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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NW 166
Type of record:Monument
Name:Motney Hill wharf, Gillingham

Summary

A post-medieval wharf at the north end of Motney Hill, marked on the 1840's tithe map along with a building of unknown purpose and a sand pit (see TQ 86 NW 1097 and 1098) (no trace now to be seen). On the 3rd edition Ordnance survey map this wharf is identified as Motley Hill Dock (1905-1922).


Grid Reference:TQ 8282 6868
Map Sheet:TQ86NW
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WHARF (Post Medieval - 1840 AD? to 1840 AD)

Full description

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Wharf at N end of Motney Hill, marked on 1840s tithe map along with a building of unknown purpose (TQ 86 NW 1097) (no trace now to be seen).

(TQ 86 NW 1098) Sand extraction began late C19 (marked on 1908 (2nd ed) OS map) (1). Identified as Motley Hill Dock on 3rd ed. OS map (2). Additional reference (3) and site photographs (4-8).


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

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

<3> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Motney Hill Water Treatment Works: Archaeology (Wessex Arch 1996) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9873.

<5> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10390.

<6> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10403.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9612.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9577.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<3>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Motney Hill Water Treatment Works: Archaeology (Wessex Arch 1996).
<4>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4109. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 121. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 154. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4212. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4132. print.