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Monument record TQ 57 SE 1086 - Dartford War Hospital - Lower Southern
Summary
Site of Dartford War Hospital - Lower Southern - during WW1
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 5685 7208 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ57SE |
| County | KENT |
| District | DARTFORD, KENT |
| Civil Parish | DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT |
| Civil Parish | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Full Description
Lower Southern Hospital was handed over to the Military in 1915 and until the end of the war it treated German POWs.
Information from Bexley Young Archaeologists' Club following a survey of the Dartford Hospital sites for the Home Front Legacies Project:
Also known as the Mabledon Hospital /Gore Farm Hospital/Dartford War Hospital. The Lower Southern Hospital became the Mabledon in 1950 and housed Polish ex-service men and women from WW2 until it closed in 1985. The original wrought iron gates are still standing on Gore Road, grid reference TQ56867209. They were erected at some point during the Polish occupation of the Mabledon between 1950 and 1984.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Mabledon Hospital, Darenth, Kent: an historic landscape survey, 2017 (EKE21650)
Record last edited
Sep 20 2022 3:22PM