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Monument record TR 15 NE 1934 - Possible route of medieval Organ Lane
Summary
A footpath/trackway between grid reference 618387, 158905 at its junction with Stodmarsh Road, and a point 618670, 157931 close to where the Littlebourne Road crosses the Lampen stream, may represent the former lane known in the medieval period as Organ Lane. This lane was important for
connecting settlements on the south side of the River Stour to the lowest fording point and port of
Fordwich.
The lane is referred to by C.E. Woodruff in his book A History of the Town and Port of Fordwich, where he states it to be a continuation of ‘the ancient track-way to the ford’, formerly known as the ‘old way leading through the King’s Park’ (this ancient trackway is now known as Well Lane). Woodruff quotes from The Ancient Book of the Decrees of the Town of Fordwich, 1685, which provides a significant amount of detail about Organ Lane and its precise direction and location on the Moat lands 'taken out of an ancient MS.', and indicates that the lane was believed to have been stopped up between 1504 and 1509 by Thomas Turberville, who dwelt at the Manor of Moat.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 1848 5841 (330m by 979m) |
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Map sheet | TR15NE |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | LITTLEBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Map
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Full Description
<1> Tracey Dessoy, 2017-2022, Verbal communication from local researcher (Tracey Dessoy) (Verbal communication). SKE32144.
<2> C. E. Woodruff, 1895, A History of the Town and Port of Fordwich (Bibliographic reference). SKE55201.
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Record last edited
Dec 2 2022 10:02AM