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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1406
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of soup kitchen, 1&2 Alkali Row, Cobb's Place, Margate

Summary

Alkali Row, probably of six properties appears on 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900), 3rd (1906-1923). By the 4th ed. (1929-1952) only nos. 1,2 and the end property remain, with the end property being lost by the Modern OS maps. The soup kitchen was situated in nos. 1 and 2, and only specifically named on the KENTXXV4.22 OS map. Alkali Row probably a site for burning of seaweed to produce alkali ash used in the making ofglass, fertiliser and in pottery glazing.


Grid Reference:TR 3544 7111
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • SOUP KITCHEN (Post Medieval - 1850 AD? to 1880 AD?)

Full description

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Alkali Row, probably of six properties appears on 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900), 3rd (1906-1923). By the 4th ed. (1929-1952) only nos. 1,2 and the end property remain, with the end property being lost by the Modern OS maps. The soup kitchen was situated in nos. 1 and 2, and only specifically named on the KENTXXV4.22 OS map. Alkali Row probably a site for burning of seaweed to produce alkali ash used in the making ofglass, fertiliser and in pottery glazing.


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.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

Ordinance Survey, 1872, Margate - Kent XXV 4_22 (Map). SKE56385.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (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.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.
---Map: Ordinance Survey. 1872. Margate - Kent XXV 4_22.