In 1924, Samuel Winbolt, a Classics teacher, spent the Summer supervising the excavation of an extensive Roman Villa site on the East Cliff, Folkestone, which he had discovered the previous year. The Villa had remained open to view until about 1957, when it had been backfilled in order to protect the remains. In 2024, the Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT), which had been involved in a number of previous digs on the site in recent years, reopened a section of the Roman Villa and also an...

QUIZ 19TH OCTOBER, 2022 WESTENHANGER CASTLE HLHG were invited to take part in the Stanford and Westenhanger History Group quiz on 19th...

Following the very successful first Romney Marsh Church Tour of 2023 we continued our exploration of the Marsh Churches with Church Tour 2. Apologies for any errors – they will be mine! St Nicholas Church, New Romney We began our tour in New Romney where 20 of us gathered at 9.15 am on Wednesday 10th July, 2024. I handed out the map, itinerary and a brief history of St Nicholas Church and then we were met at the Church door by Anne Rolfe the Church Warden, who had kindly opened up for us. As...