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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 SW 1046 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Shipyard, Faversham |
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Summary
This shipyard was marked on the 1893 -8 and 1901-1912 Ordnance Survey editions and was photographed in 1946. It closed in 1977 and the site was later developed for waterside housing.
| Grid Reference: | TR 01866 62095 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06SW |
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| Parish: | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SHIPYARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1893 AD to 2050 AD (pre))
Full description
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Shipyard. Wharf marked on 2nd and 3rd ed OS (1,2). Photographs (3-5).
This was Pollocks shipyard, famous for sideways launchs of boats into Faversham Creek. It closed in 1977 and, after a period of dereliction, the site was developed in 2004 for waterside housing. (6)
<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> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9616.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9615.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9547.
<6> Dr Patricia Reid, 2007, Pollocks Shipyard, Faversham (Verbal communication). SKE13089.
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> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4270. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4268. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3265. print. |
| <6> | Verbal communication: Dr Patricia Reid. 2007. Pollocks Shipyard, Faversham. |
