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Monument details
Summary
Site of Cliffe Creek Coastguard station and cottages, which replaced the coastguard station boat 'The Swallow'. The Coastguard station and cottages are recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cliffe and state that the cottages were in existence until c 1996.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7134 7766 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- COASTGUARD STATION (Modern - 1901 AD? to 1996 AD?)
- COASTGUARDS COTTAGE (Modern - 1901 AD? to 1996 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Site of Cliffe Creek Coastguard station and cottages, Cliffe |
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Full description
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This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for Cliffe. The report states:
"'Free trade' as those involved termed it, was still endemic in the 19th century and early on a watch vessel named Swallow occupying a site near the mouth of Cliffe Creek was used as a coastguard station. It was replaced in the Edwardian era by terrace of coastguard cottages which survived until c 1996. (1)
<1> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31591.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54. |
