A TIDE TABLE FOR DOVER HARBOUR For every Day in the Year 1875, By which the time of High Water may be found by Inspection only, without knowing the Age of the Moon... Day MORNING TIDE. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. H. MH. M.H. M. H. M.H. M. H. M.H. M.H. M.H. M.H. M. H. M.H. M. High water at Boulogne is 16 minutes later; at Calais, 20 minutes later; and at Ostend, one hour later than at Dover. Explanation. The first column contains the Day of the Month, and the other twelve the time of High Water, under their respective Months printed at the top. Example-It is High Water on the 22nd Oct., found in the first column, at 24 minutes past 4, found opposite, in the column under Oot. at top. The Times of High Water are given for Mean Time at Place. If Greenwich or Railway Time be required subtract 5 minutes. A TIDE TABLE FOR DOVER HARBOUR For every Day in the Year 1875, By which the time of High Water may be found by Inspection only, without knowing the Age of the Moon... AFTERNOON TIDE. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May.June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. | Nov. Dec. H. M.H. M.H. M.H. M.H. M. H. M. H. M.H M.H. M. H. M.H. M. H.M High water at Boulogne is 16 minutes later; at Calais, 20 minutes later; and at Ostend, one hour later than at Dover. Explanation.-The first column contains the Day of the Month, and the other twelve the time of High Water, under their respective Months printed at the top. Example-It is High Water on the 25th Oct., found in the first column, at 38 minutes past 8, found opposite, in the column under Oct. at top! The Times of High Water are given for Mean Time at Place. If Greenwich or Railway Time be required subtract 5 minutes. Folkestone: As it Was and as it Is. It needs but the most cursory glance at the records of Folkestone, to show the visitor that this rapidly rising little town dates back as far as the Roman period, for this has been pretty conclusively shown by the number of antiquities and curiosities that have from time to time been brought to the light of day, all having the stamp of Cæsar upon them. There are evidences that the town has been associated with the Saxons, and probably its present title was derived from that people. Eadbald, King of Kent, built a convent here in A.D. 630, at the wish of his daughter Eanswythe, who eventually became its abbess. Though it was never made a direct landing-place by either our primitive conquerors, or later on, by the Saxons, still it has played a most important role in history. Passing from the time of the Saxons we find that the nunnery alluded to was destroyed by the old "Sea Kings," when they visited our shores, and later on a monastery was erected upon its site by the Normans, but this too was washed away. The Conqueror gave the manor to Sir William Avranches, who erected on the remains of an old Saxon fortress his Norman stronghold. tinuing to the 13th century, the French are accused of having taken and burnt the town. Harry the Bluff is also reported to have visited it, and in the year 1573 Queen Bess entered the place, and was received by Robert Holyday, who then held the office of Mayor. In the days of the Commonwealth the town of Folkestone was the scene of severe struggles and strifes between the Cromwellites and Royalists, and it was in this reign that a Puritanical minister supplanted the Church of England clergyman at the Parish Church. In the neighbouring town of Dover the clergyman of St. Mary's was named Reading, and he likewise was one of those who suffered persecution under the hands of the "long-faced, hypocritical" Puritan community. Constant bickerings came at last to an open discussion between the Con champion of the Throne in the person of the Rev. Mr. Read and John Fisher, a Baptist, on the part of the Puritans. The discussion took place in the Parish Church; but although it is a memorable event in history still its pages do not record who obtained the best of the dispute. To proceed with our narrative, it may be added that Folkestone is one of the oldest of the Cinque Ports, and has upon more than one occasion supplied the navy with British "Hearts of Oak." Later on, in the reign of George III., the place was celebrated for being a great harbour of refuge for smugglers, and many of the houses, even in the present day, are in themselves pictures of the ingenuity of man in the way of secret passages, trap-doors, cellars, and other depositories. With this brief glance at the history of Folkestone in bye-gone days, remarking en passant that it was in the year 1797 the dawn of improvements began to shine upon the town when Mr. Pettman, who was steward to the then Earl of Radnor, gained a well-deserved fame for his science in agriculture and the improvements he instituted in the drainage of the town, we come down to the year 1800. It was about this time that the celebrated feud which waged long and furious, took place between the inhabitants of Dover and Folkestone; but, thanks to the advancement of the age, at the present time all signs of it have passed away, and the best of feeling prevails between the people of the two towns. A peculiarity of Folkestone in that year was the curious names possessed by some of its Town Councillors. For instance, from records we find that the names of Gittens and Timothy are frequently mentioned in the Municipal records of the town. In 1807, the inhabitants established a Folkestone Conversation Society, and its meetings were held at the then Royal Oak Hotel. Mr. Sturges, in a capital lecture on the history of Folkestone, past and present, delivered some months ago, details at length some of the curious subjects which this Society suggested for debating, and among others it may not, perhaps, be entirely uninteresting to mention the accompanying few. One of the subjects was, "Suppose a man, seeing his mother, wife, and child in danger of being drowned, and he had it in his power to save one of the three, which is it most his duty to preserve ?" The voting was rather curious, for, while one voted for the mother, three voted for the wife, and three for the child, but the Chairman decided the matter by giving his casting vote in favour of the child. Another was, "Whether a woman, having received the constant addresses from a man for a lengthy time, ought to consider herself engaged without a distinct promise of marriage." The vote was six in favour of the lady's considering herself so under such circumstances, and five against; and the third subject was, "Which is most dangerous to society-a knavish lawyer or an ignorant quack doctor." This, history says, was the subject of a very long debate, and resulted in an equal number of votes for both individuals, but the Chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the lawyer. |