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East Tilbury Blockhouse, Coalhouse Point
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Tylbery
In the civil parish of East Tilbury.
In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Thurrock, 1974 county of Essex).
The site of a Henrician blockhouse built between 1539 and 1541 at East Tilbury, Essex. This was one of five blockhouses built along this stretch of the River Thames to defend the approach to London and the dockyards at Woolwich and Deptford, the others being at Tilbury, Higham, Milton and Gravesend. The blockhouse, which was constructed from stone and timber robbed from St Margaret's Chantry nearby, was disarmed in 1553 and was in ruins on the foreshore by 1735. It is possible that the remains of the blockhouse lie beneath the mud and as such the area has been scheduled. Trial trench in 1984 did not locate fort.
This site has been described as a;
Artillery Fort.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ691761
PastScape number;
1378614
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1756, 1757
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p41
Miles, David, 2001, Tilbury Fort (English Heritage)
Kent, Peter, 1988, Fortifications of East Anglia (Lavenham: Ternence Dalton)
Saunders, A.D., 1985, Tilbury Fort Essex (English Heritage) p4
Smith, V.T.C., 1985, Defending London's river
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p147
Bennett, D., 1977, A handbook of Kent's defences from 1540 until 1945
Journal Articles
- Saunders A., 1960, 'Tilbury Fort and the development of artillery fortification in the Thames Estuary' The Antiquaries Journal Vol40 p152
Powell, W.R., 1988, ‘The medieval hospitals at East Tilbury and West Tilbury and Henry VIII’s forts' Essex Archaeology and History Vol19 p154-8
Catton, J.P.J. (Priddy, DA(ed)), 1986, 'Excavations in Essex, 1983-4' Essex Archaeology and History Vol16 p127
Smith, V.T.C., 1974, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol89 p141-62
Guidebooks
- Smith, V.T.C., 1985, Coalhouse Fort and the artillery defences at East Tilbury: a history and guide (Coalhouse Fort Project)
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