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ALT Around 130 children attended the Dover Borough Police childrens' party at the Maison Dieu in 1939.
ALT A new website (www.maisondieudover.org.uk) showcasing Dover’s historic Town Hall has been launched as part of the £10.5m Lottery-funded restoration of the Maison Dieu
ALT William III or William of Orange reigned from 1689-1702. The 17th century portrait by Dutch artist, Willem Wissing is one of the oldest in the Maison Dieu collection.
ALT Queen Anne, sister-in-law to William III succeed him in 1702. She reigned until 1714.
ALT Birnbeck Pier with an orange sunset. © Historic England Archive.
ALT Birnbeck Pier through an entrance in rocks, with a cloudy sky.
ALT The clock on the facade of the Maison Dieu in Dover
ALT The clock was manufactured in 1883 by E Dent & Co, clock makers to The Queen
ALT The Maison Dieu shortly after completion of the Connaught Hall extension, from the Dover Museum Archives (c. 1883-1893)
ALT A new Council chamber was added to the Maison Dieu in 1868.
ALT The Council Chamber was last used by Dover Town Council in 2004 beofr they moved to new offices at Maison Dieu House. The Chamber retains its original furniture and fittings.
ALT The Council Chamber features an ornate coffered ceiling with sun burner.
ALT Three stained-glass windows in the Chamber features Kings of England (left to right) King John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Richard II, Henry VIII, and Charles I
ALT Join a mini pilgrimage from Dover’s Maison Dieu to the Breakwater Brewery, as we explore a fascinating section of the River Dour.
ALT The mini pilgrimage leaves the Maison Dieu at 6pm this evening (Wednesday, 21 September)
ALT The routes takes in the River Dour, a rare chalk stream that flows through the heart of Dover
ALT The Breakwater Brewery in Dover, working in partnership with the Reawakening the Maison Dieu project and White Cliffs Country, has created two new ales to mark the Kent Pilgrims Festival
ALT Hospitality was a key feature of pilgrimage. The Maison Dieu in Dover was originally a medieval hospital, providing poor pilgrims with bed and board on their way to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral and had its own brewhouse.
