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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 37 SE 1406 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of soup kitchen, 1&2 Alkali Row, Cobb's Place, Margate |
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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 |
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Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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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. |