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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2791 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Townshend Battery, Dover |
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Summary
The former site of a battery is located close to the South Pier at Dovers Western docks, it likley formed a pair with another (Amherst Battery) which was located close to the north pier. It is likley that these two batteries along with Guilford and Norths battery were contemporary and constructed late in the 18th century to protect the harbour. Townshend battery was demolished in 1844 for the construction of Dover Town Station. (location accurate to the nearest 50m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3186 4032 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Post Medieval - 1770 AD? to 1844 AD)
Full description
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Possible site of a 18th century Battery. The name is given as both Townsend and Townshend Battery (the latter is probably correct – presumably for George Townshend - Master-General of the Ordnance). Located close to the south pier head (adjacent to the dry-dock) – it is likley that it was built as a pair to Amherst’s battery (close to the north pier head) and both probably during time of American Revolutionary Wars or French Revolutionary Wars (most probably the former and late 1770s or early 1780s). Demolished c. 1843 for construction of Dover Town railway station. It is noted in the histories of the town which were produced throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries (1-3)
Its location is also clearly visible on several historic maps dating to the late 18th and 19th centuries (4-7)
<1> J. Bavington Jones, 1907, Dover; A Perambulation of the Town, Port and Fortress. (Monograph). SKE32120.
<2> William Van Mildert, 1828, A Short Historical sketch of the Town of Dover and its Neighbourhood. (Monograph). SKE32004.
<3> Nick Catford and Lorraine Sencicle, 2017, Disused Stations - Site record - Dover Town (Website). SKE51694.
<4> Unknown, 1806, Kent. Plans of Amherts's Battery, Townshend's Battery and North's Battery at Dover (Map). SKE53484.
<5> Lieutenant Thomas Hyde Page, 1784, Plan showing field works and Defences in Dover (Map). SKE51521.
<6> 1843, A Plan of the Town and Port of Dover with intended additions and improvements now making (Map). SKE53485.
<7> John Rennie, 1805, Plan of the Town and Harbour of Dover (Map). SKE31993.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: J. Bavington Jones. 1907. Dover; A Perambulation of the Town, Port and Fortress.. |
| <2> | Monograph: William Van Mildert. 1828. A Short Historical sketch of the Town of Dover and its Neighbourhood.. |
| <3> | Website: Nick Catford and Lorraine Sencicle. 2017. Disused Stations - Site record - Dover Town. |
| <4> | Map: Unknown. 1806. Kent. Plans of Amherts's Battery, Townshend's Battery and North's Battery at Dover. 1:600. |
| <5>XY | Map: Lieutenant Thomas Hyde Page. 1784. Plan showing field works and Defences in Dover. 1:1200. [Mapped feature: #106041 Battery, ] |
| <6> | Map: 1843. A Plan of the Town and Port of Dover with intended additions and improvements now making. |
| <7> | Map: John Rennie. 1805. Plan of the Town and Harbour of Dover. 1 inch to 4 chains. |
