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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2162 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former site of the Royal and Wellington sea water swimming baths, Marine Parade, Dover |
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Summary
The Royal and Wellington sea water swimming baths are visible in this location on later post medieval cartographic sources, including the first edition OS map. A newspaper advertisement dating to the last decade of the 18th century notes that they were up and running by April 1790. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3214 4120 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL (Demolished, Post Medieval - 1790 AD? to 1897 AD?)
Full description
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The Royal and Wellington sea water swimming baths are visible in this location on later post medieval cartographic sources, including the first edition OS map. (1) They had been removed by the time the second edition (1897-1900) had been surveyed and drawn. A newspaper article notes that “Dover Sea Water Bathing in a superior stile – respectfully inform the nobility and gentry resorting to Dover and the inhabitants in general that […] Private hot and cold salt water swimming baths (have been fitted). These baths are [..] constructed that by the aid of a pump the water is brought beyond low water mark. Convenient dressing rooms are also provided for each bath with experienced guides. The whole is situated in a very pleasant part of the Bay commanding a delightful prospect of the sea and coast of France. Machines are also provided for such as prefer the open sea, at 1 shilling each". (2)
<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<2> The Kentish Gazette, 1790, The Kentish Gazette - 6 – 9 April 1790 (Newspaper). SKE51675.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. [Mapped feature: #99407 Swimming baths, ] |
| <2> | Newspaper: The Kentish Gazette. 1790. The Kentish Gazette - 6 – 9 April 1790. |
