Monument record TQ 66 NW 56 - Group of Saxon wooden buildings
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 645 663 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ66NW |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Civil Parish | MEOPHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Full Description
TQ646663 Group of Saxon wooden buildings (1)
Golding-Bird notes documentary references to Meapham in 788 939, Meapaham / Mepham in around 955-995 and Meopham in 961. In Domesday it is called Mepeham. Its taxable value paid for defence dropped from 10 shillings in 1066 to 7 shillings in 1086. The document dated to around 955-995 is the will of a thane called Byhtric detailing land to be bequeathed. It was recorded by a 16th century antiquarian. (2-3)
<1> Meopham and its Village Church (M. Davies) (OS Card Reference). SKE46890.
<2> K.A.R.U. Record card G98A (OS Card Reference). SKE45229.
<3> C. H. Goulding Bird, 1930, The history of Meopham : a Kentish village from Saxon times (Monograph). SKE53877.
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Record last edited
Jun 17 2021 12:26PM