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Monument details

Summary

Gas works, Hythe, visible on Epochs 2-4 (1899, 1908 and 1946) of historic 1:2500 Ordnance Survey mapping.

Monument Types

• GAS WORKS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1899 AD? to 1990 AD?)

Full description

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A gas works located close to the coast in Hythe is visible on Epochs 2-4 (1899, 1908 and 1946) of historic 1:2500 Ordnance Survey mapping [1-3]. Structures are evident on the Epoch 4 (1938) edition, however they are unlabelled [4]. The site has been replaced by a sewage works on MasterMap (2009) [5]. According to the Epoch 3 edition [2], the extent of the site covers a maximum area of 118m by 45m.
The feature was given a monument polygon (mapped from the Epoch 3 edition [2]) during historic mapping enhancement as part of Phase 1 of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898, 1899/1:2500 (Map). SWX11832.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1946/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 2009, OS MasterMap, 2009/MasterMap (Cartographic materials). SWX15710.

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