Short Historical Sketch of the Town of Dover and Its Neighborhood ...: With a Description of the Villages Near Dover ...Z. Warren, Ptr., 1828 - 267 pagina's |
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... Saint Augustine , and eastern division of the county ; standing at the termination of a great and beautiful valley , where water is admitted inwards of the cliffs . A river , which has its source from two heads , each about four miles B ...
... Saint Augustine , and eastern division of the county ; standing at the termination of a great and beautiful valley , where water is admitted inwards of the cliffs . A river , which has its source from two heads , each about four miles B ...
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... Saint James's church , and thence pro- ceeded to its end at Ford's Corner , which was the ancient landing place for foreign parts , and consequently the true Portus Dubris , that where the present pier is being of much later date . Some ...
... Saint James's church , and thence pro- ceeded to its end at Ford's Corner , which was the ancient landing place for foreign parts , and consequently the true Portus Dubris , that where the present pier is being of much later date . Some ...
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... Saint Radigund , near Dover , the church of Porteslade . He founded the hospital of Our Lady , in Dover , and the church of the Maison Dieu . He died at Banstede , in Surry , on the 12th of May , 1243 . Camden says of this great man ...
... Saint Radigund , near Dover , the church of Porteslade . He founded the hospital of Our Lady , in Dover , and the church of the Maison Dieu . He died at Banstede , in Surry , on the 12th of May , 1243 . Camden says of this great man ...
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... Saint Mary the Virgin to the river . By some old manuscripts , still preserved in the Dering fa- mily , this is said to have been done by the emperor Severus . It had originally ten gates , a proof of its primitive opulence and splen ...
... Saint Mary the Virgin to the river . By some old manuscripts , still preserved in the Dering fa- mily , this is said to have been done by the emperor Severus . It had originally ten gates , a proof of its primitive opulence and splen ...
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... Saint John , Saint Nicholas , Saint Peter , Saint Martin le Grand , * and Saint Mar- over it , the king's dues were anciently received . After this gate was taken down , a platform was made for three guns , and it was called the Three ...
... Saint John , Saint Nicholas , Saint Peter , Saint Martin le Grand , * and Saint Mar- over it , the king's dues were anciently received . After this gate was taken down , a platform was made for three guns , and it was called the Three ...
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abbey afterwards ancient appointed arch archbishop barons Bolougne building built buried Cæsar Calais called Canterbury chapel Cinque Ports cliff coast Cobham command constable of Dover continued court dedicated to St died Dover Castle Dover harbour Dubris duke earl Edward the Confessor England favour Fector feet Fienes fleet Folkstone forty gate governor granted ground Hamo de Crevequer held Henry the Eighth Henry the Third hill honour Hubert de Burgh inhabitants James Julius Cæsar Kent king Henry king John king of France king's knight lands late London road lord warden manor mayor miles from Dover Norman parish parliament persons pier possession queen reign of Henry repair Roman Romney sailed Saint Martin Sandwich Saxon sent ships side situated Snargate Snargate-street stone Thomas tower Tower-was town of Dover vessels wall warden and assistants West Langdon William William the Conqueror Winchelsea yearly
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Pagina 246 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina 74 - ... any port, either in respect of security or defence, or of traffic or intercourse, more convenient, needful, or rather of necessity to be regarded, than this of Dover.
Pagina 120 - Grace fired at bis antagonist. At the close of this singular rencontre, the Earl of Winchilsea made a handsome retractation of his imputations. In this year the Duke received the appointments of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, and assisted in organising Mr. Peel's new police, a force which was excessively unpopular at first, and bore a large share of the odium directed towards the executive Government.
Pagina 192 - ... debility and exhaustion, no doubt augmented by anxiety and disappointment. It has been supposed, that the fatal intelligence of the battle of Austerlitz produced an agitation of spirits which powerfully increased his disorder ; for on return to his villa at Putney, near London, he breathed his last on the 23d of January, 1806, in the 47th year of his age, having directed the affairs of his country for a longer period than any other minister. Under his auspices the maritime supremacy of England...
Pagina 130 - Drake immediately dispatched a messenger to Canterbury, with the news of his success, and the earl of Warwick being there, he sent him fifty men, and the city seventy, to guard and defend the Castle.
Pagina 184 - Eyre, keeper of all the parks and forests south •of the Trent, master of the king's bench office, head steward of Westminster, and constable of .Windsor Castle.
Pagina 74 - No promontory, town, or haven in Christendom, is so placed by nature and situation, both to gratify friends and annoy enemies, as this town of Dover ; no place is so settled to receive and deliver intelligence for all matters and actions in Europe, from time to time ; no town...
Pagina 40 - ... uniform, which they provided at their own expense ; but their charges, while at court, were defrayed by their constituents. The canopy was supported by four staves, covered with silver, to each of which was affixed a small silver bell, and the whole was provided by the king's treasurer. To every staff were four barons, that is, sixteen to each...
Pagina 84 - Roman fortifications, and all the works we can now trace of that enterprising and warlike people, upon the hill, near Dover, are bounded by the deep ditch, and it will be a vain attempt to search after any military works of the Romans in the castle beyond it. The form of the camp, the ditch, the parapet, and the octagon building, all point out the hand of the Roman engineer and the Roman architect. It was no uncommon thing for them, where the ground would admit of it, to make their camp in the form...
Pagina 151 - Westminster, and the heirs male of his body, in the offices of constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports...