The Rushenden Estate, Queenborough, Kent
An Early British Industrial Estate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20375623 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Clarke (0000-0003-1495-7746, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-49 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial Archaeology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-0728 • E-ISSN: 1745-8196 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/174581907x179975 |
| OpenAlex | W2093958408 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Queenborough, a town with origins as a medieval planted settlement on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, is set for major redevelopment over the coming years as part of the regeneration of the Thames Gateway region. English Heritage has produced an Historic Area Appraisal,1 and, in the course of its research, documents relating to a hitherto obscure Edwardian industrial estate came to light. Laid out from 1904, the Rushenden Estate is significant because it was one of the first factory estates in the wake of Trafford Park, Manchester (1896), widely acknowledged as Britain's2 — or even the world's3 — world's first industrial estate. Despite some economic history analyses and studies of individual sites, the subject of early industrial estates is surprisingly incomplete. Using material evidence derived from documentary research and fieldwork, this paper describes the evolution and growth of the Rushenden Estate, placing it in regional and typological contexts and within the milieu of the 'Second Industrial Revolution'
Archaeology · Business · Civil engineering · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Estate · Housing estate · Industrial Revolution · Political science · Redevelopment · Engineering · History · Law · Urbanization and City Planning · Finance
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |