Monument record TQ 67 SW 1002 - Former site of Rosherville Gardens

Summary

Pleasure gardens laid out by H E Kendall in 1840s on south bank of Thames. In 1837 Rosher, an entrepreneurial chalk merchant, leased the large excavated chalk pit for 99 years to George Jones, a businessman from Islington, who formed he Kent Zoological and Botanical Gardens Company. Gardens were laid out with a terrace, a bear pit, an archery ground, a lake, a maze, flower beds, statues, a lookout tower on a spur of rock ad a winding path.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 63497 74258 (425m by 276m)
Map sheet TQ67SW
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

<1> RCHME, 1994, The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend, Neg: AA94/3441 (Photograph). SWX9333.

<2> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<3> Oxford Archaeology, 2012, Stage 1 Trial Trenching, North East Embankment, Former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE18081.

<4> Oxford Archaeology, 2013, Stage 2 Trial Trenching - North East Embankment, Former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Unpublished document). SKE25157.

<5> English Heritage, 2013, English Heritage (Listing) Advice Report for Rosherville Gardens Bear Pit (Unpublished document). SKE26018.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Photograph: RCHME. 1994. The Lower Thames in 1994, a photographic survey from the river Blackwell to Tilbury and Greenwich to Gravesend. various. Neg: AA94/3441.
  • <2> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2012. Stage 1 Trial Trenching, North East Embankment, Former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2013. Stage 2 Trial Trenching - North East Embankment, Former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation Report.
  • <5>XY Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2013. English Heritage (Listing) Advice Report for Rosherville Gardens Bear Pit. [Mapped feature: #5116 Pleasure gardens, ]

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  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (11)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet - Trench 1 (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18254)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet - Trench 2 (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18255)
  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet - Trench 3 (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18256)
  • Event Boundary: Evaluation at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE12532)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Photographic survey of the lower Thames in 1994 (Ref: 93460/1) (EWX6637)
  • Intrusive Event: Stage two of evaluation at the north east embankment at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet -Tr 2 extension (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18257)
  • Intrusive Event: Stage two of evaluation at the north east embankment at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet -Tr 4 (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18258)
  • Intrusive Event: Stage two of evaluation at the north east embankment at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet -Tr 5 (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18259)
  • Intrusive Event: Stage two of evaluation at the north east embankment at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet -Tr 6 (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18260)
  • Intrusive Event: Stage two of evaluation at the north east embankment at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet -Tr 7 (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE18261)
  • Event Boundary: Stage two of evaluation at the north east embankment at the former Henley Cable Works, Northfleet (Ref: NOHC12) (EKE13168)

Record last edited

Sep 17 2020 11:37AM