicitor to the Commission.
Folkestone,
Jan. 13, 1794
Kentish Chronicle
11-9-1795
Folkestone,
Sept. 8: Yesterday William Knight Esq. was chosen Mayor of this town for the
year ensuing. In compliment to our new Chief Magistrate, who is a lieutenant in
the Volunteers, Captain Jordan and Capt. Penfold`s companies were drawn up
before his house at ten o`clock and marched in procession to the church, where
an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Timms, after which followed
the election, when the Mayor and Corporation adjourned to a sumptuous dinner at
the Folkestone Arms. At five o`clock in the afternoon the Volunteer companies
were drawn up opposite the tavern, and fired three volleys on the occasion.
Kentish Chronicle
6-3-1798
Saturday
morning early three peace officers applied to J. Sladden, esq. mayor of
Folkestone, and informed him they were in pursuit of a foreigner, who had been
a short time resident with a fisherman in that town: the Mayor immediately
attended them to the house, which was searched, but the person was not found.
The officers describing some packages belonging to the person, they were found
laying in the window of the house, and consisted of boxes made of mahogany,
which, when opened, one was found new-made knives and forks; the second a
quantity of tea; and in the third three letters with foreign directions for
persons in Holland. The Mayor took charge of the letters, and the parties
retired.
These
circumstances being generally circulated through the town, information was brought
to the Mayor, who was assembled with Mr. T. Baker and Mr. Stredwick, two other
Magistrates, for the distribution of a public charity, that a person answering
the description had slept the three preceding nights at the Folkestone Arms
Inn, who, it appeared, had departed early in the morning in seeming confusion;
from the master of the inn they found the stranger had only lodged there, but
boarded with the fisherman, who was sent for and upbraided for his duplicity.
He said the man had departed on foot, on the road to Ashford.
The
three gentlemen immediately pursued, and learned that he had taken a chaise at
Sandgate for Canterbury, which place he wished, if possible, to avoid, but was
told he could not; they rode to this city with incredible dispatch, and calling
on one of the Magistrates, immediate enquiry was made, and the person was
found to have changed horses and departed from the Red Lion Inn about two
hours. Colonel Cotterell, of the Hereford regiment, who was at the time
commanding in the city, being sent for, he instantly dispatched some light
dragoons of the Oxford Cavalry, and Lieut. Mark, of his own corps, in pursuit.
They traced the chaise to the King’s Head Inn at Rochester; but it appeared the
person pursued had the precaution to quit the chaise at Chatham Hill, with an
intent to pass unobserved through the towns. An immediate alarm being given,
the people turned out in every direction; a corporal of the Oxford
Dragoons, accompanied by an officer of Marines, rode on towards the
metropolis, and had the good fortune to overtake him about a half a mile from
Strood, where he was walking on the public road. He was brought back and
examined by R. Thompson, esq. the Mayor of Rochester, after which he was
conveyed to the Secretary of State’s office, under proper guard.
Immediately
on the departure of the dragoons from this city, the Magistrate took a regular
deposition from the Mayor of Folkestone, which, with the three letters taken
out of one of the boxes, was dispatched, by express, to the Duke of Portland’s
office, and we make no doubt preceded the arrival of the party.
Much
praise is due to the Mayor and the two gentlemen of Folkestone, for their
vigilant pursuit, and we must add, we think them deservedly entitled to the
thanks of their country. Whilst such vigilance is shewn by the people, and a
zealous attention is paid to every attempt at secret correspondence, we have
little to fear. And we doubt not but a strict look out will be kept on vessels
of every description departing from our ports by the Government cutters &c.
It
is said the Captain of a vessel in Dover harbour had accepted of a fee to carry
this person over; the vessel was to have waited in the Folkestone roads, where
he intended to have embarked. The Captain is said to be in custody.
The
foreigner’s name is Benedict Theot; he had been for some time resident in
Jermyn Street, Westminster,- and is conjectured to be implicated
with the suspected persons apprehended at Margate, which occasioned him to make
an attempt of quitting the kingdom. He was brought to the Duke of Portland’s
office about twelve o’clock on Saturday night, after which he was lodged at the
Parliament Coffee Hlouse, and was to undergo an examination yesterday before
the Privy Council.
Kentish Gazette
6-3-1798
Saturday
morning early three peace officers applied to J. Sladden, esq. mayor of Folkestone,
and informed him they were in pursuit of a foreigner, who had been a short time
resident with a fisherman in that town: the Mayor immediately attended them to
the house, which was searched, but the person was not found; some packages however
belonging to him were discovered by the officers, lying in one of the windows,
consisting of boxes made of mahogany, which on being opened, in the first were
some new-made knives and forks; in the second a quantity of tea; and in the
third three letters with foreign directions for persons in Holland. The Mayor
took charge of the letters, and the parties retired.
These
circumstances being generally circulated, information was given to the
Magistrates, that a person answering the description given had slept the three
preceding nights at the Folkestone Arms Inn, who had departed early in the
morning in seeming confusion; he had only lodged at the inn, but boarded with
the fisherman, who, being sent for and reprimanded for his duplicity, said the
stranger had gone, on foot, the road to Ashford.
The
Mayor, Mr. T. Baker, and Mr. Stredwick, immediately pursued, and learned that
he had taken a chaise at Sandgate for Canterbury, which place he wished, if
possible, to avoid, but was told he could not; they rode to this city with
incredible dispatch, and calling on one of the Magistrates, immediate enquiry
was made, and the person was found to have changed horses and departed from the
Red Lion Inn about two hours. Colonel Cotterell, of the Hereford regiment,
then commanding in the city, being sent for, he instantly dispatched some light
dragoons of the Oxford Cavalry, and Lieut. Mark, of his own corps, in pursuit.
They traced the chaise to the King’s Head Inn at Rochester; but the person
pursued had the precaution to quit the chaise at Chatham Hill, with an intent
to pass through the towns unobserved. An immediate alarm being given, the people
turned out in every direction; a corporal of the Oxford Dragoons, accompanied
by an officer of Marines, rode on towards the metropolis, and had the good
fortune to overtake him about a mile and a half from Strood, where he was
walking on the public road. He was brought back and examined by R. Thompson,
esq. the mayor of Rochester, after which he was conveyed to the Secretary of
State’s office, under a proper guard.
Immediately
on the departure of the dragoons from this city, the Magistrate took a regular
deposition from the Mayor of Folkestone, which, with the three letters taken
out of one of the boxes, was dispatched, by express, to the Duke of Portland’s
office, and we make no doubt preceded the arrival of the party.
Much
praise is due to the Mayor and the two gentlemen of Folkestone, for their
vigilant pursuit, and we must add, we think them deservedly entitled to the
thanks of their country. Whilst such vigilance is shewn by the people, and a
zealous attention is paid to every attempt at secret correspondence, we have
little to fear. And we doubt not but a strict look out will be kept on vessels
of every description departing from our ports.
It
is laid the Captain of a vessel in Dover harbour had actually accepted of a fee
to carry this man over; the vessel was to have waited in Folkestone roads,
where he intended to have embarked. The Captain is said to be in custody.
The
foreigner’s name is Benedict Theot, he had been for some time resident in
Jermyn Street, Westminster,- and is conjectured to be implicated
with the suspected persons apprehended at Margate, which occasioned him to make
an attempt of quitting the kingdom. He was brought to the Duke of Portland’s
office about twelve o’clock on Saturday night, after which he was lodged at the
Parliament Coffee Hlouse, and was to undergo an examination yesterday before
the Privy Council.
Kentish Chronicle
28-2-1804
Lost,
stolen or strayed, from Folkestone, on Saturday last, a white pointer dog, with
liver-coloured head, and a large liver-coloured spot on one side, and answers
to the name of Don.
Any
person who shall bring the said dog to the Folkestone Arms, Folkestone, shall
receive a reward of two Guineas, and anyone found detaining him after this
notice will be prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the law.
Feb.
20, 1804.
Folkestone Chronicle
11-9-1804
On
Saturday last Thomas Baker Esq. was elected Mayor of Folkestone for the year
ensuing. After the election, the Corporation and many other gentlemen of the
town partook of a handsome dinner provided at the Folkestone Arms Inn, and the
remainder of the day was spent with the utmost conviviality.
Kentish Gazette
8-4-1808
Advertisement
NOTICE.
The Creditors of Thomas Rouse, of Folkestone, are
requested to meet the Trustees of his estate and effects on Monday next,
the 11th day of this instant, April, at the Folkestone Arms, in Folkestone, at
3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Folkestone Sessions
Books 1765 – 1779 & 1792 - 1811
General Sessions 25-4-1808
Before Thomas Baker (Mayor), Joseph William Knight, John
Castle, John Gill, John Bateman and James Major.
The following person was fined for having short measures in
their possession, viz.:
George Janeway 2/6
Kentish Chronicle
10-5-1808
Death:
May 7th, at Folkestone, at an advanced age, Mr. George Janeway, of
the Folkestone Arms In
Kentish Gazette
13-5-1808
Obituary
Died, May 7th, at Folkestone, at an advanced age,
Mr. George Janeway, landlord of the Folkestone Arms inn.
Kentish Gazette
25-11-1808
Advertisement
To be peremptorily sold by Auction, at the Folkestone Arms,
in Folkestone, on Friday, the 2nd day of December next, at two
o`clock (unless disposed of by private contract, of which notice will be
given);
All that substantial Freehold messuage or tenement, with the
wash-house and joint use of the yard, well therein, and passage from the street
thereto, with the adjoining messuage or tenement and premises of Mr. Paul
Rayner, situate, lying, and being in Dover Street, Folkestone, and now in the
occupation of Mr. William Moon.
Further particulars may be had of Mr. Knocker, attorney at
law, Dover.
Kentish Gazette
29-11-1808
Advertisement
The estate at Folkestone, advertised to be sold at the
Folkestone Arms, in Folkestone, on Friday, the 2nd day of December,
is disposed of by private contract.
Kentish Gazette
26-12-1809
Advertisement
To be sold by Auction, on Wednesday next, 27th
December, at noon, at the Folkestone Arms, Folkestone: The Hull of His
Majesty`s Gun-Brig, Defender, which has been driven on shore at Cock Point,
near Folkestone.
Conditions will be made known at the time of sale.
J. Trounsell, Naval Officer, Deal, 23rd Dec.,
1809.
Kentish Gazette 12-1-1810
Auction Advertisement
To be sold by Auction, by Mr. David Major
On Tuesday, the 16th day of January instant, at
two o`clock in the afternoon, at the Folkestone Arms, Folkestone, subject to
such conditions as will be then and there produced, the following Freehold and
Copyhold Premises:
Lot 1: All that freehold messuage or tenement, with a
convenient room behind the same, and garden thereto adjoining, situate and
being in George Lane, Folkestone, now in the occupation of Mr. John Butcher.
Lot 2: All that freehold messuage or tenement, with the
ground and appurtenances thereto belonging, situate and being in Fancy Street,
in Folkestone aforesaid, now in the occupation of Mr. John Butcher.
Lot 3: All that copyhold messuage or tenement, lately used
as a baker`s shop, desirably situated in Radnor Street, in Folkestone
aforesaid, now or late in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Mummery.
Further particulars may be known by applying at the office
of Messrs. Tournay, Hythe.
Kentish Gazette
22-6-1810
Auction Advertisement
On Monday, the 2nd day of July, 1810, at the sign
of the Folkestone Arms, at two o`clock in the afternoon, the following Freehold
Premises, situate and being within the parish and town of Folkestone and the
liberty thereof, in the following lots, subject to the conditions of sale to be
then and there produced:
Lot 1: A piece of pasture land, part of a piece of land, now
in one piece, formerly in two pieces, lying at or near a place called the
Forstall, in the parish and within the liberty of the town of Folkestone, as
the same is now stumped off from Lot 2, and contains three acres and one rood,
more or less, now in the tenancy of Wilson Wiles.
Lot 2: A piece of pasture land, part of and the residue of
the said piece of land, now in one piece, and formerly in two pieces, adjoining
Lot 1, as the same is now stumped off from Lot 1, and adjoins the Wheeler`s
shop there, and contains three acres and one rood, more or less, now also in
the tenure of the said Wilson Wiles. A fence is to be made between Lots 1 and
2, as it is now stumped off, by, and at the joint expense of the purchasers of
Lots 1 and 2.
Lot 3: A piece or parcel of pasture land, called Round
Close, lying and being at or near a certain place called Foord, near and
adjoining Park Lane, in the parish of Folkestone, containing one acre, more or
less, now in the tenure or occupation of William Brann or his undertenants.
Lot 4: Two tenements, formerly in one, with the barn,
stable, gardens, and one piece or parcel of meadow or pasture land, to the same
belonging, containing in the whole five acres, more or less, situate and being
in the said parish of Folkestone, now in the occupation of the said William
Brann, or his undertenants.
The last lot, to which there is a good road at a short
distance from the turnpike roads from Dover to Sandgate and from Folkestone to
Canterbury, is particularly well-adapted for a tanner`s yard or fellmonger`s
yard (part of which was formerly used in that trade), or for erecting a mill, as
a strong and constant stream of water runs through the premises.
The tenants are tenants at will, and have notice to quit at
Michaelmas next. The land tax is redeemed.
Further particulars may be known by applying to Mr.
Reynolds, Attorney, Folkestone, Kent.
Kentish Gazette
22-1-1811
Advertisement
The creditors of Mr. William Reynolds, late of Folkestone,
attorney at law, deceased, are requested to meet at the Folkestone Arms Inn,
Folkestone aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 30th day of January instant,
at twelve o`clock at noon, and such creditors who hold mortgages, bonds, notes
or other securities are requested to present the same at the meeting.
Kentish Gazette
25-1-1811
Advertisement
The creditors of Mr. William Reynolds, late of Folkestone,
attorney at law, deceased, are requested to meet at the Folkestone Arms Inn,
Folkestone aforesaid, on Wednesday, the 6th day of February next, at
twelve o`clock at noon, and such creditors who hold mortgages, bonds, notes or
other securities are requested to present the same at the meeting.
Folkestone, 24th Jan. 1811.
Kentish Gazette
26-2-1811
Advertisement
The creditors of Mr. William Reynolds, late of Folkestone,
attorney at law, deceased, are requested to meet at the Folkestone Arms Inn,
Folkestone aforesaid, on Friday, the 1st day of March next, at one
o`clock in the afternoon, on important business relative to his concerns, and
to execute the deed approved of at the first meeting of the creditors.
Folkestone, 25th February, 1811.
Kentish Gazette
27-8-1811
Assizes,
Civil Side, Thursday, August 22, before Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough
The
King v Richard Hambrook
This
was an indictment against the defendant for aiding in the escape of prisoners
of war from Chesterfield, and for that purpose harbouring them in his house at
Folkestone.
Mr.
Serjeant Shepherd opened the case on behalf of the prosecution. The prisoner
kept a small public house, called the Blue Anchor, so the question to be
decided was whether the defendant was aiding in the escape of the prisoners in
question, named Chanmont, Latardie, Jessileux, J.B. Marten, Laddie, Nutali and
Bouet.
Mr.
John Bouser, agent for the French prisoners of war at Chesterfield, deposed
that all the above-named persons, except Bouet, were on their parole at
Chesterfield, and absented themselves on the 18th of September last.
The prisoners were brought into court and identified.
Lieut.
Christie, of His Majesty`s sloop Cordelia, saw a boat on the night of the 22nd
Sept., which they brought to, after having fired at, although the person in it
answered on being hailed that it was a Folkestone boat. There was a jar on
board with some ale in it, and bread and rum, together with a large deal box.
Next morning the witness sent them to the flagship on the Downs.
James
Butler deposed that he was chaise driver at the Fountain Inn, in Canterbury,
and on the evening of the – Sept., three gentlemen came there in a chaise, and
the witness was desired to drive them to the Blue Anchor, an inferior inn at
Folkestone. He there saw the landlord, the defendant, who told the gentlemen,
who had got out of the chaise, that he had got lodgings for them (on the
question being put to him), but not in his own house. He had made no previous
enquiry of them, or had any other conversation. The deal box they brought, they
left till the landlord came back, when he paid the witness for the chaise, and
desired him to put the box into his house. He also asked if the witness knew if
there were any more coming, to which he replied in the negative. The witness
had seen the box taken out of a boat at sea, which was the same as that he
carried in the chaise.
Sherwood,
another driver at the Fountain Inn, at Canterbury, said that on the 19th
Sept., a chaise came in from Sittingbourne, and the witness drove them to
Folkestone. The witness took them to the Folkestone Arms, but they were shown
down the road to the Blue Anchor by Janeway, the son of the landlord of the
Folkestone Arms. When they got out he saw that they were foreigners and he
recognised none of them.
James
Janeway conducted the foreigners from the Folkestone Arms to the Blue Anchor.
They were all gone to bed, but Hambrook opened the door, and the gentlemen went
in without having any conversation. The Blue Anchor was a small ale-house.
Sally
Newman, servant to Hambrook, deposed that they had only one spare room in the
house, that she remembered the foreigners coming, and identified the deal box
taken from the chaise.
Thos.
Mantell Esq., resident Agent for the Transport Board at Dover: He went on board
the Guard ship on the Downs, hearing that the foreigners` boat, the Cat, had
been taken. He saw the gentlemen and M. Bouet, who had made his escape.
Mr.
Gurney made a most able address to the Jury on behalf of the defendants. He
maintained that there was not the slightest evidence to affect the defendant,
or to say that he was aiding those men in escaping. If Hambrook could be found
Guilty, he would venture that there was not an innkeeper between Chesterfield
and Folkestone who furnished a post-chaise or a lodging for the night who might
not be indictable. Under the maxim of English law, that all men were deemed
innocent till it were proved they were Guilty, were to be laid aside, the Jury
could not come to the dreadful conclusion that the defendant was the base,
disloyal subject to assist the enemies of his King and country. He then entered
into the particulars of the evidence to show that there was nothing in it which
showed that the defendant was aiding and assisting in the escape of prisoners
of war.
Lord
Ellenborough detailed the evidence delivered, dwelling particularly on the
expressions used by the landlord, which His Lordship thought very equivocal,
and he left it to the Jury to draw what inference they thought proper. His
Lordship was much surprised that the French prisoners had not been called for
the defendant.
Verdict:
Guilty on the first count of concealing and secreting French prisoners of war.
Kentish Gazette 13-12-1811
Advertisement
To be sold by auction at the Folkestone Arms Inn,
Folkestone, on Monday, the 30th day of December instant, at two
o`clock in the afternoon, by David Major, the following freehold estates in
lots:
Lot 1: A capital dwelling house, with the stable, yard,
convenient garden and appurtenances, situate in Church Street, in Folkestone,
forming a very desirable family residence, and now in the occupation of Mrs.
Jordan.
Lot 2: A dwelling-house and shop, very desirably situated
for trade, in High Street in Folkestone, with the garden, backside,
appurtenances thereunto belonging, now in the occupation of Thomas Johnson.
Lot 3: A messuage and small garden, situate upon The Bayle,
in Folkestone, in the occupation of Richard Benfield.
Lot 4: The scite and materials of part of an old building,
adjoining the last-mentioned lot, containing 25 feet and five inches in front,
and 72 feet in depth, in the occupation of Thomas Weekes.
Lot 5: The remaining part of the scite and materials of the
said old building, of the same dimensions as the last lot, in the occupation of
John Tart.
Lot 6: A messuage and garden, adjoining the last lot, in the
occupation of Richard Major.
Lot 7: A small messuage and garden, adjoining the one last
mentioned, now in the occupation of William Benfield.
Lot 8: A messuage, yard and appurtenances, in North Street,
in Folkestone, now in the occupation of William Andrews.
Lot 9: A dwelling-house and shop, very eligibly situated for
trade, in the main street of Hythe, with the yard, stable and appurtenances
thereunto belonging, now in the occupation of ---- Watts.
Kentish Gazette 10-1-1812
Advertisement
To be sold by auction on Tuesday, the fourth day of
February, 1812, at twelve o`clock at noon, at the Folkestone Arms Inn, in
Folkestone, by David Major, in one lot;
A modern and substantially built Freehold mansion
house, the late residence of Mr. William Reynolds, Attorney at Law, deceased,
situate on the beautiful rising ground near the
town of Folkestone, on the turnpike road leading from thence to Hythe,
commanding on the landside a picturesque view of the adjoining country, and in
front extensive sea prospect, and a long range of the French coast.
The house,
which with corresponding wings, forms a very handsome elevation, comprises on
the ground floor a spacious dining room, drawing room, and four good parlours,
six airy and well proportioned chambers, with a dressing room on the second
floor; on the attic storey, three good chambers and a laundry. The basement
storey comprises two kitchens and a dairy, excellent cellarage and other
suitable conveniences. The offices attached and detached are numerous and convenient,
comprising a coach-house, capacious stabling, &c., with an excellent garden,
encompassed by a twelve feet wall, clothed with choice fruit trees in high perfection.
The house is fitted up in a handsome style, is in perfect repair, and
altogether forms a most beautiful and complete residence for a family of
distinction.
Also a rich meadow adjoining the house, containing
about three acres and a half, fenced round with flourishing young quick, and a
valuable piece of orchard and meadow land, adjoining the turnpike road and
extending from the house to the town of Folkestone, containing in length 276
feet, and in depth 174 feet, most beautifully situated, from its extensive land
and sea prospect, for building.
Immediate possession may be had, and particulars
known of Mr. Shipdem, Solicitor, Dover, Mr. Mount, Solicitor, Canterbury, and
Mr. Webb, Solicitor, Folkestone.
Kentish Gazette
17-4-1812
Auction Advertisement
To be sold by
Auction, on Monday, the fourth day of May next,
between the hours of twelve and one in the forenoon, at the Folkestone Arms
Inn, Folkestone, by David
Major,
All that spacious and
substantially-built dwelling house, the late residence of Mr. William Reynolds,
deceased, most delightfully situated on the rising ground, near the town of
Folkestone, by the side of the turnpike road leading from thence to Hythe, with
the front court and back garden. As the whole premises have been planned and divided
into lots, forming three very desirable residences.
Also, the valuable piece of garden ground on the
south side of the said dwelling House, adjoining the turnpike, road, being
encompassed by a substantial and high wall, which is clothed with the choicest
fruit trees.
A
plan of the dwelling house, as divided, may be seen by applying to Mr. Webb, Solicitor, Folkestone, of whom,
and of Mr. Shipden, Solicitor, Dover, Mr. Mount, Solicitor, Canterbury, further
particulars may be known.
Kentish Gazette
29-5-1812
Advertisement
(Part)
To Brewers and
others; To be sold by Auction, by Ayerst and Reeve, at the Folkestone Arms, in
Folkestone, on Monday, the 22nd day of June, 1812, at four o`clock
in the afternoon:
Lot 1: All that
freehold, well-accustomed public house and premises called the Folkestone
Lugger, with a large piece of ground adjoining, situate in Cowgate Street, in
the Town of Folkestone, in the occupation of Francis Poskett, who has had
notice to quit at Michaelmas next.
Note: Date is at
Variance with More Bastions.
Kentish Gazette
21-7-1812
On Thursday evening, the 16th inst., as Mr.
And Mrs. Nicholson, of Lewes, were descending Folkestone Hill in a single horse
chaise, he, thinking it safer to lead the horse down, gave the reins to Mrs. N.
previous to his getting out, which unfortunately dropped from her hold, and the
spirited animal finding himself at liberty, was in the act of setting off at
full speed, when Mr. N., by a sudden spring, caught the reins, and in his
endeavours to stop him overturned the vehicle, by which accident Mrs. N.
sustained considerable injury, and now lies confined at the Folkestone Arms
Inn. Mr. N. had the good fortune to escape with only a slight bruise on each
thigh, although the horse knocked him down and rode over him, and nothing of
the chaise remains whole but the wheels and springs.
Kentish Gazette
25-8-1812
Advertisement
Folkestone, to be sold by Auction, by Ayerst and Reeve;
At the Folkestone Arms, in Folkestone, on Thursday, the
tenth day of September, 1812, at one o'clock in the afternoon, in one lot (unless
previously disposed of by private contract, of which notice will be given in
this paper)
All that Freehold
piece or parcel of land, called Red Gate Field, containing by a late
admeasurement 12 a. 3r. 37
p. little more or less, lying within half a mile of the town of Folkestone, on
the turnpike road leading from thence to Hythe, commanding on the sea-side a
long range of the French coast, and an extensive sea prospect; and in front, a
fine view of the adjoining country, being most eligibly situated for building on.
Possession may be had at Michaelmas next, and half
part of the purchase money may remain on mortgage, if required.
For further particulars apply at the Office of
Messrs. De Lasaux and Boghurst,
Solicitors, Ashford, who are authorised to treat for the sale by private
contract.
Kentish Gazette
11-9-1812
Tuesday last being the Mayor`s choice for the town of
Folkestone, Thomas Baker esq. was elected to the chair, who, after taking the
necessary oaths, adjourned to the Folkestone Arms Inn, accompanied by the
Jurats and the Primoris Offidi, where a sumptuous and well served up dinner was
prepared for them. After the cloth was drawn the following toasts, &c.,
were pronounced from the chair: “The King and God Bless Him”, “The Prince
Regent, and under his benign auspices may the Imperial Eagle be experimentally
taught to play the wing at the roaring of the British Lion”, “The Queen and
Royal Family”, “The Army and Navy”, “Alexander, and may the Gallick Cock be
finally brought to feel the ascending influence of the Northern Constellation”,
&c. Thus passed on the fleeting hour, interspersed with the convivial song
and merry joke, until Nox was contemplating to withdraw her sombre curtain from
the dusky landscape, which suggested to the company the idea of “ite domum”,
and on which they unanimously arose, and congratulated the worth Mayor on his
tenth election to the honour of the white wand.
Kentish Chronicle
15-9-1812
On
Tuesday last Thomas Baker Esq. was chosen Mayor of Folkestone for the year
ensuing, and has appointed Thomas Farley Esq. his deputy. Mr. John Hart was, at
the same time, elected Chamberlain. At three o`clock the Corporation sat down
to an elegant dinner at the Folkestone Arms, supplied by Mrs. Janeway, where
the utmost harmony and conviviality prevailed until a late hour. This is the
tenth time Mr. Baker has been elevated to the civic chair by his fellow
townsmen.
Kentish Gazette
29-9-1812
Advertisement
To be peremptorily
let to the highest bidder, by Ayerst and Reeve at the Folkestone Arms, in Folkestone, on
Saturday the 10th day of
October, 1812, at four o'clock in
the afternoon, subject to such conditions as shall then be produced, (unless
previously sold by private contract, of which notice will be given in this
paper) for the term of seven years;
All that piece or parcel of arable land called or
known by the name of Red Gate Field, containing by estimation 15 acres, little
more or less, lying within half a mile of the town of Folkestone, and now in
the occupation of Mr. Wiles, who quits possession at Michaelmas next.
For further particulars apply at the office of
Messieurs De Lasaux and Boghurst, Solicitors, Ashford.
Kentish Gazette
6-10-1812
Advertisement
To be peremptorily
let to the highest bidder, by Ayerst and Reeve at the Folkestone Arms, in Folkestone, on
Monday the 12th day of
October, 1812, instead of Saturday
the 10th, as before advertised, at four o'clock in the afternoon, subject
to such conditions as shall then be produced, for the term of seven years;
All that piece or parcel of arable land called or
known by the name of Red Gate Field, containing by estimation 15 acres, little
more or less, lying within half a mile of the town of Folkestone, and now in
the occupation of Mr. Wiles, who quits possession at Michaelmas next.
For further particulars apply at the office of Messieurs
De Lasaux and Boghurst, Solicitors, Ashford.
Kentish Chronicle
19-2-1813
On
Monday was fully committed to Folkestone gaol, by Thomas Baker Esq., Mayor,
Francis Grimm, private in the 52nd Regiment, charged on the oath of
John Hitchcock, with stealing three pairs of new shoes from the Folkestone Arms
Inn, his property
Kentish Gazette
4-5-1813
On
Saturday last, pursuant to his sentence at the late General Sessions of the
Peace for the town and port of Folkestone, Francis Grimm, a private in the 52nd
Regiment of Foot was whipped at the cart`s tail for the space of 100 yards for
stealing a pair of new shoes from the ostler of the Folkestone Arms inn. When
stripped, the appearance of his back announced him to have been an old
offender, as between his shoulders conspicuously appeared the marks of a former
severe flagellation.
Kentish Gazette
10-9-1813
Wednesday
being the Mayor`s choice for the town of Folkestone, James Major Esq. was
elected to the chair, who, after taking the usual oaths, adjourned with the
Corporation to the Folkestone Arms Inn, where was prepared for them a sumptuous
and well served up dinner.
Kentish Gazette 21-5-1833
Advertisement
To be sold
cheap, a neat, strong Stanhope and Harness. Apply to the Ostler, Folkestone
Arms Inn, Folkestone.
Kentish Chronicle 4-3-1834
On Tuesday evening last
Folkestone was enlivened by a card and quadrille assembly held at the Guildhall
Rooms. Dancing and hilarity prevailed till a late hour. The music and
refreshments furnished by Mr. Cork, of the Folkestone Arms Inn, gave much
satisfaction to a numerous and highly delighted party.
Note: Does not
appear in More Bastions
Canterbury Weekly
Journal 22-4-1837
Advertisement
Capital
Hotel in Folkestone, Kent.
To
be disposed of with immediate possession, the lease and goodwill of the
well-known, and long-established Free Inn, called the Folkestone Arms, together
with the spacious and convenient Coach Houses and Satbles adjoining thereto.
The fixtures, stock, furniture, plate, linen, china &c., to be taken at a
valuation.
For
further particulars apply to Mr. R.W. Watson, Solicitor, Dover, or Messrs.
Brockman and Watts, Solicitors, Folkestone.
Dover,
April 19th, 1837
Dover Telegraph 28-1-1837
Advertisement:
Edward Pierson, Folkestone Arms Inn and Commercial Hotel. Edward Pierson,
having succeeded Mr. D. Cork in this establishment, respectfully solicits the
respect of his friends, and the patronage of the nobility and gentry, the
agricultural and commercial interests, and the public in general.
Genuine
wines, foreign spirits, bottled ale and porter.
Well-aired
beds and good stall stabling.
Note: Neither Cork nor Pierson appear in More Bastions
Dover Chronicle, Dover Telegraph
22-4-1837
Advertisement:
Capital Hotel in Folkestone, Kent. To be disposed of with immediate possession,
the lease and goodwill of the well-known and long-established Free Inn, called
the Folkestone Arms, together with the spacious and convenient coach houses and
stables adjoining thereto. The fixtures, stock, furniture, plate, linen, china,
&c., to be taken at a valuation.
For
further particulars apply to Mr. R.W. Watson, Solicitor, Dover, or Messrs.
Brockman and Watts, Solicitors, Folkestone.
Dover,
April 19th, 1837
Dover Telegraph
13-5-1837
Advertisement:
To be sold by auction, by Mr. David Godden, on Wednesday, the 17th
of May, 1837 and following days, on the premises, at the Folkestone Arms Inn,
in Folkestone, (under an execution), household furniture and other effects: comprising
four-post and tent bedsteads and hangings, feather beds, mattresses, blankets,
counterpanes, high and low chests of drawers, mahogany, painted and other
chairs, mahogany dining, Pembroke, Card, and other tables, mantel, pier and
chamber glasses, Brussels, Kidderminster and other carpets, sofa, mahogany
sideboard, an eight-day and 30 hour clocks, wash-hand stands, mahogany desk,
Moreen and other window curtains, sheets, tablecloths and pillow cases, plated
candlestick and other articles, decanters, tumblers, rummers, wine glasses,
Register and other stoves, fenders and fire irons, kitchen range, coppers,
copper and iron boilers, tea kettles, saucepans, knives and forks, meat
screens, a quantity of dishes, plates, tureens, earthenware and other kitchen
utensils, also divers articles belonging to the coach house, stables and wash
house.
The
sale to commence each day at ten o`clock.
Folkestone,
8th May, 1837.
Kentish Gazette
27-10-1840
The
Mayor, magistrates, and members of the council, together with a numerous
company of gentlemen belonging to Folkestone and its vicinity, partook of a
dinner at the Folkestone Arms Inn, on Wednesday, the 14th instant,
in celebration of the nuptials of Lord Folkestone and the Lady Mary Grimstone.
The dinner was served up in excellent style, and the hilarity of the meeting
was sustained until a late hour
Dover Telegraph
27-9-184
On
Tuesday evening, about 9 o`clock, as Mr. Holley, employed in constructing coke
ovens for the Railway Company, was passing from the Bail into the town, he missed his road and, from the darkness of the
place, fell a distance of sixteen feet into the yard of the Old Folkestone Arms
Inn, by which he sustained a dislocation of the knee and other injuries. Great
complaint is made at the partial manner in which the town is lighted with gas.
Canterbury Weekly
4-10-1845
On
Tuesday se`ennight, about nine o`clock, as Mr. Holley, employed erecting coke
ovens for the Railway Company, was passing from the Rail (should this be Bail?) into the town he missed the
road and, from the darkness of the place, fell a distance of sixteen feet into
the yard of the Old Folkestone Arms Inn, by which he sustained a dislocation of
the knee and other injuries.
Holbein`s
Visitors` List 2-3-1887
Local News
I am indebted for the following curious and interesting
reminiscence of ancient Folkestone to an old inhabitant of the town, and I
doubt not that many an old lady and gentleman can recall to mind the time at which
the incident happened. At the corner of George Lane, on the site where Messrs.
Gosling and Co.`s establishment now stands, the Folkestone Arms hung out it`s
sign in the days of long ago, before the town had become a holiday resort, and
when the mammoth lodging house was a thing undreamed of by the Folkestonians of
those primitive days. Folkestone is dull nowadays in the winter – wherefore we
may conclude that it was even duller then. A young military officer, passing
through the town, lunched at the Folkestone Arms, and after his repast embodied
his views of the deadly-lively town in the following lines, which he pencilled
on the wall of the dining room:
Since the Almighty Creator of Heaven
For our sins a punishment has given
Why need He send His creatures down to Hell?
Send them to Folkestone – that`ll do as well
Shortly after he had delivered himself of this
effusion, one of the tradesmen of that day (a shoemaker), who came to the
coffee room every afternoon to smoke a digestive pipe, came in and read the
lines. He took up cudgels on behalf of his native place, and pencilled beneath
the officer`s lines:
You red-coat poet
Why take you so much pains
To show at once
The virtue of your brains?
If Folkestone is a Hell
A Devil it must need;
You
want
preferment
Try – perhaps you may succeed
The officer was delighted with this repartee, sought
out it`s author, and the rhymesters spent a very pleasant evening together over
a bottle of port.
Folkestone Herald
28-1-1899
A Glimpse of Old Folkestone (Taken from The Watering Places
of Great Britain)
The Folkestone Arms Commercial Hotel and Excise Office
This is the principal hotel in Folkestone, and one, as
regards comfort and convenience, of which any town might be proud. The beds are
excellent; of the cookery the choicest epicure could not complain; the wines
and spirits challenge competition with any; the management reflecting the
greatest credit; the posting equal to any on the road; and, though last, not
least of its recommendary qualities, the charges reasonable. It is situated in
Bayle Street, and is within five minutes` walk of the sea-side.
Folkestone
Herald 12-8-1916
Felix
Who can throw some light on the following note I have
received from Lieut. Col. Fynmore, J.P.?
“Sandgate Castle, 31st July, 1916. Dear
Felix, You asked some years ago if there had ever been a barn on The Bayle. I
notice in the 1782 plan John Hobday held plots 32, 33, and 34. In 1792, John
Hobday is described as a farmer. In Stock`s Handbook, p. 89, reference is made
to a barn and buildings, which in 1769 passed to Henry Hobday. In connection
with this occupation by the Hobdays in 1769, Stock brings in the two shields of
arms of Herdson and Dixwell that I drew attention to some years ago. Can it be
that originally this was the Folkestone Arms? In 1776 we have the White Hart at
the top of High Street, and this, in the 1782 plan, had become the Folkestone
Arms, probably reviving a sign which had formerly existed, and where there was
a more probable site than that of Hobday`s, on The Bayle, and that the arms of
the landlords (Herdson and Dixwell) should be placed on either side of the
doorway, hence the Folkestone Arms. The proprietor might well in those days
have been a farmer as well, and, judging by the plan, there was ample room for
yard and stabling”.
I am told the site of the Folkestone arms now forms a
part of Gosling`s Stores. The old porching – and a fine specimen, too – still
stands there. Here, too, the coaches started for London, and there are now the
old waiting rooms, etc., still in existence. The stabling was in close
proximity, too. I dare say some of the oldest inhabitants cane recall the scene
when the coach started on its daily journey. I believe Mr. Tilden Tunbridge or
Mr. Jenkings could throw some light on this.
Note: Actually a reference to the Green
Dragon, The Bayle.
Folkestone
Herald 16-3-1929
Felix
“I thank you very much for your last week`s article,
and particularly that part referring to the Assembly (Corporation) meeting at
the old Kings Arms Hotel and the Marquis of Granby”. Thus Mr. F. Hedges, of the
Bouverie Arms, Cheriton Road, spoke to me on the bright and beautiful morning
of Monday last. It is nice to have a “Thank you” now and then, because it is my
main desire to please in these small weekly efforts of mine. I do not soar
towards the impossible, viz., to please everybody. I remarked this much, many
years ago, to a gentleman, who was then, as he is now, associated with the
Folkestone Herald. His reply was brief and to the point. It was this “You will
be a darned big fool if you try. Do the right as far as you can and let the
rest alone”. I have tried to follow this advice. Now, to return to Mr. Hedges
and his thanks. His establishment is a place where men congregate largely, and
naturally many subjects crop up for discussion. There are arguments, friendly
and sometimes highly controversial. It is tha latter that this particular
gentleman mostly dreads.
It appears one of the company at the Bouverie Arms on
Saturday night, after reading my paragraph, asked of another “Where was the
Marquis of Granby situate?” That was enough. The argument as to its whereabouts
went on fully for a couple of hours, and it was only when the Speaker called
“Time” that the controversy ceased. Now, to be fair, I must plead guilty to
providing, what after all was a friendly argument, for discussion. In my last
paragraph on this subject I declared the Marquis of Granby was situate in
Seagate Street. This was wrong. It should have been High Street. I can`t give
the exact site, but there are those living amongst us who can. It is probably
difficult for the present generation to realise that this present beautiful
town of Folkestone was confined to three, four, or five thoroughfares (not
paved in some cases) when the late Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837.
Such however was the case.
Perhaps the Cheiton Road unofficial debating Society
would like to discuss the whereabouts of the Folkestone Arms. The site of it
appears, as far as I can make out, to have been where now stands the commanding
corner premises at the bottom of High Street at the junction formed by Harbour
and South Streets. The Folkestone Arms, it would seem, was an important
establishment in those days. I will prove it. Here is an extract from an old
Kentish newspaper and it will be read, I feel sure, with interest by all true
Folkestonians. “September 11th, 1812. Tuesday last being the Mayor`s
choice for the town of Folkestone, Thomas Baker Esq. was elected to the chair,
who after taking the necessary oath adjourned to the Folkestone Arms Inn,
accompanied by the jurats and the principal residents of the community, where a
sumptuous and well-served dinner was prepared for them. After the cloth was
drawn (removed), the following toasts, etc., were pronounced from the chair;
“The King and God Bless Him”; “The Prince Regent” (and under his benign
auspices may the Imperial Eagle be experimentally taught to fly the wing at the
roaring of the British Lion); “The Queen and Royal Family”; “Alexander (and may
the Gallic Cock (France) be finally brought to feel the ascending influence of
the Northern constellation)”. Thus passed the fleeting hours, interspersed with
convivial song and merry joke, until “Nox” was contemplating to withdraw her
sombre curtain from the dusky landscape, which suggested to the company the
idea of “iit domum”, and on which they unanimously rose and congratulated the
Mayor (Thomas Baker) on his tenth election to the honour of the white wand”.
The foregoing, although an involved and rather complicated composition, gives
an insight into the life of Folkestone 117 years ago, and incidentally reminds
us that our forefathers well enjoyed themselves in their own way, not only at
the table, but with convivial song and merry joke.
Note: Felix again gets it wrong. The
Folkestone Arms referred to was located at the top of High Street, and closed
in 1846. The Folkestone Arms Tavern, at the bottom of High Street, opened in
1847.
Folkestone
Herald 1-11-1930
Felix
Councillor – or rather Jurat – Thomas Baker was elected
Mayor of Folkestone on ten or twelve different occasions. He it was who laid
the foundation stone of Folkestone Harbour when it was owned by a local
company. In the brief record I have before me I find that 115 years ago a
banquet in honour of the election of Mayor Baker was held at the Folkestone
Arms, situate at the top of High Street. The landlady, it appears, surpassed
herself in the cooking of the joints (boiled or roast), whilst the vegetables
and all the etceteras were, without doubt, prepared to a turn. My report states
that after the cloth had been removed a few toasts were proposed and responded
to. And then the company spent the rest of the evening, or rather night, in
mirth and harmony. The company “kept it up” right enough, for I read that it
was not until the brilliancy of the dawn wiped out the sombreness of Nox
(night) that the company separated.
Folkestone
Herald 3-11-1934
Felix
I am certain the following extract, taken from an old
county newspaper, will be read just now with interest by all Folkestonians:- “
September 11th, 1812: Thursday last being the Mayor`s choice for the
town of Folkestone, Thomas Baker Esq. was elected to the civic chair, and who,
after taking the necessary oath, adjourned to the Folkestone Arms Inn,
accompanied by the jurats and the primores oppidi (principal residents of the
town), where
a sumptuous and well-served dinner was prepared for them. After the cloth was
drawn (removed), the following toasts, etc., were pronounced from the chair;
“The King and God Bless Him”; “The Prince Regent” (and under his benign
auspices may the Imperial Eagle be experimentally taught to fly the wing at the
roaring of the British Lion); “The Queen and Royal Family”; “Alexander (and may
the Gallic Cock (France) be finally brought to feel the ascending influence of
the Northern constellation)”. Thus passed the fleeting hours, interspersed with
convivial song and merry joke, until “Nox” was contemplating to withdraw her
sombre curtain from the dusky landscape, which suggested to the company the
idea of “iit domum”, and on which they unanimously rose and congratulated the
Mayor (Thomas Baker) on his tenth election to the honour of the white hand of
office”.
The aforesaid Thomas Baker of over 100 years ago was
considered something of a “big noise” in his day. He it was who, amongst other
things, laid the foundation stone of the original Folkestone Harbour before it
was taken over by the then South Eastern Railway Company.
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