Category Archives: Kent Coal Field
Shakespeare Colliery
Unlike most other United Kingdom coalfields, the former Kent coalfield was a relatively recent discovery and quite by chance. It is said that the first coal bed discovered in South East England was in 1801, when lignite was discovered near … Continue reading
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Richard Tilden Smith and the Aerial Ropeway
At the eastern end of Eastern docks, at the point where the dock road turns seawards, high in the cliffs can be seen two bricked in tunnels. One is the entrance and the other the exit to what were twin … Continue reading
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Riverside Centre, Maison Dieu Gardens, Lidice Plaque, Coleman’s Trust and Jack Hewitt
It was back in the 1960s that a local GP, Brian Ordish, expressed concern that although there were, at that time, 3,000 people in Dover over 60 years, they did not have a special centre of their own. Dr Ordish … Continue reading
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Dover, St Margaret’s and Martin Mill Railway Line – Part II
Part 1 of the story of Dover, St Margaret’s and Martin Mill Light Railway Company (Light Railway Company), describes its formation in 1909 and was owned by: Sir William Crundall – Chairman of Dover Harbour Board; Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st … Continue reading
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Dover, St Margaret’s and Martin Mill Railway Line – Part I
At the cliff end of Athol Terrace, near Eastern Docks, Dover, a steep footpath leads up the cliff and then along Langdon Cliffs towards St Margaret’s. From the footpath, one can watch the daily activities of Dover’s Eastern Docks and … Continue reading
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The Dover Historian 