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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 298 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Globe Cement Works, Frindsbury |
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Summary
The Globe Portland Cement and Whiting works were established in 1880 next to the Phoenix Cement Works. Closed in 1901 and almost all the structures were demolished. A small element of this works may have survived in the Crown and Quarry Blue Cement Works that was eventually demolished in 1963.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7480 6927 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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JC Gostling & Co established a works next to the Phoenix works in Frindsbury c1880. The works were later named the Globe Portland Cement and Whiting works.(1) It was taken over by JB White in 1895 and by APCM in 1900 who closed it a year later.(2) Most of the buildings were demolished after closure, but a small structure on the waterfront may have continued in use by the combined Crown & Quarry works operated by Blue Circle until 1963.(3)
<1> AJ Francis, History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914, Page Nos. 191 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6454.
<2> Preston, J. M., 1977, Industrial Medway: An Historical Survey (Monograph). SKE6455.
<3> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Pugh, P 1981 History of Blue Circle,p.263 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: AJ Francis. History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914. Page Nos. 191. |
| <2> | Monograph: Preston, J. M.. 1977. Industrial Medway: An Historical Survey. |
| <3> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Pugh, P 1981 History of Blue Circle,p.263. |
