Beachborough is a
hamlet WNW of
Folkestone
Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...
in
Kent,
England. It lies south of
Etchinghill on a minor cross-country route. At the 2011 Census the population of the
hamlet was included in the
civil parish of
Newington.
The
hamlet forms a part of
Beachborough Manor
Beachborough Manor is a manor in Beachborough, near Folkestone, in Kent. It was developed into a small landed estate, generally known as Beachborough Park, at the heart of which was Beachborough House. The current house dates from 1813 and is now ...
, which became a small
landed estate. Brockman and
Drake-Brockman Drake-Brockman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Deborah Drake-Brockman (1887–1965), known as Lady Hackett or Lady Moulden, Australian community worker, philanthropist and mining investor
*Edmund Drake-Brockman CB, CMG, DSO ...
families, then by other families, among whom were briefly the Markham (baronets)
Markham baronets, who used
Beachborough
Beachborough is a hamlet WNW of Folkestone in Kent, England. It lies south of Etchinghill on a minor cross-country route. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Newington.
The hamlet forms a part of ...
as their territorial affiliation, when awarded their title in 1911.
Hamlets in Kent
Folkestone and Hythe District
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