Monument record TR 06 SW 1002 - Hollow Shore Boat Yard, Oare Creek, Faversham

Summary

Hollow Shore Boat Yard is a bargebuilding yard on Oare Creek. From the early 1800s until 1900 barges were built here on the open sea wall. At the turn of the century the business was taken over by the Cremer family until the 1960s. The yard contains a wide variety of buildings including the main shed, the engine shed, a smith's shop and a saw pit. The yard is still in operation today, and a scale model of it can be seen on display in the Fleur-de-Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham.

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Grid reference TR 0170 6362 (point) Surveyed
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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A barge building yard operating since at least 1854 (1). From the early 1800s to 1900 barges were built here on the open sea wall. At this turn of the century the business was taken over by the Cremer family until the 1960s. The boatyard is still in operation today. Buildings include main shed, engine shed, boat shop and Faversham Navigation hut, smith's shop, mess hut, saw pit, paintshop, timber store, dock and North Yard. (2) A scale model of the boatyard is on display in the Fleur-de-Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham. (3)


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<1> Eve, D., 1999, A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Kent, I39 (Monograph). SWX9293.

<2> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10011.

<2> Taylor, Frank, 2002, A History of Faversham & Oare Creeks and the Faversham Navigation (Monograph). SKE13191.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9616.

<3> Miles, Suzanne, 2008, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE13192.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
  • <1> Monograph: Eve, D.. 1999. A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Kent. I39.
  • <2> Monograph: Taylor, Frank. 2002. A History of Faversham & Oare Creeks and the Faversham Navigation.
  • <2> Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 19. print.
  • <3> Verbal communication: Miles, Suzanne. 2008. Verbal Communication.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4270. print.

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Record last edited

Sep 30 2015 12:56PM