MOD byelaws: Kent
This page brings together all available byelaws within Kent. Please select a link to view the byelaws.
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To be reviewed
The following sites are on the current programme to be reviewed. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below or byelaws do not currently exist and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.
- Mereworth Woods Training Area ^
- RSS Swingate ^
Lapsed
Over the years the MOD has sold or transferred the freehold or relinquished the leasehold at a significant number of sites that were once the subject of byelaws. This list may also be helpful in showing for environmental and historical research those areas of the country once occupied by MOD. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.
- Cornhill Rifle Range ^
- Leysdown Air Machine Gun and Bombing Range ^
- Littlestone Aerial Range ^
- Murston Rifle Range ^
- Sandwich (North) Rifle Range ^
- Sandwich (South) Rifle Range ^
- Shakespeare Cliff Rifle Range ^
Revoked
Over the years the MOD has reviewed existing byelaws, in the process revoking previous byelaws. The MOD has also revoked byelaws on land that is in the process of being disposed of. This list may be helpful in showing for environmental and historical research those areas of the country once occupied by MOD. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.
- Borstal Rifle Range Byelaws 1914 ^
- Lydd Musketry Practice Range Byelaws 1925 ^
- Lydd Tank Artillery Ranges Byelaws 1925 ^
- Dover (Lydden Spout) Rifle Range Byelaws 1925 ^
- Manston Aerodrome Byelaws 1932 ^
- Sheerness and Grain Defences Byelaws 1910 ^
- Shorncliffe Camp Byelaws 1903 ^
- Yantlet (Grain Island) Artillery Range in the County of Kent Byelaws 1924 ^
^ No copy of the byelaw document is currently available.
Related Information
Ministry of Defence: byelaws review
Updates to this page
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Added new information on Kent byelaws.
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Added Lapsed: Blean Rifle range.
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Added Scraps Gate Rifle Range Byelaws 1886.
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Amended 'Yantlet (Grain Island) Demolition Range' byelaw to lapsed.
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Updated summary
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First published.