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Townhall of Dover, opened by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, 1883. Creator: Unknown.
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Townhall of Dover, opened by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, 1883. 'Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught visited Dover on Saturday, to open...the new Townhall, of which we give an Illustration, a handsome structure which has been added to the Maison Dieu in the High-street. The Maison Dieu itself is rich in historical associations reaching to the time of Hubert de Burgh and the Crusades, when thousands of knights and pilgrims took farewell of England at Dover on their way to the Holy Land. Since the time of Henry VIII. its existence has been a chequered one; once a brewery, again a repository for naval stores, and finally a prison. The old hall has been preserved, but on the site of the prison the handsome municipal buildings which on Saturday were declared open have been erected. The leading inhabitants of Dover were invited by the Mayor, Mr. Dickeson, to assist at the ceremony, and they assembled in the Maison Dieu to meet their Royal Highnesses. A luncheon was afterwards given by the Mayor in the Townhall to the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, with Earl and Countess Granville, Lord and Lady Sydney, General Newdigate and his staff, Sir Edward Watkin, M.P., and four hundred other ladies and gentlemen'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.
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HRM25A43_273
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8,0Mo (676,9Ko) / 14,9cm x 13,4cm / 1764 x 1583 (300dpi)