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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43987 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Patent Slip located within Folkestone Outer Harbour |
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Summary
A slipway is only visible on the Epoch 1 edition (1877) of historic 1:2500 Ordnance Survey mapping. The area was given a monument polygon during historic mapping enhancement as part of Phase 1 of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey.
| Grid Reference: | TR 23521 36099 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PATENT SLIP (Post Medieval - 1818 AD? to 1897 AD?)
Full description
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A slipway, labelled as Patent Slip, is only visible on the Epoch 1 edition (1877) of historic 1:2500 Ordnance Survey mapping [1], and is located inside the Outer Harbour of Folkestone Harbour (MKE16024). It is no longer visible on any later mapping, including the Epoch 2 (1899) edition [2]. The slipway extends for 115m parallel to the East Pier (MWX43989).
The feature was given a monument polygon during historic mapping enhancement as part of Phase 1 of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897, 1877/1:2500 (Map). SWX11831.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. 1877/1:2500. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. 1899/1:2500. |
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