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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 1230 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | 1905 Volunteer Training Battery at the north end of Factory Road, Northfleet |
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Summary
1905 training battery of 2x 12 pr. quick-firing guns for the use of Volunteers, in a civilian garage at the north end of Factory Road, Northfleet. No other details are known. The garage still exists.
Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6208 7450 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (Modern - 1905 AD? to 1918 AD?)
Full description
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1905 training battery of 2 x 12 pr. quick-firing guns in a civilian garage, at the north end of Factory Road, Northfleet. The guns were on pedestal mountings, facing the River Thames, with a theoretical wide field of fire through a large doorway. The training would have been related to the use of such guns in an active coastal defence battery elsewhere. No other details are known. The building still exists but is not available to inspection.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : In a closed yard
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : unknown
Date of visit : 23/01/06
Location accurate to 2m based on available information.
Bennett, D., 1977, A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 (Monograph). SKE7811.
Smith, V.T.C., 23/09/06, 1905 Volunteer Training Battery, Factory Road, Northfleet (Photograph). SKE13792.
Smith, V.T.C., 23/09/06, 1905 Volunteer Training Battery, Factory Road, Northfleet (Photograph). Ske13792.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Photograph: Smith, V.T.C.. 23/09/06. 1905 Volunteer Training Battery, Factory Road, Northfleet. |
| --- | Monograph: Bennett, D.. 1977. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945. |
