Category Archives: Local Government
Bushy Ruff
The four-mile long river Dour‘s main source is at Watersend, Temple Ewell. In addition, a tributary source rises at Drellingore in the Alkham Valley. The Drellingore, in 1830, was described as generally being ‘sometimes quite dry, at other times it … Continue reading
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Viaduct and the Pier District
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the Pier District – the area around Dover’s Western Docks – was aptly described by Pierite and former headmistress of Dover Girls’ Grammar School, Lillian Kay (1914-2013), as ‘a rabbit warren of houses, alleyways … Continue reading
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William George Lewis and the great Dover Scandal
W. George Lewis’s company built 5 Cranbrook Villas, London Road, Buckland, where he lived. In fact, his company built many of the late 19th and early to mid-twentieth century houses in that area. William George, or George or WG, as … Continue reading
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New Bridge House and the Gas Explosion
In 1864, the National Provincial Bank Company, later National Provincial & Union Bank, had offices were in Snargate Street, now the Masonic Lodge. That year the Bank acquired the plot of land between the Dour and Camden Crescent and from … Continue reading
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Dover Fire Service – Part II from 1939
The Dover fire service technically became independent of the police in 1939. All the officers involved belonged to Dover’s police for ce and they were supported by the volunteer Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS). The AFS was formed in 1938 and locals, … Continue reading
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The Dover Historian 