6th August, 2020 | Blue Plaques
This plaque was installed in December 2000 and is located near the centre of Snargate Street. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, PC. Also known as Baron Hardwicke of Hardwicke and Viscount Royston. A son of Philip Yorke, an attorney, he was born at Dover on 1st...
6th August, 2020 | Blue Plaques
The 10th of the Millennium plaques is at the Eagle Hotel on the corner of Tower Hamlets Road and London Road and was unveiled in September 2002. The gallows were sited close to the corner of Charlton High Road (now High Street) Black Horse Lane (now Tower Hamlets...
6th August, 2020 | Blue Plaques
Thomas Pattenden was born in Dover in 1748 and died there in 1819 Derek Leach with Kathleen and Bob Hollinsbee The following article appeared in the Dover Society Newsletter No. 69 pages 13-15 on the unveiling of the plaque. Thomas Pattenden Denise Lee At...
6th August, 2020 | Blue Plaques
The plaque to Thomas Tallis was unveiled by Dover College headmaster Gerry Holden on 7th March 2014. The Society thanks builder John Hill who fixed it without charge. Mr Holden gave a brief history of Tallis and his links with Dover Priory and cited the college’s high...
6th August, 2020 | Blue Plaques
At 10am on Monday 5th December 2016 a ceremony took place to mark the installation of the latest Dover Society blue plaque. This was in recognition of Dr Reginald Koettlitz, a day boy at Dover College 1873-76, a Dover resident and arctic explorer. The plaque is...
