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Monument details

Summary

The Abbey Fields Brickworks was active between 1861 and 1924. The main buildings were at the south end with two groups of washbacks. The brickworks was linked to Faversham Creek by tramway.

Monument Types

• BRICKWORKS (BRICKWORKS, Post Medieval to Modern - 1861 AD to 1924 AD)

Full description

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Brickworks established between 1861 (tithe map) and 1877 (OS 1st ed) in Abbey Fields. Series of washbacks oriented N-S with tramway on W side leading to Faversham Creek plus a spur at the washbacks' S end linking to the Fversham Creek Branch line. The main buildings were at the S end and a workshop or similar building survives at TR 0235 6170. By 1908 the washbacks had been extended S and by a r-angled section at the N end into what is now Abbey Works site. The works closed after WW1 and were largely cleared by 1924 though the southerly group of washbacks survived in 1938. Area of extraction noted on 1st ed (1865), extended on 2nd ed sheet 34 (1897) and slightly on 3rd ed OS. Gone by 1938 ed. (KCC 146) (1), site photgraphs (2-4).

The Engine Shed and Chimney are the only surviving remnants of the brickworks, and first appear on the OS map of 1877, although they are thought to have been established by 1862. (5)

<1> N/A, Kent SMR Quarry Industries Survey, KCC 146 (Chart). SKE6452.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9546.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9615.

<4> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11424.

<5> Heritage Collective, 2019, Heritage Statement, Land at Abbey Fields, Faversham (Unpublished document). SKE53638.

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