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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1402
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Sailors' Reading Room & Observatory, Fort Parade, Margate

Summary

Site of Sailors' Reading Room & Observatory, Fort Parade, Margate


Grid Reference:TR 3543 7125
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • SOCIAL CLUB (Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD? to 1925 AD?)

Full description

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Site of Sailors' Reading Room & Observatory, Fort Parade, Margate as shown, but not named, on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition O/S maps. The site is shown and named on the Town map 4.17. The area has since been demolished.


Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Ordinance Survey, 1872, Margate - Kent XXV 4_17 (Map). SKE56389.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3, SK (Map). SKE30966.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
---Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3. SK.
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1872. Margate - Kent XXV 4_17.