Chatham Through TimeChatham is a town that has been undergoing change for the last five hundred years. It all began with the arrival of the naval dockyard in the sixteenth century. From this, a town was created which began to grow with the rapidity of a Chatham built warship. The site of the former dockyard is still under development and in the town major changes are not only underway but others are in the pipeline and will include the Brook, the waterfront and the area of the railway station. What better time can there be for a book on Chatham that not only looks at the past but also the present? While many of the photographs show the town as it is today - many of those scenes will also be changing in the near future. This book attempts to capture this evolving town, and will be of interest to anyone who knows and loves this area. |
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alongside Amherst Anchor Wharf area of Chatham Brook building slips buildings that once built bus station camera Charles Dickens Chatham Barracks Chatham dockyard Chestnut Avenue church colour loft completed Darget’s Road demolition Dickens World docks dockyard museum earlier photograph shows earlier picture early Edward Bates Fort Amherst Globe Lane Grade II listed Gunwharf building Hen & Chickens High Street Historic Dockyard HMS Rodney John Hawkins flyover later launched listed building located Luton Manor Medway Council Medway Queen Medway Street Military Road militaryindustrial complex modern day photograph modern day picture Mountbatten House naval barracks nineteenth century number of buildings ofthe Ordnance Wharf originally constructed paddle steamer Paddock Pentagon Railway Street Repairing Basin Rigging House River Medway Rochester Royal Marine Barracks Royal Naval Barracks Royal Navy Royal Sailors Second World seen ship Smithery St Mary’s Island town centre Town Hall trams twentieth century viaduct Walderslade warships west end workhouse