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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 85 SE 300 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | CHATHAM AND DOVER RAILWAY |
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Summary
Also known as the Chatham Line. In 1853 the East Kent Railway Company was inaugurated and authorised to build an extension from the North Kent Line at Strood to Canterbury, with an extension to Faversham Quay, and another branch to join the South Eastern at Chilham, (the latter was never made). (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on avilable information)
Related documents/files/web pages
| Grid Reference: | TQ 87105 54979 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ85SE |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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| SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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| CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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| ADISHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| HARBLEDOWN AND ROUGH COMMON, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| WOMENSWOLD, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| LONGFIELD AND NEW BARN, DARTFORD, KENT |
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| SUTTON-AT-HONE AND HAWLEY, DARTFORD, KENT |
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| AYLESHAM, DOVER, KENT |
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| DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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| LYDDEN, DOVER, KENT |
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| NONINGTON, DOVER, KENT |
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| RIVER, DOVER, KENT |
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| SHEPHERDSWELL WITH COLDRED, DOVER, KENT |
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| TEMPLE EWELL, DOVER, KENT |
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| GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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| COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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| MEOPHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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| CUXTON, MEDWAY, KENT |
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| CROCKENHILL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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| HORTON KIRBY AND SOUTH DARENTH, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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| SWANLEY, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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| NEWINGTON, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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| BAPCHILD, SWALE, KENT |
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| BOBBING, SWALE, KENT |
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| BOUGHTON UNDER BLEAN, SWALE, KENT |
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| FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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| NEWINGTON, SWALE, KENT |
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| NORTON, BUCKLAND AND STONE, SWALE, KENT |
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| SELLING, SWALE, KENT |
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| TEYNHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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| TONGE, SWALE, KENT |
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| UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RAILWAY (Post Medieval - 1858 AD to 1858 AD)
Full description
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Also known as the Chatham Line. In 1853 the East Kent Railway Company was inaugurated and authorised to build an extension from the North Kent Line at Strood to Canterbury, with an extension to Faversham Quay, and another branch to join the South Eastern at Chilham, (the latter was never made). The Chatham - Faversham section was opened in January 1858, and extended to Strood across the new Medway Bridge in March. The Faversham Goods Quay branch opened in 1860. The line was single and operated 6 small Hawthorn class locomotives. In 1855 the company won approval to extend to Dover via Shepherds Well, which was opened in 1861, and in 1858 won further approval to create a new line between Strood and London via St Mary's Cray. Thence, via the Mid Kent Line, and the West of London and Crystal Palace Line, it terminated at Victoria. (1) The line is visible on historic OS maps dating to the ned of the 19th and early 20th centuries (2-5)
<1> H. P. White, 1964, A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2 (Monograph). SKE32114.
<2> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.
<4> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.
<5> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: H. P. White. 1964. A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2. |
| <2> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. |
| <3> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. |
| <4> | Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3. |
| <5> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4. |
Related records
| TR 25 SW 152 | Parent of: Adisham Station (Building) |
| TQ 76 NE 283 | Parent of: Chatham station, Station Road, Chatham (Building) |
| TR 34 SW 1055 | Parent of: Dover priory station, Folkestone Road, Dover (Building) |
| TR 06 SW 1455 | Parent of: FAVERSHAM RAILWAY STATION (Listed Building) |
| TR 25 SW 153 | Parent of: Former Aylesham Halt. (Building) |
| TR 34 SW 753 | Parent of: FORMER DOVER HARBOUR STATION, DOVER (Listed Building) |
| TQ 76 NE 284 | Parent of: Gillingham station (Building) |
| TR 24 SE 66 | Parent of: Kearnsey station (Building) |
| TQ 66 NW 58 | Parent of: Meopham station (Monument) |
| TQ 86 SE 102 | Parent of: Newington station (Monument) |
| TQ 86 NW 217 | Parent of: Rainham Railway Station (Monument) |
| TQ 76 NW 250 | Parent of: Rochester railway station, Rochester (Building) |
| TR 24 NE 24 | Parent of: Shepherdswell Railway Station (Building) |
| TQ 66 NW 61 | Parent of: Site of Fawkham station (Monument) |
| TQ 76 NW 377 | Parent of: Site of Rochester Bridge station, Rochester (Monument) |
| TR 05 NE 31 | Parent of: Site of Selling station (Monument) |
| TQ 56 NW 104 | Parent of: Site of Swanley Junction station (Monument) |
| TQ 96 SE 53 | Parent of: Site of Teynham Railway Station (Monument) |
| TQ 66 NE 54 | Parent of: Sole Street station (Building) |
| TQ 76 NW 251 | Parent of: Strood station (Building) |
| TR 15 NW 1579 | Part of: Canterbury East Signal Box (Listed Building) |
| TR 24 NE 214 | Part of: Signal Box: Shepherds Well (Listed Building) |
