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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 37 SE 1429 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Newgate Coast Guard Station |
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Summary
1822 - Treasury adopts proposals from committee report. It was in effect the birth of HM Coastguard and brought together the Revenue Cruisers, the Riding Officers and the Preventive Water Guard.
Costguard station shown on the 1st Addition Map (1862-1875), and had been demolished before the publication of the 3rd addition Map ((1907 - 1923)
Grid Reference: | TR 3630 7132 |
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Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Full description
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1822 - Treasury adopts proposals from committee report. It was in effect the birth of HM Coastguard and brought together the Revenue Cruisers, the Riding Officers and the Preventive Water Guard.
Approx 3,000 men made up the Coast Guard.
Cost Guard station shown on the 1st Addition Map (1862-1875), and had been demolished before the publication of the 3rd addition Map ((1907 - 1923).
The Station comprised of 8/9? Cottages, Gardens and a cutting through the cliffs to the beach.
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.
Margate Local History, Photographs of Newgate Bridge and Coast Guard Station (Website). SKE57100.
Ordinance Survey, 1873, Margate - Kent XXV 4_19 (Map). SKE56393.
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. 1873. Margate - Kent XXV 4_19. |
--- | Website: Margate Local History. Photographs of Newgate Bridge and Coast Guard Station. |