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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 427 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Frindsbury Chalk Mine |
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Summary
Chalk mine accessed from a chalk quarry behind the Catholic Church in Frindsbury Road dating from the late 19th century.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 73928 69878 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MINE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1880 AD? to 1910 AD?)
Full description
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A chalk mine accessed from a chalk quarry off Frindsbury Road operated by Col. West a brickmaker of Strood during the late 19th century and the early years of the 20th. The chalk was extracted for mixing with brick earth. Information about the mine is in the possession of the Kent Underground Research Group.who included it in a book entitled 'Kent Underground'.
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. |
