Monument record TQ 67 SE 1172 - Rose and Crown Second World War Emergency Mortuary, The Street, Shorne, near Gravesend, Kent
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6910 7107 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ67SE |
| County | KENT |
| District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
| Civil Parish | SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Full Description
Second World War Emergency Mortuary in the stable of the Rose and Crown public house in the Street, Shorne, nr. Gravesend, Kent. It was designated in 21 December, 1939. This was for the storage of corpses in the event from deaths in the neighbourhood from bombing. The mortuary would have been decommisioned by no later than 1945. There is no known structure at the site that can definitely be identified as having been the stable.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The stable does not recognisably still exist
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 04/09/07
Strood Rural District Council, 21/12/39, Minutes of the Air Raid Precautions Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE14095.
Strood Rural District Council, 21/12/39, Minutes of the Air Raid Precautions Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske14095.
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2009 4:43AM