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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 NW 197
Type of record:Monument
Name:Sandwich gas works

Summary

Site of Sandwich Gas Works, built 1839

Grid Reference:TR 3335 5816
Map Sheet:TR35NW
Parish:SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • GAS WORKS (GAS WORKS, Post Medieval to Modern - 1839 AD to 1990 AD?)

Full description

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Sandwich gas works, built to supply gas for town street light installed in October 1839 on a site formerly occupied by a Ship builders' yard and blacksmith's forge. (1)


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, D. Gardiner 1963 Historic Haven p.322 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1938/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.

<6> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 02-MAY-2007 ACCESSED 18-JAN-2011 (Graphic material). SWX15704.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. D. Gardiner 1963 Historic Haven p.322.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1899/1:2500.
<4>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500.
<5>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1938/1:2500.
<6>Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 02-MAY-2007 ACCESSED 18-JAN-2011.