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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 53 NE 61 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Cricket Bat Factory, The Post Office, 18 Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells |
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Summary
A Cricket Bat factory was formerly located on the site of the Post Office. The Cricket Bat Maker Peter Bulcher is listed as having a workshop at the Rose and Crown, 18 Grosvenor Rd, Tunbridge Wells in Kelley's 1886 Directory. The post office was constructed at the site in the 1930's.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5846 3976 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ53NE |
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| Parish: | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FACTORY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1606 AD? to 1930 AD? (between))
Full description
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Cricket Bat Maker Peter Bulcher listed as having workshop at the Rose and Crown, 18 Grosvenor Rd, Tunbridge Wells in Kelley's 1886 Directory. Corner plot on Goodstation Rd cleared in c1930s, now site of Post office.(1)
<1> N/A, Site Visit by Kent SMR map (Bibliographic reference). SKE6450.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: N/A. Site Visit by Kent SMR map. |
