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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 160 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Folkestone Central station |
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Summary
Station opened in September 1884. Originally called Cheriton Arch, the name was changed to Radnor Park in 1886, and Folkestone Central in 1895. The concourse was completely modernised to a design by NGT Wikeley in 1968
| Grid Reference: | TR 219 362 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Folkestone Central station.
From The National Monuments Record:
Station opened in September 1884. Originally called Cheriton Arch, the name was changed to Radnor Park in 1886, and Folkestone Central in 1895. The concourse was completely modernised to a design by NGT Wikeley in 1968. (1-2)
Historic England archive material: RO/06481/001 A view of Folkestone Central Station looking towards the platform canopies
<1> H. P. White, 1964, A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2 (Monograph). SKE32114.
<2> G. A. Buck, 1992, A Pictorial Survey of Railway Stations (Monograph). SKE54788.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Monograph: H. P. White. 1964. A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2. [Mapped feature: #68859 railway station, ] |
| <2> | Monograph: G. A. Buck. 1992. A Pictorial Survey of Railway Stations. |
Related records
| TQ 84 SW 1 | Part of: LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY (Monument) |
