Infobox military structure name DoverCastle partof location Dover , Kent , England map type Kent map alt latitude 51.1297 longitude 1.3214 coordinates image File Keep and entrance of DoverCastle, 2007.jpg 300px caption Entrance to DoverCastle viewed from the north west type Norman architecture Norman ... First Barons War DoverCastle is a medieval castle in the Dover town of the same name in the English ... 10 03.jpg thumb upright left The Roman lighthouse at DoverCastle Originally the site may have been ... scratch nearby. Henry II to early modern times Image Dovercastle wall.jpg thumb 200px Section of the western ... DoverCastle, illustration by Amelia Long.jpg thumb Undated sketch by Amelia Long d.1837 Massive ..., completed the remodelling of the outer defences of DoverCastle adding the huge Horseshoe, Hudson ... today DoverCastle is a Scheduled Monument , ref citation url http www.pastscape.org.uk hob.aspx?hob id 467778 title DoverCastle work Pastscape publisher English Heritage accessdate 2011 03 ... DoverCastle publisher Heritage Gateway English Heritage , Institute of Historic Building Conservation ... of DoverCastle , and the Deputy Constable has his residence in Constable s Gate. The Princess of Wales ... visited DoverCastle in 2010. ref citation url http www.alva.org.uk details.cfm?p 423 title Visits ... References Goodall, John, http www.deremilitari.org RESOURCES ARTICLES goodall.htm DoverCastle and the Great ... version Jeffrey, Kate, Dovercastle , Published by English Heritage, 1997 Further reading citation last Coad first Jonathan title Book of DoverCastle and the Defences of Dover publisher B. T. Batsford ... dovercastle DoverCastle page at the English Heritage website. http homepage.mac.com philipdavis English 20sites 1612.html Bibliography of sources relating to DoverCastle http viewfinder.english heritage.org.uk ... 77411&index 0&mainQuery dover 20castle 20&searchType all&form home DoverCastle images http www.dover castle friends.org Friends of DoverCastle Museums in Kent Category Visitor attractions in Kent ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File HMHS Dover Castle.jpg 300px DoverCastle Ship caption The DoverCastle before her wartime service Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name DoverCastle Ship owner Union Castle Line Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ship operator Ship registry Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Barclay Curle Barclay Curle & Company , Glasgow Ship original cost Ship yard number 443 Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched 4 February 1904 Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification Ship fate Torpedoed by German U boat SM UC 67 UC 67 ref name wrecksite.Dover.Castle cite web date 2009 url http www.wrecksite.eu wreck.aspx?32064 title HMHS DoverCastle 1917 format publisher wrecksite accessdate August 21, 2009 last quote ref Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Ship tonnage 8,271 tonnes ref name HMHSDoverCastle cite web date 2009 url http www.roll of honour.com Ships HMHSDoverCastle.html title HMHS DOVERCASTLE format publisher Roll of Honour.com accessdate August 22, 2009 last quote ref Ship length convert 476.4 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 56.7 ft m abbr on Ship draught convert 31.9 ft m abbr on Ship propulsion Steam, quadruple expansion engines, 969 nhp Ship speed convert 14.5 kn km h lk in Ship range Ship complement Ship notes HMHS DoverCastle His Majesty s Hospital Ship was a steam ship originally built for the Union Castle Line , but requisitioned ... by German U boat SM UC 67 UC 67 . History SS DoverCastle was built by Barclay Curle Barclay Curle ... DoverCastle Category 1904 ships Category Clyde built ships Category World War I shipwrecks in the Mediterranean ... in World War I Category Ships of the Union Castle Line Category Ships sunk by German submarines de DoverCastle 1904 ... Castle Line Union Castle Mail Steamship Company , of London . Sinking She was torpedoed by the German ... more details
barracks in Dover, which was closed in 2007. History Main History of Dover File DoverCastleCastle Street .JPG thumb 160px left DoverCastle seen from Castle Street. Dover s name originated ... and the eastern high point on which DoverCastle stands has been adapted to perform the function of protection ... Park Dover Connaught Park Cowgate Nature Reserve DoverCastleDover Museum Kearsney Abbey Russell ... The history of the castle, town, and port of Dover last Statham first S.P.H. publisher Longmans ... Society http www.dover castle friends.org membership Friends of DoverCastle A scheme for the local people of Dover to contribute and benefit from their Castle. http www.dovercommunityradio.co.uk Dover ...two other uses the English town the larger local government district Dover district other uses Dover disambiguation infobox UK place country England static image File Dover from air.jpg 270px static image caption small Aerial view of Dover Harbour small official name Dover latitude 51.1295 longitude ... Dover district Dover shire county Kent region South East England constituency westminster Dover UK Parliament constituency Dover post town DOVER postcode district CT16, CT17 postcode area CT dial code 44 0 1304 os grid reference TR315415 london distance 77.8mi Dover IPAc en icon d o v r lang ... Dungeness and Hastings . The town is the administrative centre of the Dover district Dover District and home of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover . The surrounding chalk cliffs have become known as the White Cliffs of Dover , and the narrow sea passage nearby the Strait of Dover . ref ... finds, and Dover is one of only a few places in Britain &ndash London and Cornwall being ... 2010 04 03 accessdate 2010 04 18 ref Services related to the Port of Dover provide a great deal of the town ... cliffs play a prominent role. Dover s history, because of its proximity to France , has always been .... Some Iron Age finds exist also, but the coming of the Ancient Rome Romans made Dover part of their communications ... more details
TOCright Dover is a port town in Kent in South East England. Dover may also refer to Dover film Dover film , a 1943 WWII documentary short Dover Corporation , a diversified industrial manufacturer Dover UK Parliament constituency , the Parliamentary constituency that includes Dover, England DoverCastle , Kent, England Port of Dover , a cross channel port in South East England Dover sole disambiguation Dover sole , any of two species of flatfish Dover Publications , American publisher of books and, for a time, classical records Dover Records , an English popular record label for the American label, see above Dover band , a Spanish rock band Dover truck , a make of truck owned by the Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit Dover House , a Grade I listed building in Whitehall, London Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District court case Baron Dover , a British Peerage The Dovers , American garage rock band HMS Dover , the designation of several Royal Navy ships Placenames Australia Dover, Tasmania Dover Island Tasmania Dover Heights, New South Wales Canada Dover, Calgary , Alberta Dover, Newfoundland and Labrador Dover, Nova Scotia Port Dover, Ontario Little Dover, Nova Scotia Singapore Dover, Singapore Dover MRT Station United Kingdom Dover district Dover, Kent White Cliffs of Dover Straits of Dover United States Dover, Arkansas Dover, Delaware , the state capital Dover Air Force Base Dover Downs , horse harness racing track Dover International Speedway , a NASCAR race track located at Dover Downs Dover, Florida Dover, Idaho Dover, Illinois Dover, Indiana Dover, Kansas Dover, Kentucky Dover, Maine , merged with Foxcroft since 1922 to form a single town Dover, Massachusetts Dover, Minnesota Dover, Missouri Dover, New Hampshire Dover, New Jersey Dover, New York Dover, North Carolina Dover, Ohio Dover, Oklahoma Dover, Pennsylvania , involved in the Dover trial Dover, Tennessee Dover, Utah , a ghost town Dover, Vermont Dover, Virginia Dover, Buffalo County, Wisconsin , a town Dover ... more details
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dover , after the England English town and seaport of Dover HMS Dover 1649 6 was a Pink ship pink captured from the cavalier Royalists in 1649 and sold in 1650. HMS Dover 1654 6 was a 48 gun ship launched in 1654, rebuilt in 1695 and 1716 and broken up in 1730. HMS Dover 1672 6 was an 8 gun dogger captured from the Dutch in 1672 and given away in 1677. HMS Dover 1740 6 was a 44 gun fifth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1763. HMS Dover 1786 6 was a 44 gun fifth rate launched in 1786 and burnt by accident in 1806. HMS Duncan 1804 HMS Dover was a 38 gun fifth rate, previously the East Indiaman Carron . She was purchased in 1804 and renamed HMS Duncan 1804 HMS Duncan . She was renamed HMS Dover in 1807 and was wrecked in 1811. HMS Dover 1811 6 was a 38 gun troopship , previously the French ship Bellone . She was captured in 1811, used for harbour service from 1825 and was sold in 1836. HMS Dover 1840 6 was an iron paddle Packet ship packet launched in 1840. She was the first iron ship in the Royal Navy, and was sold in 1866. See also HMS Dover Prize HMS DoverCastle was a planned Castle class corvette Castle class corvette , cancelled in 1943. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Dover, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
that they also constructed a fort on what is now the site of DoverCastle to protect the port. Dover became one of the three important towns in Kent, after Canterbury Durovernum and Rochester ... English the establishment of Christianity in Kent . The story of DoverCastle may well have begun ... of DoverCastle, who was given the additional title of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports . The period ... evidence suggests that a new castle was constructed near the Saxon church of St Mary in Castro, Dover St Mary in Castro in what is now DoverCastle , rather than or as well as repairing the old burgh ... A great deal of Saxon Dover was rebuilt. By 1190 the new DoverCastle was complete, and maritime ... resources articles goodall.htm DoverCastle and the Great Siege of 1216 ref in 1295 a French ... VIII of England Henry VIII improvements were made to Dover s defences, both to the castle and the Moat ... the seafront and across the Dover Western Heights Western Heights to supplement the medieval castle ... bomb to be dropped on England fell near DoverCastle on Christmas Eve 1914 and shelled by passing warships ...The History of Dover , because of the town s proximity to the Europe Continent begins when Stone Age ... the emphasis has tended to be on the growth of Dover as a commercial port, both for passenger and freight ... that Dover was becoming a place of trade with the Continent and Ireland . The so called Beaker culture ... near Dover. In addition two other finds of great importance in Dover s history are now displayed in Dover Museum, England Dover Museum a Dover Bronze Age boat boat and a hoard of axes, the latter discovered in Langdon Bay , off Dover. Small Iron Age finds have also been discovered . ref Kent History Illustrated Frank W Jessup 1966 Kent County Council publication ref Roman Dover and after main Dubris From now on the history of Dover is completely one with the sea. Roman Dover, or Dubris Portus ... the mouth of the River Dour, Kent on which Dover stands. The Romans, for whom the port was a base ... more details
The following train stations all have Dover in their names United Kingdom Dover Priory railway station in Dover in Kent. See also List of railway stations in Dover United States Dover Amtrak station in Dover, New Hampshire. Dover Plains Metro North station in Dover Plains, New York. Dover NJT station in Dover, New Jersey. Singapore Dover MRT Station in Dover in Singapore. disambig ... more details
gallery. Second floor History of Dover town, Cinque Ports and DoverCastle from 1066 to the modern ...Infobox Museum name Dover Museum image DoverMuseum.JPG imagesize 200 map type latitude longitude established location Dover, England type visitors director curator publictransit website http www.doverdc.co.uk museum.aspx For museums in any other town or city named Dover, see Dover disambiguation . Dover Museum is a museum in Dover , Kent , in south east England . History Founded in February 1836 by the town s mayor Edward Pett Thompson, it was initially housed in the old Guildhall and run by the Dover Philosophical Institute. The Town Council predecessor of Dover District Council formally took it over 1848 12 years later , constructing a new building to house it and the town s market, in Market ... 1999 the Queen opened a new gallery on the Museum s second floor centred on the Dover Bronze Age Boat ... include Ground floor Archaeology gallery Dover and the Dover District Council area including Deal, Kent ... prehistoric times to 1066, including Dubris Roman and Saxon Dover including the Saxon cemetery from ... Dover Bronze Age Boat gallery, where the Langdon Bay hoard is also displayed. White Cliffs Experience The White Cliffs Experience was a visitor attraction in Dover, attached to Dover Museum. It opened ... and was later closed. ref http www.dover kent.co.uk places discovery centre.htm Dover Discovery ... converted into the Dover Library and Discovery Centre . That portion of the archaeology can still be viewed ... have been reused in Dover Museum. The White Cliffs Experience was closed in 1999 for a combination of reasons the Labour opposition group on Dover District Council had always been against the WCE, labelling ... Dover relied on attracting industry and acting as an enabler rather than a provider of heritage and tourism ... References reflist External links http www.doverdc.co.uk museum.aspx Dover Museum website http ... of Dover, Kent Category Dover, Kent Category 1836 establishments in England Category Local museums ... more details
Geobox City Name section name City of Dover native name other name other name1 category List of cities in Delaware City Image image Dover Delaware.jpg image size image caption West Loockerman Street in downtown Dover in 2001 Symbols flag flag size symbol type symbol symbol size Nickname & motto nickname ... Map.PNG map size map caption Location of Dover in Delaware map locator Delaware map1 Map of USA ... The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city ref name popest2 cite web date June 21 ... , and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Dover metropolitan area Metropolitan Statistical Area ... coastal plain. It was named by William Penn for Dover in Kent , England. As of 2010, the city had a population ... Dover was founded as the court town for newly established Kent County, Delaware Kent County in 1683 ... , Dover, Newcastle, and Lewes again, until it finally settled down permanently in Dover in October 1781 ... patriotic events. To this day, The Green remains the heart of Dover s historic district and is the location of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Kent County Courthouse. Dover was most famously ... is known to have been buried outside Dover, but the precise location of his grave is unknown. A cenotaph ... 27 accessdate 2011 11 14 ref near The Green in Dover. Dover and Kent County were deeply divided over ..., who saw to its continuation. Geography Dover is located at Coord 39 09 43 N 75 31 36 W type city ... . Dover has a humid subtropical climate K ppen climate classification K ppen Cfa with four distinct ... is spread rather evenly year round. Weather box location Dover, Delaware single line Y Jan high ... clim20 de 072730.pdf title Climatography of the United States No. 20 1971 2000 DOVER, DE ... 2000 32135 2010 36047 In 1890, 3,061 people lived in Dover in 1900, 3,329 in 1910, 3,720 and in 1940 .... The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.98. In the city of Dover ... line , including 19.6 of those under age 18 and 10.4 of those age 65 or over. Government Dover is governed ... more details
Dover Road may refer to The former name of A2 road Great Britain Dover Road Reisterstown , a road in Reisterstown, Maryland A road in Dover, Singapore The Dover Road a play and film disambig ... more details
Dover is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin Dover, Price County, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Dover, Buffalo County, Wisconsin , a town Dover, Racine County, Wisconsin , a town geodis es Dover Wisconsin ... more details
Dover Township may refer to the following places TOC right Canada Dover Township, Ontario , a defunct township now part of Chatham Kent United States Arkansas Dover Township, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Dover Township, Pope County, Arkansas Iowa Dover Township, Fayette County, Iowa Michigan Dover Township, Lake County, Michigan Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan Dover Township, Otsego County, Michigan Minnesota Dover Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota New Jersey Dover Township, New Jersey , the former name of Toms River Township Ohio Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio Dover Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio , a defunct township Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio Dover Township, Union County, Ohio Pennsylvania Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania See also Dover disambiguation Geodis Category Township name disambiguation pages de Dover Township ... more details
Robert Dover may refer to Robert Dover Cotswold Games 1575 1641 , English captain and attorney founder of the Cotswold Olimpick Games Robert Dover equestrian born 1956 , American Olympic horse rider hndis Dover, Robert ... more details
The NASCAR Nationwide Series holds two races each year that take place at Dover International Speedway , both of which have been known as Dover 200 at one time Dover 200 Spring Race The spring early summer race known as the Dover 200 in 2007 Dover 200 Fall Race The fall race known as the Dover 200 from 2005 2006, and again starting in 2009 disambiguation Category NASCAR Nationwide Series races de Dover 200 ... more details
Dover may refer to the following places in the U.S. state of Michigan Dover, Cass County, Michigan , a former post office in Milton Township Dover, Clare County, Michigan , an unincorporated community in Grant Township Dover, Lenawee County, Michigan , a former post office in Dover Township Dover, Washtenaw County, Michigan , an unincorporated community in Dexter Township See also Mount Morris, Michigan , initially platted in 1862 with the name DoverDover Township, Lake County, Michigan Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan Dover Township, Otsego County, Michigan geodis ... more details
in the Saxon burgh at DoverCastle by King Eadbald of Kent 616 640 , possibly related to the Saxon church of St Mary de Castro Dover St Mary de Castro there. Taking their existing rights ...Infobox monastery name Dover Priory image alt caption full The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin ... access By permission other info Site occupied by Dover College TOCright The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and Martin of Tours St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark , commonly called Dover Priory , was a priory at Dover in southeast England. It was variously independent in rule, then occupied by canons ... of what is now Dover Priory railway station , in fact the railway was built on the western part of the site ... Priory Road and the later Effingham Street in the area of Norman Street and Saxon Street. Dover College ... Since the Castle church, which had been their original Saxon home, was in some sense a Royal Chapel ... , William de Corbeil , wanted to bring an end to this and extend his influence to Dover. Therefore ... a charter allowing him to transfer their assets to a new Priory of St Martin in Dover, whilst leaving ... s control its few remains can now be seen on the western side of Market Square, near Dover Museum . A site ... the following 2 centuries between the monks of the cathedral and the canons of Dover Priory. 1150 .... It was probably three times as long as St. Mary s Church in Dover, with a general plan perhaps comparable ... s transept s north wall, and about an eighth was a refectory . ref C.R. Haines Dover Priory A history ... the Dover Bible one of only six surviving giant Romanesque art Romanesque Bibles in the Parker Library ... in the life of the town first came to Dover with the express purpose of exploiting the lands and tithes ... were drained and this portion of the grounds became Priory Gate Road and part of the yard of Dover Priory railway station . Dover College Seealso Dover College Foundation In 1869 Robert Chignell, who ... school. He passed on his interest, however, to a group of leading citizens in Dover who had ... more details
Dover Hundred was a List of Delaware Hundreds hundred in Kent County, Delaware Kent County , Delaware , United States . Dover Hundred was created in 1682 as St. Jones Hundred. It was renamed Dover Hundred in 1823. In 1859, Dover Hundred was divided into East Dover Hundred Coord 39.1123 75.7451 format dms display inline, title and West Dover Hundred Coord 39.6588 75.5679 format dms display inline . Kent County, Delaware Category Hundreds in Kent County, Delaware Delaware geo stub ... more details
Dover sole refers to two species of flatfish The common sole, Solea solea , found in European waters, the Dover sole of European cookery. Microstomus pacificus , found in the northeastern Pacific and called Dover sole along the Pacific coast of America. disambig ... more details
Several naval engagements that occurred somewhere in the vicinity of Dover , England , are known as the Battle of Dover Note all dates after 1584 in the Gregorian calendar The Battle of Dover 1217 Battle of Dover , 24 August 1217, in the First Barons War . The Battle of Goodwin Sands , 29 May 1652, in the First Anglo Dutch War . The Battle of the Kentish Knock , 8 October 1652, in the First Anglo Dutch War . The Four Days Battle , 11 June &ndash 14 June 1666, in the Second Anglo Dutch War . The Battle of Dover Strait , 21 April 1917, in World War I . The name may also refer to the Battle of Dover 1863 Battle of Dover fought near Dover, Tennessee on February 3, 1863 in the American Civil War . disambig Category History of Dover, Kent Category Military history of Kent ... more details
Dover Hill can refer to Dover Hill, Indiana , a town in the USA. SS Dover Hill , a UK cargo ship completed in 1918 as the SS Clan Macvicar , renamed SS Dover Hill in 1936 and scuttled in the Normandy landings in 1944. SS List of Empire ships N Empire Nairobi Empire Nairobi , a UK Empire ship built in 1945, renamed SS Dover Hill in 1946, renamed five more times between 1951 and 1966 and scrapped in 1968. Shipindex ... more details
Baron Dover is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England , once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . All three creations are now extinct. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1685 when Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover Henry Jermyn was made Baron Dover . In 1703 he also succeeded his elder brother as Baron Jermyn . For more information on this creation, see the latter title. The second creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1788 when then soldier General Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover Sir Joseph Yorke was made Lord Dover , Baron of the Town and Port of Dover, in the County of Kent. He was the third son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke . The peerage became extinct on Lord Dover s death in 1792. The third creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 when the politician George Agar Ellis, 1st Baron Dover George Agar Ellis was created Baron Dover , of Dover in the County of Kent. He was the only son of Henry Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden . For more information on this creation, see Viscount Clifden . Barons Dover 1685 see Baron Jermyn Barons Dover 1788 Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover 1724 1792 Barons Dover 1831 see Viscount Clifden See also Duke of Dover Earl of Dover Earl of Hardwicke References Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David editors . Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 edition . New York St Martin s Press, 1990. Rayment date February 2012 http www.gazette online.co.uk SearchResults.aspx?GeoType London&st adv&sb date&exact Lord 20Dover& The London Gazette DEFAULTSORT Dover Category Baronies Category Extinct baronies Category Yorke family Baron ... more details
for the current club based in DoverDover Athletic F.C. Image DoverFC1903.jpg thumb right 300px The Dover team of 1903 Dover F.C. was a association football football club based in Dover , Kent , England . The club joined the Kent League in 1894, but folded in 1901. ref name R http www.rsssf.com tablese engkenthist.html RSSSF ref Dover F.C. was revived a year later, this time as a purely amateur club, and rejoined the Kent League, but folded again in 1909. ref name R The club reformed once again, this time as Dover United F.C. and playing in local leagues, in 1920 but disbanded for the third time in 1933. A further incarnation of the club, once again under the name Dover F.C., began play a year later, only to fold yet again in 1947. A new semi professional Dover F.C. was immediately formed and rejoined the Kent League, going on to win the league championship twice in the 1950s before progressing to the Southern Football League Southern League . Dover won the championship of Division One in 1967 and gained promotion to the Premier Division, where the club spent eleven seasons before being relegated. In 1983 the club folded due to its massive debts. ref name FCHD fchd name Dover id DOVER ref A new club, Dover Athletic F.C. Dover Athletic , took over its place in the league and remains active to this day. ref name FCHD2 fchd name Dover Athletic id DOVERA ref Honours Kent League Champions 1951 52 Southern League Division One Champions 1966 67 Southern League Division One South Champions 1978 79 Kent Senior Cup Winners 1951 52, 1959 60, 1961 62, 1966 67, 1967 68, 1970 71, 1971 72 References reflist External links http talesftre.tripod.com doverfootballclub Dover Football Club history site Category Defunct football clubs in England Category Sport in Kent Category Dover district Category Southern Football League clubs England footyclub defunct stub ... more details
St. Thomas of Dover died 1295 was a Roman Catholic regarded as a martyr by his Church. ref CathEncy wstitle Thomas of Dover ref Bibliography Mark Elvins Mark Turnham Elvins , St. Thomas of Dover monk and martyr London Buckland, 1994 References Reflist Persondata name Thomas of Dover alternative names short description date of birth place of birth date of death 1295 place of death Category 1295 deaths RC bio stub Saint stub ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
