Dovercourt
Sign in to saveDovercourt is an area of Harwich in the Tendring district of Essex, England. Dovercourt has been administered as part of Harwich since at least the 17th century and forms part of the Harwich built up area. It is sometimes described as a suburb of Harwich and sometimes as a separate town. The area around Dovercourt High Street now serves as the main town centre of the Harwich built up area; there are few retail facilities in the old town of Harwich. Dovercourt is also a seaside resort, with beaches onto Dovercourt Bay on its southern side. It is served by Dovercourt railway station.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Dovercourt
- UK place.static_image
- Dovercourt town centre - geograph.org.uk - 522577.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Town centre
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM244308
- UK place.civil_parish
- Harwich
- UK place.shire_district
- Tendring
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harwich and North Essex
- UK place.post_town
- HARWICH
- UK place.postcode_district
- CO12
- UK place.postcode_area
- CO
- UK place.dial_code
- 01255
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Dovercourt women
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Dovercourt is an area of Harwich in the Tendring district of Essex, England. Dovercourt has been administered as part of Harwich since at least the 17th century and forms part of the Harwich built up area. It is sometimes described as a suburb of Harwich and sometimes as a separate town. The area around Dovercourt High Street now serves as the main town centre of the Harwich built up area; there are few retail facilities in the old town of Harwich. Dovercourt is also a seaside resort, with beaches onto Dovercourt Bay on its southern side. It is served by Dovercourt railway station.
==History== The name is common Brittonic with "Dover" coming from "dwfr", which is "water" in modern Welsh; the origin of "court" is unknown but possibly meant "land cut off by". Dovercourt was recorded as 'Douorcortae' in the year 1000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dovercourt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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