Farmstead record MKE83314 - Willow Wick, Cooling

Type: Single
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
(1-2)

A building named "Willow Wick" is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance survey map of 1885 situated at the western end of a field defined by channels at TQ 7679 7838. The building had been demolished by 1897 and another built to the north east. This is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947 but has subsequently been demolished. Nothing is depicted here on the 1805 Ordnance Survey map but "Willow wick" is marked on a later revision. This map also shows a number of osier (willow) beds in the vicinity. This site was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(3-6)

<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.

<2> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1885, Kent 1:2500 1885 (Map). SKE58579.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1897, Kent 1:2500 1897 (Map). SKE58577.

<5> 1805, Kent First Series 1:63360 1805 (Map). SKE58821.

<6> Ordnance Survey Historical Guides Kent Map 5 (Map). SKE58827.