Landscape record TQ 54 SW 357 - Ashour / Ashower Park

Summary

The earliest reference to a park at Ashour is from 1407. By 1552 it was 342 acres in size but fell to 122 acres by 1612.

Location

Grid reference TQ 5470 4420 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SW
County KENT
Civil Parish LEIGH, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

<2> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 2 2018 4:55PM