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Mainly from the 11th through the 16th-century. The text also covers a comprehensive writing of Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, and a brief history of Anglo-Saxon England. [2] The text was dedicated to William Crundall in 1899, the Mayor of Dover during his ninth term in office. [3]
Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history. [1] [2] Some writers say it is the largest castle in England, [3] a title also claimed by Windsor Castle.
Main period of work on Dover Castle in England. [1] New circular keep of Conisbrough Castle in Yorkshire, England, built by Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey. Reconstruction of Chichester Cathedral in England begins.
Dover seafront, with the castle overlooking the beach and the valley of the River Dour, behind the line of buildings. A great deal of Saxon Dover was rebuilt. By 1190 the new Dover Castle was complete, and maritime trade was increasing, even though the port itself was small and remained so for some centuries. In the 13th century, Dover ...
St Mary sub Castro (i. e. "St Mary below the Castle"), or St Mary de Castro, or St Mary in Castro ("St Mary in the Castle"), is a church in the grounds of Dover Castle, Kent, south-east England. It is a heavily restored Anglo-Saxon structure, built next to a Roman lighthouse which became the church bell-tower.
The Dover City Council at its March 27 meeting unanimously authorized awarding the construction bid for the Fifth and Grove reconstruction project to N. Granese & Sons of Salem, Massachusetts, for ...
The White Cliffs Experience was a visitor attraction in Dover, attached to Dover Museum. It opened in 1991 and, though it underwent a refit halfway through its life, it still did not prove a success and closed in 1999. [3] It included a Blitz Experience (an audio-visual street scene of World War II).
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. . Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories in England and the ...