Maison Dieu

The Hospital of St Mary, Domus Dei, or Maison Dieu, is a medieval building in Dover, England which forms the oldest part of Dover Town Hall. The Town Hall and remains of medieval Maison Dieu were Grade II* listed in 1973; they were upgraded to a Grade I listing in 2017.

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Type: Town hall
Description: building in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Hospital of St Mary, Domus Dei, or Maison Dieu”, “Maison Dieu Hall”, “Maison Dieu, Dover”, and “The Maison Dieu”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Edmund’s Chapel and Dover Priory railway station.

St Edmund’s Chapel

Church

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St Edmund's Chapel is a church in Dover, England, dedicated to St Edmund. It was completed in 1262 as a wayside chapel or chapel of rest for the cemetery for the poor beside the Maison Dieu, just outside the enclosed part of the medieval town, a short distance above Biggin Gate, and for pilgrims setting off for Thomas Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral.

Dover Priory railway station

Railway station

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Dover Priory railway station is the southern terminus of the South Eastern Main Line. It is the main station serving the town of Dover, in Kent, England; the other is Kearsney, on the outskirts. Dover Priory railway station is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Maison Dieu.

Dover Castle

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Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" because of its defensive significance throughout history. Dover Castle is situated 3,100 feet east of Maison Dieu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckland and Maxton.

Buckland

Suburb

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Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum.

Maxton

Suburb

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Maxton is an area in the west of Dover, in the county of Kent, England. Maxton also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938.

Kearsney

Village

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Kearsney is a village in Kent, England. At one time it would have been called a hamlet, there being no church there. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Temple Ewell. Kearsney is situated 2½ miles northwest of Maison Dieu.

Maison Dieu

Categories: building and government building
Location: Dover, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.12816° or 51° 7′ 41″ north

Longitude

1.30904° or 1° 18′ 33″ east

Open location code

9F3348H5+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55400308

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=townhall

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q15243899

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Maison Dieu” goes by many names.

French: “maison-Dieu de Douvres”
French: “Maison-Dieu de Douvres”
German: “Maison Dieu”

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Highlights include People Of Dover War Memorial and The Well.

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