Deal (Kent)

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Deal is a town in the English county of Kent in Dover District with 30,085 inhabitants ( 2011). It is located on the Strait of Dover, 13 kilometers northeast of Dover. The former naval base is located between Dover and Ramsgate. Closely associated with Deal are the villages of Kingsdown and Walmer, the latter is the place where Julius Caesar the presumptions for the first time Britain entered.

Deal was recorded in 1278 in the Cinque Ports, formerly an influential economic and military alliance of ports on the English Channel. Due to its location on the Goodwin Sands sandbanks deal was at times one of the largest military ports in England. Today it enjoys the reputation of being a quiet seaside resort, the picturesque streets and houses are remnants of deals eventful history. The French coast is about 40 miles away and visible on clear days.

One of the landmarks of the town the Deal Castle, a 1540 built by Henry VIII coastal fortress belongs. In Walmer Walmer Castle district is located with another coastal fortifications of Henry VIII, which serves as the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports since 1708.

In deal was in the 1st or 2nd century AD in a souterrain sanctuary " Dealgnait " - a local death deity or goddess of fertility - revered.

Sons and daughters of the town

David Wooldridge (* 1927), composer and conductor