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Boundary Stone to Former Chart Gunpowder Mills

A Grade II Listed Building in Faversham, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3152 / 51°18'54"N

Longitude: 0.8832 / 0°52'59"E

OS Eastings: 601023

OS Northings: 161286

OS Grid: TR010612

Mapcode National: GBR SW3.G3V

Mapcode Global: VHKJW.868M

Plus Code: 9F328V8M+37

Entry Name: Boundary Stone to Former Chart Gunpowder Mills

Listing Date: 27 September 1989

Last Amended: 14 December 2001

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1240598

English Heritage Legacy ID: 438960

ID on this website: 101240598

Location: Davington, Swale, Kent, ME13

County: Kent

District: Swale

Civil Parish: Faversham

Built-Up Area: Faversham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Tagged with: Boundary marker

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Description


FAVERSHAM

TR 0161 SW WESTBROOK WALK
659/2/378 Boundary stone to former Chart Gunpowd
27-SEP-89 er Mills

(Formerly listed as:
WESTBROOK WALK
W HALL BOUNDARY STONE)

II

Boundary stone to gunpowder works. Dated 1839. Limestone. Stone approx.60cm high inscribed WH/1839 on one side and W & PBH on the reverse.

HISTORY: The Chart Gunpowder Mills formed part of the Home Works of the Royal Gunpowder Factory. The Hall family bought them in 1825. Associated with the nearby Chart Mills (SAM), indicating the extent of the works and its presence close to the centre of the town.

(Percival, A J, 'The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its development', Faversham Papers, N(4, 3rd Ed. 1986; NMR Report, Home Works, RCHME, p4, 1998)


Listing NGR: TR0102361286

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