Listed Building record TR 15 NE 794 - BRIDGE OVER THE GREAT STOUR, Fordwich

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799. Summary from record TR 15 NE 772: From 1940 there was a road block at Fordwich Bridge, on the River Great Stour. A hole was cut in the south abutment for an explosive charge to demolish the bridge if necessary. Summary from record MWX43034: Rows of square markings are visible on the road at Fordwich bridge on 1940s aerial photgraphy, interpreted as a markings for laying out a roadblock.

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Grid reference TR 1796 5980 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT

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English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15391.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/41, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15390.

49 Battalion Royal Tanks Regiment, 01/01/41, War Diary 49 Battalion Royal Tanks Regiment 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15388.

Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15389.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

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  • --- Unpublished document: 49 Battalion Royal Tanks Regiment. 01/01/41. War Diary 49 Battalion Royal Tanks Regiment 1941.
  • --- Unpublished document: Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division. 01/01/41. War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941.
  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/41. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.
  • --- Unpublished document: 43 Division General Staff. 01/01/40. War Diary 43 Division General Staff.
  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <3> Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Jan 18 2013 1:46PM