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.

Location

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

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<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> OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 252 (AJ Percival).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 40 (A.Haselfoot).
  • <3> Graphic material: Marsh Gunpowder Works ink. PER. PEN.
  • <4> Collection: RCHME/NMR. 1996. RCHME : Faversham Explosives Industry.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Percival, A J. 1967. Faversham's Gunpowder Industry, Faversham Paper No.4.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Public Record Office MPH/837 Plan of Marsh Works 1806.
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Public Record Office WO55/2466 Plan of Marsh Works 1821.
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Public Record Office WO55/2575 Plan of the Ordnance land and showing the works and buildings connect.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: Nobel Industries LTD plan of Oare and Marsh Works 1920 H.O.D 30-10.
  • <10> OS Card Reference: Render, W J. 1970. Imperial Chemical Industries: A History Volume 1. The Forerunners 1870-1926. Lond.
  • <11> OS Card Reference: Nobel Industries Ltd Faversham factory details of charcoal burning reports, 1925 H.O.D 30-238.
  • <12> OS Card Reference: Crocker, G. 1988. Gunpowder Miller Gazetteer SPAB.
  • <13> OS Card Reference: Wayne Cocroft/21-NOV-1991/RCHME: Faversham's Explosives Industry..
  • <14> Photograph: CHARGE HOUSE TR 01269 62711. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/3. Black and White. Negative.
  • <15> Photograph: MEAL ROOMS TR 01340 62688 FROM EAST. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/14. Black and White. Negative.
  • <16> Photograph: GLAZING HOUSE? DOOR TO STAGGERED ENTRANCE FROM S.W. TR 01500 62842 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/17. Black and White. Negative.
  • <17> Photograph: CYLINDER HOUSE (TR 01130 63118). Types: BUILDING. 164/H/1. Black and White. Negative.
  • <18> Photograph: COTTAGE - HAM ROAD FAVERSHAM FROM EAST. Types: HOUSE. 164/H/3. Black and White. Negative.
  • <19> Photograph: COTTAGE, STORE, OFFICE, LABORATORY TR 01316 62734 FROM SOUTH WEST. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/13. Black and White. Negative.
  • <20> Photograph: MILLWRIGHTS SHOP AND OIL STORE - FROM S.W. TR 01340 62688. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/12. Black and White. Negative.
  • <21> Photograph: CARPENTERS SHOP FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/11. Black and White. Negative.
  • <22> Photograph: CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/30. Black and White. Negative.
  • <23> Photograph: STORE FROM SOUTH WEST. TR 01300 62758 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/31. Black and White. Negative.
  • <24> Photograph: STORE - FROM S.E. (TR 01320 62776) Types: BUILDING. 164/K/10. Black and White. Negative.
  • <25> Photograph: CORNING HOUSE WALL (TR 01574 62795) SOUTH SIDE OF WALL. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/21. Black and White. Negative.
  • <26> Photograph: CANNON - FORMERLY USED AS GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/29. Black and White. Negative.
  • <27> Photograph: STORE FROM EAST.. 164/K/9. Black and White. Negative.
  • <28> Photograph: STORE - ROOF TRUSS. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/8. Black and White. Negative.
  • <29> Photograph: CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/28. Black and White. Negative.
  • <30> Photograph: CANNON - FORMER GATE BOLLARDS AT OARE AND MARSH WORKS. Types: CANNON. 164/K/27. Black and White. Negative.
  • <31> Photograph: STORE - ROOF TRUSS. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/7. Black and White. Negative.
  • <32> Photograph: STORE TR 01338 62736 FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/6. Black and White. Negative.
  • <33> Photograph: WATCH HOUSE (TR 01340 62362) FROM WEST. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/25. Black and White. Negative.
  • <34> Photograph: MILLSTONE - TR 01385 62428 FROM EAST. Types: MILLSTONE. 164/K/24. Black and White. Negative.
  • <35> Photograph: SALTPETRE STORE - TR 01076 63170 - SALTPETRE STORE FROM SOUTH. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/34. Black and White. Negative.
  • <36> Photograph: CORNING HOUSE WALL (TR 01574 62795). NORTH SIDE OF WALL . Types: BUILDING. 164/K/22. Black and White. Negative.
  • <37> Photograph: GLAZING HOUSE? FROM N.E. TR01500 62842 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/16. Black and White. Negative.
  • <38> Photograph: GENERAL VIEW OF WORKS FROM NORTH. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/20. Black and White. Negative.
  • <39> Photograph: CHARGE HOUSE (TR 01269 62711) Types: BUILDING. 164/K/2. Black and White. Negative.
  • <40> Photograph: COTTAGE, STORE, LABORATORY. TR 01316 627 34 FROM N.E. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/5. Black and White. Negative.
  • <41> Photograph: MOUND, SHOWING ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL FROM N.E. TR 01536 62816 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/19. Black and White. Negative.
  • <42> 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> Photograph: BRIDGE - FROM N.W. TR 01100 63134 FROM N.W. Types: BRIDGE. 164/K/36. Black and White. Negative.
  • <44> Photograph: SALTPETRE STORE TR 01076 63170 FROM NORTH. Types: BUILDING. 164/K/35. Black and White. Negative.
  • <45> Photograph: BRIDGE TR 01100 63134 FROM S.E. Types: BRIDGE. 164/H/2. Black and White. Negative.
  • <46> Photograph: TRUSS TENSIONED BEAM - TR 01144 63144 FROM WEST.. 164/K/33. Black and White. Negative.
  • <47> Photograph: MOUND AND CORNING HOUSE WALL FROM SOUTH. TR 01536 62816 Types: BUILDING. 164/K/23. Black and White. Negative.
  • <48> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4270. print.
  • <49>XY Verbal communication: Dr Patricia Reid. 2007. The Marsh Works site in 2007. [Mapped feature: #40686 gun powder works, ]
  • <50> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with The Marsh Gunpowder Works, Listed Buildings.
  • <51> Unpublished document: The Cranstone Consultancy. 1993. Monuments Protection Programme: The Gunpowder Industry Combined Steps 1-3 Report.
  • <52> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1994. The Marsh Gunpowder Works.
  • <53> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1994. The Marsh Gunpowder Works.
  • <54> 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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  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (9)

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)

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Record last edited

Jan 11 2022 12:42PM