TQ 57 NW 53 - Joyce green aerodrome (site) - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TQ 57 NW 53 - Joyce green aerodrome (site)

Summary

Civil/Military airfield & factory, 1911-39

Location

Grid reference	TQ 5421 7675 (point)
Map sheet	TQ57NW
County	KENT
District	DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

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Site of Joyce Green Aerodrome, est 1911 by Vickers Aircraft Co for the test flying of their aircraft, fabricated on site from components that had been built at the Erith Works. Site developed around the Long Reach Tavern and its jetty. In 1914 the army took over the site and Vickers occupied two hangers at the far end of the airfield site (c TQ 5391 7689). The army constructed additional hangars, workshops and other buildings but vacated the site along with Vickers in 1919. After some brief use by a gliding club in the 1930s the buildings were demolished in 1939, the Long Reach Tavern in the 1950s. (1). Site photographs (2-24).

Location information updated following work by Bexley Young Archaeologists' Club on the Home Front Legacies Project (August 2018).

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Joyce Green and Vickers Ltd' L Pilkinton (in Flight in Kent, Meresborough 1985) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9410.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9643.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9677.

<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9678.

<6> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9688.

<7> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9711.

<8> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9712.

<9> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9713.

<10> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9716.

<11> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9718.

<12> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9764.

<13> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9765.

<14> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9766.

<15> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9770.

<16> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9771.

<17> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9781.

<18> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10044.

<19> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10049.

<20> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10051.

<21> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10054.

<22> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10754.

<23> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10755.

<24> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10756.

Sources/Archives (24)

<1> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Joyce Green and Vickers Ltd' L Pilkinton (in Flight in Kent, Meresborough 1985).
<2> SWX9410 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3063. print.
<3> SWX9643 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 1107. print.
<4> SWX9677 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5046. print.
<5> SWX9678 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5126. print.
<6> SWX9688 Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6062. print.
<7> SWX9711 Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 3088. print.
<8> SWX9712 Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 3086. print.
<9> SWX9713 Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 3097. print.
<10> SWX9716 Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 4087. print.
<11> SWX9718 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5111. print.
<12> SWX9764 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6109. print.
<13> SWX9765 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6107. print.
<14> SWX9766 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6120. print.
<15> SWX9770 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6149. print.
<16> SWX9771 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6147. print.
<17> SWX9781 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6052. print.
<18> SWX10044 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4131. print.
<19> SWX10049 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4019. print.
<20> SWX10051 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3215. print.
<21> SWX10054 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4267. print.
<22> SWX10754 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TQ5477/1. print.
<23> SWX10755 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TQ5477/2. print.
<24> SWX10756 Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TQ5477/3. print.

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Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Wells Firework Factory (now disused) and Joyce Green Aerodrome, Joyce Green Lane, Dartford

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2024 4:01PM