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Description: Kent was almost entirely an agricultural county when coal was discovered in 1890. With projections of up to 50,000 miners
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Housing.aspx

Description: There were initial predictions of at least 20 pits in Kent but the claims for the Kent coalfield turned out to
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-Failed-Collieries.aspx

Description: Also known as the East Kent Colliery, Tilmanstone was begun near the village of Eythorne in 1906 by Arthur Burr by
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Tilmanstone-Colliery.aspx

Description: Arthur Burr was a speculator who, virtually single-handed, kept the Kent coalfield going for almost twenty years despite the constant
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Arthur-Burr-and-the-Development-of-the-Kent-Coalfield.aspx

Description: Geologists first speculated that there was coal beneath Kent the in 1840's but it was not until 1890 that the theory
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-Discovery-of-Coal-in-Kent.aspx

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Market Square, Dover CT16 1PH

Opening hours
April-September:
Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm
Sunday 10am-3pm

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Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and
New Year's Day

New Street, Dover CT17 9AJ

Opening hours 2026
Open from Friday 3 April - Saturday 31 October

School holidays: Thursday-Sunday 10am-4pm
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Dover Museum
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