Dover Hotels

Dover's name originated with its river - the River Dour, deriving from the Brythonic Dubrâs ("the waters"), via its Latinized form of Dubris. The Romans called it ''Porte Dubris''; the modern name was in use at least by the time Shakespeare wrote 'King Lear' (between 1603 and 1606), in which the town and its cliffs play a prominent role. The town gives its name both to the surrounding chalk cliffs, which a form a gateway to the port; and to the narrow sea passage - the Strait of Dover - on which it stands.The cliffs also gave Britain its ancient name of Albion ("white"). ne measure of the importance of Dover's links with France is that only a few English towns/cities have names in French different from their English names: these are Dover (Douvres), London (Londres), Cornwall (Cornouailles) and Canterbury.