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  • Dover Society Annual General Meeting 2026

    Dover Museum Community Cinema

    Please note the change of venue for this meeting. The Dover Society Annual General Meeting will take place at 7.30pm on Monday 20th April. It will be at the Dover Museum Community Cinema (formally the Silver Screen Cinema) in Gaol Lane (behind the Museum). Speaker: Martin Crowther, Maison Dieu Engagement Officer Topic: The A to […]

  • Zeebrugge Raid Commemoration 2026

    St James' Cemetery Old Charlton Rd,, Dover, Kent

    The annual Zeebrugge Raid Commemoration, 23rd April 1918, St. George’s Day, as is normal, will be held in St James’ Cemetery at 11am on 23rd April, then at 12 noon at the Maison Dieu the Town Mayor will ring the Zeebrugge Bell.

  • Dover Society General Open Meeting

    St Mary’s Church Hall

    New Meeting For the first time, The Dover Society will be holding a meeting during May. We hope that you will be able to attend. If it is successful, it will become a permanent fixture.   Speaker: Tim Reardon, Company Secretary Port of Dover Topic: History of the Port of Dover

  • Merchant Navy Day

    Dover Seafront Seafront, Dover, Kent

    A Merchant Navy Day service and wreath laying ceremony is being held at the Merchant Navy War Memorial on Marine Parade on Dover Seafront at 11am

  • Dover Society Open General Meeting

    St Mary’s Church Hall

    Speaker: Norman Brice Commonwealth War Graves Foundation Topic: : History and the Work of the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation  

  • Reawakening a Gothic Fantasy

    Dover Town Hall Dover, Kent, United Kingdom

    The Maison Dieu is hosting an exciting conference on Friday 25 September 2026, exploring the life and work of William Burges (1827-1881), the talented and eccentric Neo-gothic architect and designer. Taking place from 9.30am to 6pm, participants will enjoy short talks, practical demonstrations and building tours, from conservators, historians, archivists and architects, including several who […]

    £30

  • Dover Society Open General Meeting

    St Mary’s Church Hall

    Speaker: John Bulaitis Topic: The Tithe War in England and Wales 1881-1936 A Curious Rural RevoltDover and the ‘Captain Swing’ Rebellion, 1830-31On Christmas Eve 1830, seven prisoners were removed from Dover Town Gaol and taken to a convict hulk at Gosport, the first stage of their journey to Van Diemen’s Land, today’s Tasmania. In this talk, […]