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Monument record TQ 57 NW 45 - Joyce Green Hospital (Site of)
Summary
One of three hospitals, collectively known as the River Hospitals, built in the area of Joyce Green and the River Thames. Originally built in 1903 as a smallpox hospital it later became a general fever hospital until the outbreak of the Second World War when it became a general hospital under the Emergency Medical Scheme. It transferred to the NHS in 1948 and closed in 2000. The site will be redeveloped and the hospital buildings demolished.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 545 759 (point) FCE |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ57NW |
| County | KENT |
| District | DARTFORD, KENT |
| Civil Parish | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1994, Joyce Green Hospital, Joyce Green Lane, Dartford (Unpublished document). SWX6961.
Museum of London Archaeology Service, 1994 Jun, University Of Greenwich, N Dartford Campus, Joyce Green - (Unpublished document). SWX6908.
Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.
<1> RCHME, 1993, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets (Unpublished document). SKE6841.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE31644 Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.
- --- SWX6908 Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 1994 Jun. University Of Greenwich, N Dartford Campus, Joyce Green -.
- --- SWX6961 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1994. Joyce Green Hospital, Joyce Green Lane, Dartford.
- <1> SKE6841 Unpublished document: RCHME. 1993. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Compilation of Kent Hospitals Record Sheets.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Non-Intrusive Event: NEW NORTH DARTFORD CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH, JOYCE GREEN, DBA 1994 (EKE21260)
- Non-Intrusive Event: River Hospital Building Survey (EKE8254)
Record last edited
Jan 11 2022 3:10PM