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Monument record TQ 55 NW 327 - 13th-16th century Kemsing Park
Summary
A park at Kemsing is mentioned in documents of the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Part of its boundary is shown on the Tithe Map (1839) and OS 1st edition Six-Inch Map (1861-2) but little now survives.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 5457 5779 (1951m by 1146m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ55NW |
| County | KENT |
| Civil Parish | KEMSING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
| District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Full Description
A park at Kemsing is mentioned in documents of the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries (1 a and b). The location of the park was thought to be lost but part of its boundary is shown on large-scale maps of the mid-nineteenth century (1 c and d). Subsequent disturbances, including the construction of the railway (1874) and M26 motorway (1980), have erased most of the line of the park pale. A brief field investigation revealed that little, if any, trace of the pale can now be seen. (1)
<1> Bowden, M.C.B. Arch. Cant., 1996, The Medieval Park at Kemsing (Article in serial). SKE16298.
<2> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.
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Record last edited
Aug 20 2024 8:18AM