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Encyclopedia Britannica



DOVERCOURT

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 456 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DIO-DRO
DOVERCOURT , a watering-place in the Harwich parliamentary division of
Essex
 , England, immediately S.W. of Harwich, with a station between Parkeston Quay and Harwich town on the
Great
  Eastern railway, 70 M. N.E. by E. from London. Pop. (1901) 3894. The esplanade and sea-
wall
  front the North Sea, and there is a fine expanse of sand affording good bathing. There is also a chalybeate spa. The scenery of the neighbouring Orwell and Stour estuaries is pleasant. The
church
 , which stands inland in the old
village
  distinguished as Upper Dovercourt, is Early
English
  and later; it formerly possessed a miraculous rood which became an
object
  of
pilgrimage
  of wide repute. It is said to have been stolen and burnt in 1532, three of the four thieves being subsequently taken and hanged.


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