TR 03 NW 5 - Moat, Old Mumford Farm, Kings Norh, Ashford

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Monument record TR 03 NW 5 - Moat, Old Mumford Farm, Kings Norh, Ashford

Summary

There are the remains of a moat at the foot of the garden of Mumford Cottages, Kingsnorth. Three small ponds lie to the south west and north east of the house and these are identified as the moat remains. It is suggested that the site was formerly a manor. The houses today are relatively small and date to the early 18th century, although they seem to incorporate a few stone foundations and lower courses of an earlier house and Tudor interior timbers.

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Grid reference	TR 0079 3890 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR03NW
County	KENT
District	ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	KINGSNORTH, ASHFORD, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

MOAT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1485 AD? (at some time) to 1900 AD? (at some time))

Full Description

There are the remains of a moat at the foot of the garden of Mumford Cottages, Kingsnorth, formerly a farmstead by the road that leads to Hamstreet, and a few hundred yards from Mumford, a modern house on the Dymchurch road. (1) Mumfords, formerly Mounfort's, is a manor. The house which stands south-eastwards from the church of Kingsnorth, seems formerly to have been very large but the greatest part of it has been pulled down and the present small farm-house built out of it. (2) [TR 00793890] Old Mumford Farm: a small early C18th house incorporating a few stone foundations and lower courses of an earlier house and Tudor interior timbers. It was substantially added to c.1948. Three small ponds lying to the SW, and NE of the house respectively and fairly certainly remains of a moat. (3)

<1> A Saunter through Kent 14 1920 79-80 (C Igglesden) (OS Card Reference). SKE32854.

<2> Hist of Kent 7 (1798) 584 587-8 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43993.

<3> F1 CFW 29-NOV-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42818.

<4> Field report for monument TR 03 NW 5 - November, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5102.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1>XY SKE32854 OS Card Reference: A Saunter through Kent 14 1920 79-80 (C Igglesden). [Mapped feature: #38402 moat, ]
<2> SKE43993 OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 7 (1798) 584 587-8 (E Hasted).
<3> SKE42818 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 29-NOV-62.
<4> SKE5102 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 03 NW 5 - November, 1962.

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Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval moated house identified at Old Mumford Farm (Mumford Cottages). The original house has been incorporated into an C18 house, ponds to the southwest and north east of the house are the possible remains of the moat.