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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 411 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Gill's Patent Slipway, Chatham |
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Summary
Site of Gill's barge and yatch building yard.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 75031 68001 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOAT YARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD? to 1980 AD?)
Full description
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Site of a barge yard operated by W.G.Gill and Sons from the mid 1850s. There was a slipway and sheds associated with the yard where barges and yatchs were built. The steamboat 'Lady of Lorne' was constructed here.The yard was latterly used for ship repair by Doust's ship repair. There is a possibility that this was also the site of an 18th century yard which built small warships.
Site cleared for student accommodation for Art College.
(1) Edwin Harris, The Riverside, 1930.
(2) J M Preston, Industrial Medway.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13236.
Jim Preston Personal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske13236.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Jim Preston Personal Communication. |
