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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 SW 1013
Type of record:Monument
Name:Pump/well, Queenborough Castle, Isle of Sheppey

Summary

Pump marked on chart of Sheerness of 1798, and as a well on OS 1st-4th editions.

Grid Reference:TQ 9121 7215
Map Sheet:TQ97SW
Parish:QUEENBOROUGH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • WELL (Unknown date)
  • PUMP (First mentioned 1728, Post Medieval - 1728 AD to 1830 AD?)

Full description

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Pump marked on a 1728 chart of Sheerness. Purpose unknown, may be a water drainage feature. Situated in a circular earthwork, which is the remains of Queenborough Castle. (1). Also marked as a well on the 1st to 4th editions of the OS mapping (2-5).

"The old castle well at Queenborough had been reopened by the Admiralty in 1724 but it was only in 1781-2 that a well was successfully sunk at Sheerness itself”. (6)


<1> 1728, Sheerness (Chart). SWX7857.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947 (Map). SKE12644.

<6> Hughes, D.T, 1998, The story of Queenborough's well (Article in serial). SKE52141.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Chart: 1728. Sheerness. chart.
<2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
<4>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
<5>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947.
<6>Article in serial: Hughes, D.T. 1998. The story of Queenborough's well. 7, pages 12-14.