Author Archives: Lorraine
Lord Warden Hotel / House
In 1843, the South Eastern Railway Company purchased the land on which Lord Warden House stands for £23,500. The intention had been a splendid station together with a goods shed. Instead, due to delays and expense, when the railway was … Continue reading
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John Dixwell the Dover Member of Parliament who committed Regicide
Few episodes of early American history intrigued nineteenth century novelists more than the flight of three of the regicides, who had signed the death warrant of Charles I , to New England, following the Restoration of King Charles II in … Continue reading
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Western Heights Part II
With the end of Napoleonic Wars in 1815, spending on defence in Britain was dramatically reduced although on Western Heights the Shaft Barracks and the Drop Redoubt continued to be manned. In Quebec the situation was very different, between 1820 … Continue reading
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Western Heights – Part I
One of the Dover Society trips some years back, was to Chartwell, Westerham, the home of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1985), from 1924 to his death, and the nearby Quebec House. The latter was the home Sir General James Wolfe (1727-1759) … Continue reading
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Secondary Education in Dover – the Beginning
In 2005, we saw Dover Boys’ Grammar celebrating their centenary and in 2010, the Dover Girls’ Grammar School celebrated theirs. They, like East Kent College, can trace their origins back to the old Technical School building in Ladywell and its … Continue reading
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The Dover Historian 