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)
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> Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2024 9:51AM