TR 06 SW 64 - The Marsh Gunpowder Works, Faversham

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Monument record TR 06 SW 64 - The Marsh Gunpowder Works, Faversham

Summary

The Marsh Gunpowder Works were established in 1789 as part of the Royal Gunpowder Works in Faversham. They closed down around 1930. along with the most of the rest of the explosives industry in Faversham. The site is now subject to extensive gravel extraction.

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Grid reference	TR 013 627 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR06SW
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish	FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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GUNPOWDER WORKS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1789 AD to 1930 AD?)

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<1> Arch J 126 1969 252 (AJ Percival) (OS Card Reference). SKE36556.

<2> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 40 (A.Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44227.

<3> Marsh Gunpowder Works ink (Graphic material). SKE6414.

<4> RCHME/NMR, 1996, RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry (Collection). SKE6479.

<5> Percival, A J. 1967. Faversham's Gunpowder Industry, Faversham Paper No.4 (OS Card Reference). SKE48505.

<6> Public Record Office MPH/837 Plan of Marsh Works 1806 (OS Card Reference). SKE48901.

<7> Public Record Office WO55/2466 Plan of Marsh Works 1821 (OS Card Reference). SKE48904.

<8> Public Record Office WO55/2575 Plan of the Ordnance land and showing the works and buildings connect (OS Card Reference). SKE48905.

<9> Nobel Industries LTD plan of Oare and Marsh Works 1920 H.O.D 30-10 (OS Card Reference). SKE47668.

<10> Render, W J. 1970. Imperial Chemical Industries: A History Volume 1. The Forerunners 1870-1926. Lond (OS Card Reference). SKE49157.

<11> Nobel Industries Ltd Faversham factory details of charcoal burning reports, 1925 H.O.D 30-238 (OS Card Reference). SKE47667.

<12> Crocker, G. 1988. Gunpowder Miller Gazetteer SPAB (OS Card Reference). SKE39492.

<13> Wayne Cocroft/21-NOV-1991/RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry. (OS Card Reference). SKE51280.

<14> CHARGE HOUSE TR 01269 62711. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE862.

<15> MEAL ROOMS TR 01340 62688 FROM EAST. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE847.

<16> GLAZING HOUSE? DOOR TO STAGGERED ENTRANCE FROM S.W. TR 01500 62842 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE849.

<17> CYLINDER HOUSE (TR 01130 63118). Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE815.

<18> COTTAGE - HAM ROAD FAVERSHAM FROM EAST. Types: HOUSE (Photograph). SKE836.

<19> COTTAGE, STORE, OFFICE, LABORATORY TR 01316 62734 FROM SOUTH WEST. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE846.

<20> MILLWRIGHTS SHOP AND OIL STORE - FROM S.W. TR 01340 62688. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE845.

<21> CARPENTERS SHOP FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE844.

<22> CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON (Photograph). SKE863.

<23> STORE FROM SOUTH WEST. TR 01300 62758 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE864.

<24> STORE - FROM S.E. (TR 01320 62776) Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE843.

<25> CORNING HOUSE WALL (TR 01574 62795) SOUTH SIDE OF WALL. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE854.

<26> CANNON - FORMERLY USED AS GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON (Photograph). SKE861.

<27> STORE FROM EAST. (Photograph). SKE873.

<28> STORE - ROOF TRUSS. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE872.

<29> CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON (Photograph). SKE860.

<30> CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON (Photograph). SKE859.

<31> STORE - ROOF TRUSS. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE871.

<32> STORE TR 01338 62736 FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE870.

<33> WATCH HOUSE (TR 01340 62362) FROM WEST. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE858.

<34> MILLSTONE - TR 01385 62428 FROM EAST. Types: MILLSTONE (Photograph). SKE857.

<35> SALTPETRE STORE - TR 01076 63170 - SALTPETRE STORE FROM SOUTH. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE866.

<36> CORNING HOUSE WALL (TR 01574 62795). NORTH SIDE OF WALL . Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE855.

<37> GLAZING HOUSE? FROM N.E. TR01500 62842 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE848.

<38> GENERAL VIEW OF WORKS FROM NORTH. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE853.

<39> CHARGE HOUSE (TR 01269 62711) Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE852.

<40> COTTAGE, STORE, LABORATORY. TR 01316 627 34 FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE869.

<41> MOUND, SHOWING ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL FROM N.E. TR 01536 62816 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE851.

<42> MOUND, ENGINE AND BOILER HOUSE FROM S.E. TR 01536 62816 SHOWING ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE850.

<43> BRIDGE - FROM N.W. TR 01100 63134 FROM N.W. Types: BRIDGE (Photograph). SKE868.

<44> SALTPETRE STORE TR 01076 63170 FROM NORTH. Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE867.

<45> BRIDGE TR 01100 63134 FROM S.E. Types: BRIDGE (Photograph). SKE826.

<46> TRUSS TENSIONED BEAM - TR 01144 63144 FROM WEST. (Photograph). SKE865.

<47> MOUND AND CORNING HOUSE WALL FROM SOUTH. TR 01536 62816 Types: BUILDING (Photograph). SKE856.

<48> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9616.

<49> Dr Patricia Reid, 2007, The Marsh Works site in 2007 (Verbal communication). SKE13087.

<50> Historic England, Archive material associated with The Marsh Gunpowder Works, Listed Buildings (Archive). SKE54494.

<51> The Cranstone Consultancy, 1993, Monuments Protection Programme: The Gunpowder Industry Combined Steps 1-3 Report (Unpublished document). SKE17244.

<52> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1994, The Marsh Gunpowder Works (Unpublished document). SWX6964.

<53> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1994, The Marsh Gunpowder Works (Unpublished document). SWX6964.

<54> Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd, 2019, Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE54278.

Sources/Archives (54)

<1> SKE36556 OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 252 (AJ Percival).
<2> SKE44227 OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 40 (A.Haselfoot).
<3> SKE6414 Graphic material: Marsh Gunpowder Works ink. PER. PEN.
<4> SKE6479 Collection: RCHME/NMR. 1996. RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry.
<5> SKE48505 OS Card Reference: Percival, A J. 1967. Faversham's Gunpowder Industry, Faversham Paper No.4.
<6> SKE48901 OS Card Reference: Public Record Office MPH/837 Plan of Marsh Works 1806.
<7> SKE48904 OS Card Reference: Public Record Office WO55/2466 Plan of Marsh Works 1821.
<8> SKE48905 OS Card Reference: Public Record Office WO55/2575 Plan of the Ordnance land and showing the works and buildings connect.
<9> SKE47668 OS Card Reference: Nobel Industries LTD plan of Oare and Marsh Works 1920 H.O.D 30-10.
<10> SKE49157 OS Card Reference: Render, W J. 1970. Imperial Chemical Industries: A History Volume 1. The Forerunners 1870-1926. Lond.
<11> SKE47667 OS Card Reference: Nobel Industries Ltd Faversham factory details of charcoal burning reports, 1925 H.O.D 30-238.
<12> SKE39492 OS Card Reference: Crocker, G. 1988. Gunpowder Miller Gazetteer SPAB.
<13> SKE51280 OS Card Reference: Wayne Cocroft/21-NOV-1991/RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry..
<14> SKE862 Photograph: CHARGE HOUSE TR 01269 62711. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/3. Black and White. Negative.
<15> SKE847 Photograph: MEAL ROOMS TR 01340 62688 FROM EAST. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/14. Black and White. Negative.
<16> SKE849 Photograph: GLAZING HOUSE? DOOR TO STAGGERED ENTRANCE FROM S.W. TR 01500 62842 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/17. Black and White. Negative.
<17> SKE815 Photograph: CYLINDER HOUSE (TR 01130 63118). Types: BUILDING. 164/H/1. Black and White. Negative.
<18> SKE836 Photograph: COTTAGE - HAM ROAD FAVERSHAM FROM EAST. Types: HOUSE. 164/H/3. Black and White. Negative.
<19> SKE846 Photograph: COTTAGE, STORE, OFFICE, LABORATORY TR 01316 62734 FROM SOUTH WEST. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/13. Black and White. Negative.
<20> SKE845 Photograph: MILLWRIGHTS SHOP AND OIL STORE - FROM S.W. TR 01340 62688. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/12. Black and White. Negative.
<21> SKE844 Photograph: CARPENTERS SHOP FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/11. Black and White. Negative.
<22> SKE863 Photograph: CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/30. Black and White. Negative.
<23> SKE864 Photograph: STORE FROM SOUTH WEST. TR 01300 62758 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/31. Black and White. Negative.
<24> SKE843 Photograph: STORE - FROM S.E. (TR 01320 62776) Types: BUILDING. 164/K/10. Black and White. Negative.
<25> SKE854 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE WALL (TR 01574 62795) SOUTH SIDE OF WALL. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/21. Black and White. Negative.
<26> SKE861 Photograph: CANNON - FORMERLY USED AS GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/29. Black and White. Negative.
<27> SKE873 Photograph: STORE FROM EAST.. 164/K/9. Black and White. Negative.
<28> SKE872 Photograph: STORE - ROOF TRUSS. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/8. Black and White. Negative.
<29> SKE860 Photograph: CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/28. Black and White. Negative.
<30> SKE859 Photograph: CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/27. Black and White. Negative.
<31> SKE871 Photograph: STORE - ROOF TRUSS. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/7. Black and White. Negative.
<32> SKE870 Photograph: STORE TR 01338 62736 FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/6. Black and White. Negative.
<33> SKE858 Photograph: WATCH HOUSE (TR 01340 62362) FROM WEST. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/25. Black and White. Negative.
<34> SKE857 Photograph: MILLSTONE - TR 01385 62428 FROM EAST. Types: MILLSTONE. 164/K/24. Black and White. Negative.
<35> SKE866 Photograph: SALTPETRE STORE - TR 01076 63170 - SALTPETRE STORE FROM SOUTH. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/34. Black and White. Negative.
<36> SKE855 Photograph: CORNING HOUSE WALL (TR 01574 62795). NORTH SIDE OF WALL . Types: BUILDING. 164/K/22. Black and White. Negative.
<37> SKE848 Photograph: GLAZING HOUSE? FROM N.E. TR01500 62842 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/16. Black and White. Negative.
<38> SKE853 Photograph: GENERAL VIEW OF WORKS FROM NORTH. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/20. Black and White. Negative.
<39> SKE852 Photograph: CHARGE HOUSE (TR 01269 62711) Types: BUILDING. 164/K/2. Black and White. Negative.
<40> SKE869 Photograph: COTTAGE, STORE, LABORATORY. TR 01316 627 34 FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/5. Black and White. Negative.
<41> SKE851 Photograph: MOUND, SHOWING ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL FROM N.E. TR 01536 62816 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/19. Black and White. Negative.
<42> SKE850 Photograph: MOUND, ENGINE AND BOILER HOUSE FROM S.E. TR 01536 62816 SHOWING ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/18. Black and White. Negative.
<43> SKE868 Photograph: BRIDGE - FROM N.W. TR 01100 63134 FROM N.W. Types: BRIDGE. 164/K/36. Black and White. Negative.
<44> SKE867 Photograph: SALTPETRE STORE TR 01076 63170 FROM NORTH. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/35. Black and White. Negative.
<45> SKE826 Photograph: BRIDGE TR 01100 63134 FROM S.E. Types: BRIDGE. 164/H/2. Black and White. Negative.
<46> SKE865 Photograph: TRUSS TENSIONED BEAM - TR 01144 63144 FROM WEST.. 164/K/33. Black and White. Negative.
<47> SKE856 Photograph: MOUND AND CORNING HOUSE WALL FROM SOUTH. TR 01536 62816 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/23. Black and White. Negative.
<48> SWX9616 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4270. print.
<49>XY SKE13087 Verbal communication: Dr Patricia Reid. 2007. The Marsh Works site in 2007. [Mapped feature: #40686 gun powder works, ]
<50> SKE54494 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with The Marsh Gunpowder Works, Listed Buildings.
<51> SKE17244 Unpublished document: The Cranstone Consultancy. 1993. Monuments Protection Programme: The Gunpowder Industry Combined Steps 1-3 Report.
<52> SWX6964 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1994. The Marsh Gunpowder Works.
<53> SWX6964 Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1994. The Marsh Gunpowder Works.
<54> SKE54278 Unpublished document: Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd. 2019. Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

Non-Intrusive Event: Historic Building Recording of the Marsh Gunpowder Works within the Former Oare Mineral Works, Faversham, Kent (Ref: OGHB19) (EKE20973)
Intrusive Event: OARE GUNPOWDER WORKS (Ref: EI 36066) (EKE4436)
Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry (EKE4827)

Record last edited

Jan 11 2022 12:42PM