February 15, 2022 Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson: Fighting to be a doctor By C.E.Moody, Friends of Folkestone Old Cemetery Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson, one of the ‘Edinburgh Seven’ is buried in Cheriton Road Cemetery. She was one…
January 13, 2022 Alfred Philpott 1869-1929 – a hidden history Alfred Philpott: His is just one of the many unmarked, shared graves, opposite the Morrisons store. He shares it with two baby boys who…
December 1, 2021 Bloody Accident At The Folkestone Lift (1896) An unmarked plot in the old Folkestone cemetery marks the resting place of John Henry Frederick Wessell who died 13th December 1916. John Wessell…
October 21, 2021 Grosser Kurfürst: 19th Century warship wreck off Kent protected The wreck of a German battleship that was sunk in 1878 off Folkestone, with the loss of nearly 300 lives, has been granted government…
October 7, 2021 1906: Nature Study Ends In Tragedy Reported at the time as ‘Cliff Fatality’ the news item goes on to tell of the tragic death of a young pupil of Sidney…
September 19, 2021 George Peden: From Humble Beginnings Out walking – want some peace and quiet? Then why not take a walk through the old Folkestone cemetery for an hour or so…
September 14, 2021 A Talk For The Family History Society At very short notice. because another speaker had dropped out with only a few days to go, we were able to step in to…
August 6, 2021 Duty, Destiny & Disaster Despite the summer rain yesterday evening – we held our first public walk and talk entitled Duty, Destiny and Disaster in the old cemetery….
