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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1013
Type of record:Monument
Name:Pitchers Dockyard, Northfleet

Summary

Pitchers Dockyard, Northfleet


Grid Reference:TQ 6288 7449
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • DOCKYARD (First mentioned 1852, Post Medieval - 1852 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1852 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full description

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Pitchers Dockyard, PM shipbuilding site marked on charts of the 1850's (1,2). Shown in detail on 1st ed OS 6 inch (3). Area in use by Northfleet Terminal. Not clear which structures are historic and which have been built over (4)


<1> Admiralty, River Thames - Tilbury to Margaretness (Chart). SWX8504.

<2> Bullock, 1852, Gravesend Reach (Chart). SWX8140.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Chart: Admiralty. River Thames - Tilbury to Margaretness. chart.
<2>Chart: Bullock. 1852. Gravesend Reach. chart.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.