Dover Collection (page 8)

Blanchard Crossing / Cig
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies over the Channel, which they are the first people to cross by air, from Dover to the forest of Guines, near Andres

Louis-Philippe / Anon Lith
LOUIS-PHILIPPE Dover, October 1849, when he arrived in exile after fleeing France, in disguise

Ostend-Dover Steamer
The Ostend - Dover cross channel ferry is watched by North Sea fishermen

Bleriot before Take-Off
Anzani, who built Bleriots motor, exchanges a few final words before the aviator takes off on his history-making flight to Dover

Atlantic Telegraph
sections of Atlantic and other cables: Dover-Calais 1851 first Atlantic 1857 second Atlantic 1865 Berlin-Halle 1876

Passengers on Platform
A group of rail passengers stand on a platform with their luggage before boarding the Golden Arrow luxury train from London-Dover-Calais

Channel Road Bridge between Calais and Dover

Dover Harbour 1850
A steam packet (with sail) enters Dover harbour

Charles 2 Lands at Dover
THE RESTORATION Charles II lands at Dover and is greeted by his supporters

Georgiana Lady Dover 2
GEORGIANA baroness DOVER (nee Howard) wife of George Agar- Ellis, first baron. with her autograph

George 1st Baron Dover 3
GEORGE JAMES WELBORE AGAR- ELLIS, first baron DOVER statesman

Charles II Restored
Charles II lands at Dover and is saluted as King of England by General Monk who kneels before him

Bleriot Near Dover
The intrepid Frenchman approaches the white cliffs of Dover, on which he is about to land after being airborne for 37 minutes

St Martins Priory C19
PRIORY OF SAINT MARTIN of Tours, Dover, Kent in use as a farm since the 18th century. The Gate house was to become the library of Dover College Prep School in the 1870s

St Martins Priory
PRIORY OF SAINT MARTIN of Tours, Dover, Kent in use as a farm during the 18th century. Founded in 1131 under Henry I & dissolved in 1535 under Henry VIII

Castle & White Cliffs
Dover Castle & environs with a key marking out various new roads, two churches, signal house & Guildford Battery which is linked to the castle by a passage through the rock

Dover Castle & Town
A view showing Dover Castle with the town just visible in the distance

Dover by Bartlett
A view over Dover showing the Castle, the white cliffs and harbour beneath a rainbow

Vice-Admiral Roger Keyes
Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes. British admiral, commander of the Dover Patrol in World War One

Saxon Ships
Three Saxon sailing vessels in the English Channel off Dover. Note the head having its eyes pecked out by a passing seagull

At the Channel 1805
INVASION PLANS - Contemplating England across the Straits of Dover, he thinks that with a superior navy - or a tunnel - he could be in London in four days !

Van Tromp Defeats Blake
Van Tromp leads the Dutch in the defeat of the English, led by Blake in the Dover Roads

The Restoration 1660
THE RESTORATION Charles II lands at Dover

Act of Union 1707
The Act of Union presented to Queen Anne, by the Duke of Queensbury and Dover

Bleriots Landing, Dover
First flight across the English Channel; after landing in North Fall Meadow, Dover

Dover Bombed 1940
Dive-bombing Dover : highly imaginative Italian depiction showing German Stukas attacking the harbour

Dover / Market Place 1909
The market place, Dover

Dover / White Cliffs 1887
The white cliffs of Dover

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