Listed Building record TQ 77 NW 1199 - CHURCH OF ST HELEN, Cliffe

Summary

St. Helen's Church is one of the largest in Kent and consists of chancel, transepts, nave, aisles, west tower and south porch. The nave, transepts and tower are of 13th century date but the arch from the north aisle into the transept (partly cut away when the 13th. century nave arcade was constructed) is of late 12th century date and must have survived from an earlier church. The chancel appears to have been entirely rebuilt in the middle of the 14th century (the east window is modern) at the same time as the aisles were widened to their present form. The porch is 15th Century. The advowson (right to nominate a priest) belonged to the Prior and Convent of Christ Church, Canterbury until the Dissolution: it still belongs to the Archbishop of Canterbury

Location

Grid reference TQ 73593 76625 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ77NW
County KENT
Civil Parish CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Historic England, Historic England Archive (Archive). SKE53790.

<1> O.S. 6" 1939-40 (OS Card Reference). SKE47831.

<2> Arch Cant 41 1929 71-88 Plan Photos (AR Martin) (OS Card Reference). SKE35102.

<3> Arch Cant XI (1877) 145-160 (IG Lloyd) (OS Card Reference). SKE36444.

<4> F1 CFW 20-JAN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42666.

<5> DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE40172.

<6> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 223-225 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38045.

<7> A Hist of the North Kent Marshes in the area of Cliffe undated 14-29 (WN Nichols) (OS Card Reference). SKE32816.

<8> Arch Cant 96 1980 369-372 (PJ Tester) (OS Card Reference). SKE36250.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 14 - January, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4234.

<10> Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1993, Cliffe at Hoo, St Helen: Diocesan church survey (Unpublished document). SKE29610.

<11> Historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31591.

<12> Alan Everitt, 1986, Continuity and Colonization: the evoluation of Kentish Settlement (Bibliographic reference). SKE53789.

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  • --- Archive: Historic England. Historic England Archive.
  • <1> OS Card Reference: O.S. 6" 1939-40.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 41 1929 71-88 Plan Photos (AR Martin).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant XI (1877) 145-160 (IG Lloyd).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 20-JAN-59.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 4.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 223-225 (J Newman).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: A Hist of the North Kent Marshes in the area of Cliffe undated 14-29 (WN Nichols).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 96 1980 369-372 (PJ Tester).
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NW 14 - January, 1959.
  • <10> Unpublished document: Diocese of Rochester (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1993. Cliffe at Hoo, St Helen: Diocesan church survey.
  • <11> Bibliographic reference: Historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report 2014-54.
  • <12> Bibliographic reference: Alan Everitt. 1986. Continuity and Colonization: the evoluation of Kentish Settlement.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish. Research Report Series 54-2014 (Ref: Research Report Series: 54-2014) (EKE15026)
  • Intrusive Event: ST HELEN'S VESTRY (Ref: EI 15578) (EKE4374)

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Record last edited

Jun 16 2021 1:24PM