TR 25 SW 31 - Snowdown Colliery - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TR 25 SW 31 - Snowdown Colliery

Summary

Work commenced at Snowdown Colliery in 1907 with the first coal being brought to the surface on 19th November 1912. A new town - Aylesham - was built to provide homes for many of the migrant workers from Wales and the North East of England. The colliery was closed by the National Coal Board in 1987. When the site was recorded by the RCHME in 1993 the following buildings still remained: the lamp room, locomotive shed, power house, pithead baths, canteen, fitting shop, carpenters shop and the bus terminus. Also extant at the time was the winding house for number 2 shaft and its associated fan house. Number 2 shaft was capped in 1988 and a plaque records that it was worked to a depth of 940 metres.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TR 2489 5089 (714m by 1009m) GCE
Map sheet	TR25SW
County	KENT
District	DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish	AYLESHAM, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

COLLIERY (Closed, Modern - 1907 AD to 1988 AD)

Full Description

Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2013, Archaeological evaluation at the Snowdown Colliery Welfare Ground/Club (Unpublished document). SKE54852.

<1> Kent Underground Res Grp Res Rep 6 1989 11-14 (M Jack) (OS Card Reference). SKE45949.

<2> Dover District Council, Snowdown Colliery Policy Guidelines (Monograph). SKE6719.

<2> The Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 13 (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE50364.

<3> OS 1:2500 1976 (OS Card Reference). SKE48218.

<3> Brett Paving and Construction Limited, 1989, Application for Planning Permission to Remove Minestone from Spoil Heap at Snowdown Colliery (Unpublished document). SKe7640.

<4> The Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 13 (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE50364.

<5> Brett Paving and Construction Limited, 1989, Application for Planning Permission to Remove Minestone from Spoil Heap at Snowdown Colliery (Unpublished document). SKE7640.

<6> Oxford Archaeology, 2005, Snowdown Colliery: Historic Building Assessment and Recording (Unpublished document). SKE12991.

<7> Kent Underground Research Group, 1997, Kent Underground Research Group Newsletter no. 55 (Unpublished document). SKE25130.

Sources/Archives (10)

--- SKE54852 Unpublished document: Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company. 2013. Archaeological evaluation at the Snowdown Colliery Welfare Ground/Club.
<1> SKE45949 OS Card Reference: Kent Underground Res Grp Res Rep 6 1989 11-14 (M Jack).
<2> SKE50364 OS Card Reference: The Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 13 (A J Haselfoot).
<2> SKE6719 Monograph: Dover District Council. Snowdown Colliery Policy Guidelines.
<3> SKE48218 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1976.
<3> SKE7640 Unpublished document: Brett Paving and Construction Limited. 1989. Application for Planning Permission to Remove Minestone from Spoil Heap at Snowdown Colliery.
<4> SKE50364 OS Card Reference: The Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 13 (A J Haselfoot).
<5> SKE7640 Unpublished document: Brett Paving and Construction Limited. 1989. Application for Planning Permission to Remove Minestone from Spoil Heap at Snowdown Colliery.
<6>XY SKE12991 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2005. Snowdown Colliery: Historic Building Assessment and Recording. [Mapped feature: #897 Colliery, ]
<7> SKE25130 Unpublished document: Kent Underground Research Group. 1997. Kent Underground Research Group Newsletter no. 55.

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None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (19)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Intrusive Event: Archaeological evaluation at the Snowdown Colliery Welfare Ground (Ref: SCW13) (EKE21521)
Non-Intrusive Event: Historic building assessment and recording at Snowdown Colliery (Ref: AYSNCO'05) (EKE10321)

Record last edited

Mar 28 2022 4:12PM