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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 292 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a Maltings, Free School Lane, Rochester |
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Summary
Maltings on Free School Lane, in use by 1847 and owned by W. Woodhams. It was thought to still be in use in the 1860's but is not marked on any of the Ordnance Survey maps. Demolished to make way for the Free School Lane car park.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7447 6842 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MALTINGS (Post Medieval - 1847 AD? to 1860 AD?)
Full description
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A Maltings on Free School Lane, Rochester, in use by 1847 and owned by W. Woodhams.(1) It is still in use by the 1860's and was probably demolished soon after.(2)
The building in fact remained in existence until the building of the Free School Lane car park when the site was cleared.Latterly the building had been used as a coach work shop and garage.
Records and a site plan are housed at Strood Archive.[3]
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Bagshaw's Directory of Kent, 1847. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, OS 1:500 map, 1st ed. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |
| <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Bagshaw's Directory of Kent, 1847.. |
| <2> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. OS 1:500 map, 1st ed.. |
