Monument record TR 25 SE 3 - Building Remains, Nonington

Summary

There is a fragment of collapsed flint rubble walling and part of the footings of a building measuring some 20.0 m. by 8.0 m. No details of any sort survive and the whole is in an overgrown and completely ruinous condition. Stebbing avers that the present condition is due to the stone having been re-used in the more recent buildings at St. Albans Court nearby..a practice which probably led to its misidentification with Eswelle Manor, the manor house of which is known to be incorporated into St.Albans Court (see TR 25 SW 18). "Beauchamp" names in the vicinity point to an identification with the Beacham or Bedesham estate described at the time of Thomas Hammonds purchase in 1558 as "Beacham situated in Nonington with all barnes, houses and edifices.. A plan of 1750 shows a building at the site. There is no evidence to support the tradition quoted by Harris and Hasted of a nunnery at Beacham; Knowles and Hadcock do not list it.

Location

Grid reference TR 260 524 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR25SE
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish NONINGTON, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> OS 25" 1957 (OS Card Reference). SKE48272.

<2> W.P.D.Stebbing notes, plans, &c. Deal Public Library (OS Card Reference). SKE51264.

<3> History of Kent,1719, 221, (Harris) (OS Card Reference). SKE44152.

<4> History of Kent,1799, 9 (E.Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44153.

<5> F1 ASP 09-MAR-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42016.

<6> Field report for monument TR 25 SE 3 - March, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5754.

<7> Webb, C., 2002, Letter From Mr C. Webb to S. Cakebread SMR Officer 6/09/2002 (Unpublished document). SKE8292.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1957.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: W.P.D.Stebbing notes, plans, &c. Deal Public Library.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: History of Kent,1719, 221, (Harris).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: History of Kent,1799, 9 (E.Hasted).
  • <5>XY OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 09-MAR-65. [Mapped feature: #47860 building remains, ]
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 25 SE 3 - March, 1965.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Webb, C.. 2002. Letter From Mr C. Webb to S. Cakebread SMR Officer 6/09/2002.

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2022 12:48PM