Folkestone Priory was a pre-Reformation Benedictine monastery at Folkestone in the English county of Kent. The priory church survives as the present parish...
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two of Kent Coast electrification in January 1961. The line from Folkestone into Priory was electrified in June 1961. The high-speed service to London St...
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c. 650, Folkestone, England), also spelled Eanswythe or Eanswide, was an Anglo-Saxon princess, who is said to have founded Folkestone Priory, one of the...
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Stephens Ltd, Cambridge. ISBN 0-85059-664-5 "Railway between Dover Priory and Folkestone Central closed after damage to sea wall"Network Rail Media Centre...
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Priory Dartford Priory Davington Priory DOVER (see below) Faversham Abbey Folkestone Priory, earlier site Folkestone Priory Higham Priory Hoo Monastery...
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Folkestone West railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the western area of Folkestone, Kent. It is 69 miles 22 chains (111...
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51°05′N 1°10′E / 51.08°N 1.16°E / 51.08; 1.16 The history of Folkestone stretches back to ancient times, with evidence of human habitation dating to...
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Eanswith, daughter of King Eadbald of Kent, founds the Benedictine Folkestone Priory, the first nunnery in England. April 27 – King Ardashir III, age 9...
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In 1138, after intermediate rebuilding, a new monastery was built, Folkestone Priory, with a church dedicated to St Mary and St Eanswythe, the foundation...
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pilgrimage. Around 630 Eanswith, daughter of Eadbald of Kent, founded Folkestone Priory. William of Malmesbury says Rædwald had a step-son, Sigeberht of East...
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