Richborough
| Richborough | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 18 ′ N , 1 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| OS National Grid | TR315605 | ||
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| Post town | sandwich | ||
| ZIP code section | CT13 | ||
| prefix | 01304 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Shire county | Kent | ||
| District | Dover | ||
Richborough is a place in the northeast of the English county of Kent north of the village of Sandwich . The Romans built the Rutupiae fort and an amphitheater here , the ruins of which can still be visited today and are a tourist magnet in the area.
The place is only sparsely populated and is primarily used for agriculture. During the First World War a secret naval port existed here, which was no longer operated after the end of the war. A power plant was operated here between 1962 and 1996, which was initially built as a coal-fired power plant, but was converted into an oil power plant in 1971. In 2012 the remaining buildings were demolished. Today a recycling dump is the defining industrial complex of the place.
At Richborough, a transit camp was set up in early 1939 at the instigation of the Council for German Jewry in an abandoned Army camp from World War I (Kitchener Camp). Men between the ages of 18 and 45 from Germany were housed here who had valid emigration papers for another country, but which only allowed entry at a later date. About 5000 Jewish men were saved in this way. After the war began, the camp was converted into an internment camp, but many inmates served in the British Army.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of the landfill on the Kent County page
- ↑ http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=f30f0ac7-cae6-479b-a1ff-770b80d42d74 Memorial plaque for the camp in Sandwich