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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 574
Type of record:Building
Name:Swanscombe cemetery Mortuary Chapel

Summary

Mortuary Chapel in Swanscombe Cemetery, Gunn Road. It was used as a meeting place for civil defence personnel in the Second World War. The building is still present today and forms part of Swanscombe cemetery. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Grid Reference:TQ 6047 7405
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

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Mortuary chapel in Swanscombe Cemetery, Gunn Road, used as a meeting place for civil defence personnel in the Second World War. No other details are known. The building survives. (1) the building first appears on the third edition OS map so is of a likley early 20th century date (2) it is still present today and forms part of Swanscombe Cemetery.


<1> Local resident of Swanscombe, 01/04/2008, Recollections of local resident given to survey assistant James Elford (Verbal communication). SKE24130.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYVerbal communication: Local resident of Swanscombe. 01/04/2008. Recollections of local resident given to survey assistant James Elford. [Mapped feature: #76294 chapel, ]
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.