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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 NW 1018
Type of record:Monument
Name:Britannia Lead works, Northfleet

Summary

Britannia Lead works, Northfleet

Grid Reference:TQ 6137 7556
Map Sheet:TQ67NW
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • LEAD WORKS (established 1939, Modern - 1939 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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By 1939, the site of the Onward Cement works (1), Was reused as Brittannia Lead Works, site now cleared. Additional site photographs (2-6)..Still in use. Old buildings remaining. (7)


<1> AJ Francis, History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6454.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9406.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9415.

<4> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10072.

<5> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10077.

<6> 1980, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10817.

<7> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Bibliographic reference: AJ Francis. History of the Cement Industry 1796-1914.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3053. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3091. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 5006. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 5020. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1980. Photograph. TQ6077/2. print.
<7>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.

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