DOVERCOURT, a watering-place in the Harwich parlia mentary division of Essex, England, immediately south-west of Harwich, with a station between Parkeston Quay and Harwich town on the L.N.E.R., 7o m. N.E. by E. from London. The esplanade and sea-wall front the North sea, and there is a fine expanse of sand affording good bathing. There is also a chalyb eate spa. The scenery of the neighbouring Orwell and Stour estuaries is pleasant. The church, which stands inland in the old village distinguished as Upper Dovercourt, is Early English; it formerly possessed a miraculous rood which became an object of pilgrimage. It is said to have been stolen and burnt in 1532, three of the four thieves being subsequently taken and hanged.