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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1415
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Printing office, Wellclose Square, off High Street, Margate

Summary

The printing office is shown on Margate - Kent XXV.8.2: 1874. The building appears on 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900), 3rd (1906-1923) and 4th (1929-1952). Lost post 1960.

Grid Reference:TR 3537 7078
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • PRINT SHOP (Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD? to 1915 AD?)

Full description

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The printing office is shown on Margate - Kent XXV.8.2: 1874. 913; In 1913 the printworks were moved from Wellclose Square to a new, purpose-built factory in Union Crescen. The building appears on 1st (1862-1875), 2nd (1897-1900), 3rd (1906-1923) and 4th (1929-1952) It was lost post 1960.


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, 1873, Margate - Kent XXV 8_2 (Map). SKE56380.

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 8_2.