Building record TQ 67 SW 1176 - Wrotham Road School Second World War Emergency Feeding Centre, Gravesend

Summary

Second World War Emergency Feeding Centre for bomb displaced people. It was established, probably in 1940, at the Wrotham Road School, Gravesend. This involved adaptation of the premises but what form this took is unknown. It would have been decommissioned by the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945. The school survives.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6462 7356 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SW
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

Second World War Emergency Feeding Centre for bomb-displaced people. It was established, probably in 1940, at the Wrotham Road School, Gravesend. This involved adaptation of the premises but what form this took is unknown. The school would have been supplied with cooking equipment, plates and utensils. The Emergency Feeding Centre would have been decommissioned at the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945. The school survives.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The school is a closed site
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : unknown
Date of visit : 04/01/06


Gravesend MB Council, 28/01/42, Minutes of Gravesend Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE13849.

Gravesend MB Council, 28/01/42, Minutes of Gravesend Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske13849.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Gravesend MB Council. 28/01/42. Minutes of Gravesend Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Gravesend MB Council. 28/01/42. Minutes of Gravesend Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee.

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2009 4:27AM