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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 NW 1002
Type of record:Monument
Name:Epple Bay Coastguard Station, Birchington

Summary

A Coastguard Station was previously located at Epple Bay. This monument is marked on the Ordnance Survey historic maps of c.1858-1940. The building has since been demolished and now nothing of it remains.


Grid Reference:TR 30659 69690
Map Sheet:TR36NW
Parish:BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

Full description

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Epple Bay Coastguard Station, shown on 1st, 2nd and 3rd ed OS 6 inch (1-3), not shown on any later surveys.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

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

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

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.