Monument record TR 05 NW 184 - Hop pickers huts west of Gosmere Farm

Summary

Late nineteenth century- early twentieth century hop pickers huts West of Gosmere Farm.

Location

Grid reference TR 0216 5752 (point)
Map sheet TR05NW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish SHELDWICH, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Hop pickers huts west of Gosmere Farm.
Two rectangular buildings with a probable toilet block associated, are shown on the 1897-1900 second edition Ordnance Survey map. The structures appear to be extended on the third edition Ordnance Survey map of 1907-1923. There is the addition of a second structure on its eastern buildings southern side and a change of location of the probable toilet block, to the east of these two buildings.
These structures do not appear on the 1940s aerial photographs.

Identified from the Historic Farmsteads Survey. (1)


Wessex Archaeology, 2008, Aircraft Crash Sites at Sea A scoping Study: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE18122.

Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project.
  • --- Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2008. Aircraft Crash Sites at Sea A scoping Study: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2013 4:48PM