| Dover Parish Records | St Mary's Workhouse Records |
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| St Andrew's Baptisms - 6939 records St Andrew's Marriages - 1455 records St Andrew's Burials - 3896 records St James' Baptisms - 5213 records St James' Marriages - 2498 records (More records to be added soon!) |
On admission to the workhouse inmates were stripped, searched, washed, and had their hair cropped. Women were kept separate from the men, even their husbands, children were kept apart from adults and their parents. They worked 10 hours a day, either oakum picking, gardening, cooking or sewing. Click here to read the records |
| Streets of Dover | Fires of Dover |
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| 363 Streets of Dover with a brief story outlining the origins of the Street's names and a little history thrown in. If you have any memories of these places or some old photographs we would love to hear from you. | A verbatim account of actual fires that took place in and around Dover during the later years of Queen Victoria's Reign. Please browse the categories on the left to view. |
| Dover Court Cases | Executions in Dover |
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| Some amusing and some sad tales of Dovorians who found themselves on the wrong side of the establishment. A verbatim account of Court Cases in the late 1800's. Please browse the categories on the left to view. | 3 accounts of executions in Dover including the hanging of Alexander John Spence - the last person to be executed in Dover. Please browse the categories to the left to view. |
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It has taken the author many years to collate all this information and has kindly offered it here for free. If you have found this information useful then please make a small donation to The Dover War Memorial Project - Thank you. To visit The Dover War Memorial Project website please click here.
