TQ 77 SE 142 - 1950's Wireless transmitter Station, Beacon Hill , Hoo St. Werbugh

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Monument record TQ 77 SE 142 - 1950's Wireless transmitter Station, Beacon Hill , Hoo St. Werbugh

Summary

Wireless transmitter station at Beacon Hill. There has been a radio station here since before the Second World War but the surviving structures (a transmitter hall and bases of various transmitter towers) all date from the 1950s. The site consisted of a large transmitter hall on the east side of the road and accommodation structures on the west.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TQ 7583 7160 (234m by 264m) FCE
Map sheet	TQ77SE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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Full Description

1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11083.

1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11084.

1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11085.

1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11086.

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

<3> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

Sources/Archives (11)

--- SWX11083 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/10. print.
--- SWX11083 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/10. print.
--- SWX11084 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/11. print.
--- SWX11084 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/11. print.
--- SWX11085 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/8. print.
--- SWX11085 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/8. print.
--- SWX11086 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/9. print.
--- SWX11086 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/9. print.
<1> SKE6445 Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
<2> SKE31432 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project.
<3> SKE32442 Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series no 21-2013) (EKE15020)
Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series No. 21-2013) (EKE15021)

Record last edited

Nov 9 2017 1:20PM