Dover

(anc. Dubris ). A city and seaport of England, in the county of Kent, on Dover Strait. The city is defended by Dover Castle, which is built on chalk-cliffs 320 feet high, and is a fortre of great strength and extent. The castle is said to have been founded by the ancient Romans. Near here Julius Cæsar is said to have first landed in England, August 26, 55 B.C. , and here King John resigned his kingdom to Pandolf, the pope’s legate, May 13, 1213.