Category Archives: Maritime

Cinque Ports Pilots Part I

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Lorraine

The fraternity of Pilots belonging to the Cinque Ports has probably been in existence since before William I (1066-1087) conquered England in 1066. The main prerequisites to become a pilot, at that time and for centuries after, was to be a … Continue reading →

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Granville Dock

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Lorraine

Dover Harbour Commission the predecessors to the Dover Harbour Board (DHB), was set up by  Charter in 1606. At the time, Dover’s harbour was at the west end of the bay and consisted of the Great Paradise and the Great Pent. The … Continue reading →

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Clock Tower

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Lorraine

The Clock Tower, near the entrance to the Prince of Wales Pier, is one of Dover’s landmarks. Originally built in the 1870s during the deepening and reconstruction of what became the Granville Dock. Together with the adjacent lifeboat station  the … Continue reading →

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Edward Stephens – the Customs Official who became an MP

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Lorraine

Edward Stephens was elected Dover’s Member of Parliament in 1589, the year after the Spanish Armada, along with Sir Thomas Fane. In those days, Dover boasted of two representatives in Parliament and Edward was the junior of the two. Although … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Review of 1869 and the Ferret Disaster

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Lorraine

It is a little known fact that the first Volunteer Corps – the forerunners of the Territorial Army – was founded in Dover! Thomas Hyde Page, who was born 1746 and educated at Woolwich Military Academy on being invalided out … Continue reading →

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