Tilbury Fort
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Tilbury Fort, also known historically as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an artillery fort on the north bank of the River Thames in England. The earliest version of the fort, comprising a small blockhouse with artillery covering the river, was constructed by King Henry VIII to protect London against attack from France as part of his Device programme. It was reinforced during the 1588 Spanish Armada invasion scare, after which it was reinforced with earthwork bastion, and Parliamentary forces used it to help secure the capital during the English Civil War of the 1640s. Following naval raids during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the fort was enlarged by Sir Bernard de Gomme from 1670 onwards to form a star-shaped defensive work, with angular bastions, water-filled moats and two lines of guns facing onto the river.
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James Miller Huggins (c.1807-1870) - The Ship 'Matilda' and Cutter 'Zephyr' - BHC3481 - Royal Museums Greenwich- Tilbury Fort: a post-medieval fort and its inhabitants - article published in 2000
- At home in the barracks: Tilbury Fort and the archaeology of post-medieval military buildings - scientific article published on 17 September 2020
- Excavations at Tilbury Fort, Essex - article by Patricia M. Wilkinson et al published January 1983 in Post-Medieval Archaeology
- Tilbury Fort - article published in 1932
- Tilbury Fort and the development of artillery fortification in the Thames estuary - article, Q1860, 1960
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| link | page | British Listed Buildings page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | CastlesFortsBattles page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Sketchfab page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Starforts page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Subterranean History page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | castle | Eynsford Castle | castle, archaeological site | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Lullingstone Castle | castle, English country house, historic house museum | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Tonbridge Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1087 | Rochester Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1119 | Leeds Castle | castle, English country house, historic house museum | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1230 | Hadleigh Castle | castle, ruins | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1279 | Allington Castle | castle, English country house | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1380 | Cooling Castle | quadrangular castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1567 | Upnor Castle | castle, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | garden | Emmetts Garden | garden | Wikidata | |
| site | garden | Great Comp Garden | garden | Wikidata | |
| site | garden | Rayleigh Mount | garden, motte | Wikidata | |
| site | garden | Riverhill House | garden, English country house | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway | heritage railway, narrow-gauge railway | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Canvey Island Transport Museum | transport museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Cater Museum | local museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Chatham Historic Dockyard | maritime museum, military museum, independent museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Crofton Roman Villa | museum, villa rustica | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Cutty Sark | museum ship, clipper, preserved watercraft | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Danson House | historic house museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Down House | historic house museum, history museum | Wikidata | |
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| site | museum | Eastbury Manor House | manor house, local museum, historic house museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Essex Fire Museum | firefighting museum, local authority museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Fort Amherst | fort, military museum, independent museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Greenwich Heritage Centre | local museum, independent museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Guildhall Museum, Rochester | local museum, independent museum, local authority museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Hall Place and Gardens | house, local museum, historic house museum, independent museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | HMS Cavalier | destroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | HMS Ocelot | attack submarine, preserved watercraft, museum ship | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Hylands | building, historic house museum, English country house, country house | Wikidata | |
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| site | museum | Knole House | English country house, historic house museum, country house | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Milton Chantry | local museum, chantry | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | New Tavern Fort | fort, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Old Soar Manor | manor house, historic house museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | PS Kingswear Castle | museum ship, paddle steamer, preserved watercraft | Wikidata | |
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| site | museum | Restoration House | English country house, historic house museum | Wikidata | |
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| site | museum | 1984 | The Who Shop Museum | museum | Wikidata |
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| site | museum | 1990 | Ragged School Museum | education museum, local museum | Wikidata |
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| site | museum | 2014 | Charlton Athletic Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2015 | Bethlem Museum of the Mind | museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2015 | Huguenot Museum | museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2019 | Biggin Hill Memorial Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2020 | Migration Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2021 | RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre | history museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Ground plan of Tilbury Fort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | TilburyFort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | James Miller Huggins (c.1807-1870) - The Ship 'Matilda' and Cutter 'Zephyr' - BHC3481 - Royal Museums Greenwich | Commons | ||
| commons | image | New Tavern and Tilbury Forts OS map | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ground plan of Tilbury Fort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The 'Little Western' ILN-1876-0701-0016 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | James Miller Huggins (c.1807-1870) - The Ship 'Matilda' and Cutter 'Zephyr' - BHC3481 - Royal Museums Greenwich | Commons | ||
| commons | image | A plan of Tilbury fort - btv1b53010600s | Commons | ||
| commons | image | TilburyFort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Edward Francis Burney - Tilbury Fort - B1979.12.992 - Yale Center for British Art | Commons | ||




