(TQ 56436066) Church (NR) (site of) (1) Hasted refers twice to Woodland:- "The church of Woodland antiently paid..." "The Rector and Vicar of Wrotham receive all ecclesiastical emoluments within the district of the chapel of Woodland, which they possess only, till a chapel shall be built..." (2) Woodland rectory listed. (3) Saxon church listed in Textus Roffensis as Watlande. (4) Mrs. Leet, of Woodlands Manor stated that the foundations of the church are often encountered at the published site, where a raised platform can be seen. According to a notice in the present church, built 1850, the earlier church fell into ruins temp Elizabeth I (5)

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

<2> Hist of Kent 1 1778 292 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43929.

<3> Liber Regis 1786 863 (J Bacon) (OS Card Reference). SKE46129.

<4> Arch Cant 44 1932 47 (G Ward) (OS Card Reference). SKE35141.

<5> F1 ASP 24-Aug-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42258.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 56 SE 10 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2952.