| Name: | Church Green, East Tilbury |
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| SMR Number: | 9011 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 689 770 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NE |
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| Parish: | East Tilbury, THURROCK, ESSEX |
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| THURROCK, ESSEX |
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Summary
Area between church cemetery boundary and Coalhouse Fort (1760, 1761) scheduled area.
Full description
Area between church cemetery boundary and Coalhouse Fort (1760, 1761) scheduled area. Large amounts of architectural stone blocks, derived from the final construction of Coalhouse Fort, 1860-74. They consist of granite gun floor blocks with racers for gun carriage wheels and anchoring points; others relate to the caponiers constructed in the forts dry ditch system - Kentish ragstone elements also exist for the caponiers. One stone (monolith) is a memorial to the Great War. Lead letters have been removed but attaching points allow the inscription to be read. The stones appear to be grouped by type. <1>
Site Assessment = Threatened by Planning Application THU/205/89. Antiquarian records of discovery in this area (see 1762).
<1> Catton, JPJ, 1989, SMR (DESC TEXT). SEX6282.
<2> Smith, Joanna, 2007, East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal, mentioned in appraisal (DESC TEXT). SEX70042.
Monument Types
- BATTERY (post medieval, Post Medieval - 1860 AD to 1874 AD)
- WAR MEMORIAL (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (post))
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Post Medieval - 1860 AD to 1874 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 111_8
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 110_2
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 110
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 111
Sources and further reading
| <1> | DESC TEXT: Catton, JPJ. 1989. SMR. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Smith, Joanna. 2007. East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal. mentioned in appraisal. |
Related records
| 1760 | Part of: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 1762 | Part of: East Tilbury (Monument) |
| 1761 | Related to: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 9008 | Related to: St Catherine's Church Cemetery, East Tilbury - a small searchlight/ gun battery (Monument) |
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