TR 06 SW 250 - Lower and Bennetts Mills, Faversham

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Monument record TR 06 SW 250 - Lower and Bennetts Mills, Faversham

Summary

Lower and Bennetts Mils were one of four mills, collectively known as the Home Works gunpowder mills, in and around Faversham (See TR 06 SW 45, 247 - 250). A late 18th century plan (BB95/11938 PRO) and 19th century Ordnance Survey maps shown mill buildings and a series of interconnecting leats and streams. Gunpowder production in Faversham ended in the early 20th century between 1919 and 1934. Today the mill buildings have been demolished, the leats covered over and the land used as allotment plots. The main pond and connecting stream surviving, along with a couple of houses, and due to the light horticultural use of the site, may preserve buried archaeological features.

Location

Grid reference	TR 01175 61595 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TR06SW
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish	FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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The Cranstone Consultancy, 1993, Monuments Protection Programme: The Gunpowder Industry Combined Steps 1-3 Report (Unpublished document). SKE17244.

English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme, 1998, Monuments Protection Programme: Gunpowder Industry (Unpublished document). SKE7298.

<1> Wayne Cocroft/18-NOV-1991/RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry. (OS Card Reference). SKE51278.

<2> OS 25" 1907 (OS Card Reference). SKE48258.

<3> Arch J 126 1969 252 (A J Percival) (OS Card Reference). SKE36554.

<4> KAR 20 1970 4-7 photo (A Percival) (OS Card Reference). SKE45259.

<5> KAR 33 1973 89-92 (A H Osborne) (OS Card Reference). SKE45302.

<6> Industrial Arch 1976 220 (K Hudson) (OS Card Reference). SKE44291.

<7> Industrial Arch of SE England 1978 40 photo (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44295.

<8> National Trust Guide to our Industrial Past 1983 207 (A Burton) (OS Card Reference). SKE47519.

<9> DOE SAM Record Form 3 Nov 1986 Record Map 22 Nov 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE40802.

<10> Crocker, G. 1988. Gunpowder Mills Gazetteer SPAB (OS Card Reference). SKE39493.

<11> RCHME/NMR, 1996, RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry (Collection). SKE6479.

<12> West, J. 1991. Gunpowder, Government and War in the mid-eighteenth century. The Royal Historical So (OS Card Reference). SKE51315.

<13> Selkirk, A. 1967. The Faversham Gunpowder Mills. Current Archaeology 2 51-2 (OS Card Reference). SKE49436.

<14> Public Record Office MPH/857 Plan of the Gunpowder Manufactory at Faversham 1806. (OS Card Reference). SKE48902.

<15> Public Record Office W055/2466 PFNFP 58 Plan of the Gunpowder Manufactory at Faversham 1821 (OS Card Reference). SKE48903.

<16> London, Chatham and North Kent Railway 1846 Plan of the Gunpowder Works. (OS Card Reference). SKE46175.

<17> Eve, D., 1999, A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Kent (Monograph). SWX9293.

<18> Bennett, C. E., 1977, The watermills of Kent, east of the Medway (Article in serial). SWX7608.

<19> WHITE HOUSE (TR0044 6114) LOWER ROAD, FAVERSHAM. FORMER GUNPOWDER MILLMANS HOUSE. Types: HOUSE (Photograph). SKE838.

<20> English Heritage, 1998, Monuments Protection Programme: Gunpowder Industry (Unpublished document). SWX6799.

<21> Royal Air Force, 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9548.

Sources/Archives (23)

--- SKE17244 Unpublished document: The Cranstone Consultancy. 1993. Monuments Protection Programme: The Gunpowder Industry Combined Steps 1-3 Report.
--- SKE7298 Unpublished document: English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme. 1998. Monuments Protection Programme: Gunpowder Industry.
<1> SKE51278 OS Card Reference: Wayne Cocroft/18-NOV-1991/RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry..
<2> SKE48258 OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1907.
<3> SKE36554 OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 252 (A J Percival).
<4> SKE45259 OS Card Reference: KAR 20 1970 4-7 photo (A Percival).
<5> SKE45302 OS Card Reference: KAR 33 1973 89-92 (A H Osborne).
<6> SKE44291 OS Card Reference: Industrial Arch 1976 220 (K Hudson).
<7> SKE44295 OS Card Reference: Industrial Arch of SE England 1978 40 photo (A J Haselfoot).
<8> SKE47519 OS Card Reference: National Trust Guide to our Industrial Past 1983 207 (A Burton).
<9> SKE40802 OS Card Reference: DOE SAM Record Form 3 Nov 1986 Record Map 22 Nov 1972.
<10> SKE39493 OS Card Reference: Crocker, G. 1988. Gunpowder Mills Gazetteer SPAB.
<11> SKE6479 Collection: RCHME/NMR. 1996. RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry.
<12> SKE51315 OS Card Reference: West, J. 1991. Gunpowder, Government and War in the mid-eighteenth century. The Royal Historical So.
<13> SKE49436 OS Card Reference: Selkirk, A. 1967. The Faversham Gunpowder Mills. Current Archaeology 2 51-2.
<14> SKE48902 OS Card Reference: Public Record Office MPH/857 Plan of the Gunpowder Manufactory at Faversham 1806..
<15> SKE48903 OS Card Reference: Public Record Office W055/2466 PFNFP 58 Plan of the Gunpowder Manufactory at Faversham 1821.
<16> SKE46175 OS Card Reference: London, Chatham and North Kent Railway 1846 Plan of the Gunpowder Works..
<17> SWX9293 Monograph: Eve, D.. 1999. A guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Kent.
<18> SWX7608 Article in serial: Bennett, C. E.. 1977. The watermills of Kent, east of the Medway. 1, pages 205-35.
<19> SKE838 Photograph: WHITE HOUSE (TR0044 6114) LOWER ROAD, FAVERSHAM. FORMER GUNPOWDER MILLMANS HOUSE. Types: HOUSE. 164/H/6. Black and White. Negative.
<20> SWX6799 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1998. Monuments Protection Programme: Gunpowder Industry.
<21> SWX9548 Photograph (Print): Royal Air Force. 1946. Photograph. 3267. Black & White. print.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: The Home Works, Gunpowder Mills, Faversham (Monument) (TR 06 SW 248)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry (EKE4827)

Record last edited

Mar 20 2018 4:41PM