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Landscape record TQ 55 NW 408 - Otford Great Park
Summary
Medieval and post-medieval deer park dating perhaps to the 13th century but there were certainly deer here by 1423 when the estate was in the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The land remained a park until at least the 1640s. It is not known if boundary features survive.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 5363 5821 (1842m by 2223m) |
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Map sheet | TQ55NW |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | KEMSING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | OTFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Civil Parish | SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
<1> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE32115 Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2024 9:51AM