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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 784 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of British School, Dover Road, Folkestone, Shepway |
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Summary
Site of British School, Folkestone
| Grid Reference: | TR 2299 3639 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SCHOOL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1814 AD to 1970 AD (at some time))
Full description
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The British School for boys and girls, set up by the British & Foreign Schools Society, was opened in 1814, as shown on the 1862 -75 map. Infants started attending in 1835. The building continued to be used as a school, as shown on the 1897-1900, 1907-23 and 1929-52 maps. It was the demolished and private residences built on the site, as shown on the current O/S map.
Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.
Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.
Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
| --- | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. |
| --- | Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3. |
| --- | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4. |
