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The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and 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 regular of the Augustinian rule, then finally monks of the Benedictine rule as a cell of Christchurch Monastery, Canterbury.
The town of Dover was incorporated in 1869 and George Richards was elected its first mayor. [4] That same year, he built a large commercial building on Blackwell Street. [5] It was a J. J. Newberry store in the 1940s. [6] The red brick Dover station was built in 1901 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. [7]
Dover Priory in 2007. Opened on 22 July 1861 as Dover Town (Priory) by the LCDR, [1] Dover Priory railway station became a through station on 1 November the same year, upon completion of a tunnel through the Western Heights connecting it to LCDR's new Dover Harbour Station in the Western Docks area.
The stadium is approximately 1.5 miles (2 km) from Kearsney railway station, which lies on Southeastern's Chatham Main Line from London Victoria to Dover Priory. [20] Dover Priory itself is further away, but connecting bus services are available. [8] Parking is available around the perimeter of the adjacent rugby club. [21]
Dover was officially incorporated as a town in 1836. The Benjamin Caryl House, at 107 Dedham St., dates from about 1777 and was the home of Dover's first minister, Benjamin Caryl, his son George, who was the town's first doctor, and their descendants until 1897. It has been owned by the town and operated by the Historical Society since 1920.
Dover College is an independent day and boarding school in the English public school tradition located in Dover in south east England. It was founded in 1871, and takes both day pupils and boarders from the UK and internationally. [2] The school occupies some of the medieval buildings of Dover Priory, on a site just east of the eponymous ...
Dover Priory railway station is the southern terminus of the South Eastern Main Line. It is the main station serving the town of Dover , in Kent , England; the other is Kearsney , on the outskirts.
Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.