TR 02 NW 8 - Church of St Lawrence, Old Romney

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Monument record TR 02 NW 8 - Church of St Lawrence, Old Romney

Summary

Site of Church of St Lawrence, Old Romney

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Grid reference	TR 0406 2544 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR02NW
County	KENT
District	FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish	OLD ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CHURCH (CHURCH, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full Description

(TR 04072544). St Lawrence's Church (NR) (site of) (1) St Lawrence's Church, Old Romney, `though its site is known, was evidently destroyed by the middle of the C16th'. (2) Site levelled but building debris can still be seen. Published survey OS 25" revised. (3) Recent metal detector finds comprise two Medieval buckles, 6 coins of Edward I and a copper alloy Roman coin, probably of Vespasian. Bone seen in topsoil, some of which were human. (Kent County Museum Service Accession No. F5940). (4)

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Arch Cant 37 1925 190 (F C Elliston Erwood) (OS Card Reference). SKE35047.

<3> F1 CFW 20.03.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42657.

<4> J. Vale, Curator Kent Museum Service. (OS Card Reference). SKE44827.

<5> Field report for monument TR 02 NW 8 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5049.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SKE48369 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>XY SKE35047 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 37 1925 190 (F C Elliston Erwood). [Mapped feature: #37450 Church, ]
<3> SKE42657 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 20.03.63.
<4> SKE44827 OS Card Reference: J. Vale, Curator Kent Museum Service..
<5> SKE5049 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 02 NW 8 - March, 1963.