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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 730
Type of record:Monument
Name:Methodist Church - Dover Street/Radnor Bridge Road, Folkestone

Summary

This building was a Methodist Church said to be built in 1878 and shown on the OS 2nd & 3rd edition Maps. It is said to have stopped being a church in 1933. It later on became 'The Gordon Club' (as is shown on the OS 4th Edition Map). It has now been demolished and has been replaced by Housing.

Grid Reference:TR 2322 3640
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • METHODIST CHAPEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1878 AD? to 1933 AD?)
  • SOCIAL CLUB (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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This building was a Methodist Church is said to be built in 1878 and is shown on the OS 2nd & 3rd edition Maps. (1 & 2) It is said to have stopped being a church in 1933. (4) It later on became 'The Gordon Club' (as is shown on the OS 4th Edition Map). (3) It has now been demolished and has been replaced by Housing.


<1> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

<2> Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4 (Map). SKE30967.

<4> Ancestry.com, CHURCHES IN FOLKESTONE
Past and Present (Website). SKE32133.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
<2>Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3.
<3>Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952): Landmark Epoch 4.
<4>Website: Ancestry.com. CHURCHES IN FOLKESTONE Past and Present.