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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.
Dover is a town and seaport in Kent, England. The following is a list of those people who were born and/or have lived extensively in Dover. Frederick Arnold (1899–1980), cricketer and British Army officer; James Barber (1923–2007), cookbook author and host of CBC's The Urban Peasant; Tammy Beaumont (born 1991), England cricketer
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]
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.
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 ...
Sir [1] Bertram de Criol (Criel, Crioill, Cyroyl, or Kerrial; died 1256) was a senior and trusted Steward and diplomat to King Henry III.He served as Constable and Keeper of Dover Castle, Keeper of the Coast and of the Cinque Ports, Keeper of the receipts, expenses and wardships of the archbishopric of Canterbury, Constable of the Tower of London and Sheriff of Kent.
Dover Castle; Dixwell was Governor from 1652 to 1660 Dixwell was made a member of the English Council of State in November 1651, then confirmed as Governor of Dover Castle in January 1652. However, his closest political allies were republicans like Edmund Ludlow and Henry Vane , who opposed Cromwell's dissolution of the Rump Parliament in April ...
The History of Dover Castle (1797), the only published fruit of Darell's antiquarian work on the castles of Kent, with the relevant sections on Dover Castle translated from Latin. William Darell or Darrell (died after 16 February 1580) was an English Anglican clergyman and antiquarian.