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.

Beachborough

Beachborough House
Beachborough
Location within Kent
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFolkestone
Postcode districtCT18
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament

The hamlet forms a part of Beachborough Manor, which became a small landed estate. The estate was owned for many years by the Brockman and Drake-Brockman families, then by other families, among whom were briefly the Markham baronets, who used Beachborough as their territorial affiliation, when awarded their title in 1911.


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