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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SW 1031
Type of record:Monument
Name:Wharf at Northfleet

Summary

A wharf is visible in this location on historic OS mapping of the area (2nd and 3rd editions). It is the terminus for a tramway which ran though the quarry and cement works located immediately to the south. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

Grid Reference:TQ 62532 74679
Map Sheet:TQ67SW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • WHARF (Earlier than 1900, Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 1997 AD? (pre))

Full description

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A wharf is visible in this location on historic OS mapping of the area (2nd and 3rd editions) (1-3). It is the terminus for a tramway which ran though the quarry and cement works located immediately to the south.Whole area in use by Lafarge Bluecircle Cements. Not clear which structures are historic and which have been built over. (4)


<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> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947 (Map). SKE12644.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. [Mapped feature: #107538 Wharf, ]
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947.
<4>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1697Part of: Former site of Tramways, associated with quarry and cement works, Northfleet. (Monument)