Folkestone Chronicle 1 November 1862.

Advertisement: West Cliff Hotel, Folkestone: To be let, the extensive and well-arranged Tap, Stables and Billiard Rooms in connection with this hotel. This portion of the property is detached, and forms within itself a complete and perfect establishment; in addition to the greatly increasing neighbourhood, its proximity to the large Camp at Shorncliffe is an important feature, and there being no accommodation of this kind on the West Cliff, it is evident that, with proper management, a very large and valuable business will be at once secured by the tenant. For cards to view, apply to the manager, with real name and address.

Folkestone Chronicle 21 May 1864.

On Tuesday last the public were startled by a rumour that a man had been thrown over the viaduct. It turned out, however, that on Monday (Whit Monday), a respectably-dressed individual, a discharged soldier, had come from Dover, having come down from London with the numerous excursionists, and falling into the company of some soldiers, had in the course of the evening been overtaken with drink, and had been roughly handled and robbed of his watch and money. At half past eleven he was turned out of the West Cliff Hotel Tap, and no more was seen of him until found early on Tuesday morning in Foord Lane. An hour later he was seen in the neighbourhood of the Tram Road by the police, having been apparently cruelly beaten, but being quite unconscious he could give no account as to who the parties were who had assaulted him. The presumption, however, is that being excessively drunk he must have received his injuries from repeatedly falling down. He is still lying here, suffering from the effects.