(TR 15645764. Sited from CAT Topo map). Longport (Barton) Manor. (1-2) Domesday discloses that St Augustine's Abbey held in virtue of its Lordship of Longport, alias Barton (the suburban manor) seventy burgesses in Canterbury. Police jurisdiction in the fields of Barton Manor the home farm of St Augustines Abbey was the subject of a dispute between the city and the abbey in 1257. 'There seems a greater degree of certainty that there was a manor house at Barton'. (3)

For a full history of the development of the manor, see (4).

<1> CAT Topo Maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1200 (OS Card Reference). SKE38737.

<2> CAT Topo maps of Cant 2nd ed 1982 c1500 (OS Card Reference). SKE38738.

<3> Cant under the Angevin Kings 1967 66 103 168 (W Urry) (OS Card Reference). SKE38529.

<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2008, Archaeological excavation at Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury: Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE17807.