Monument record TQ 65 NE 387 - Hop pickers huts southeast of Church Farm

Summary

Site of hop pickers huts southeast of Church Farm.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6605 5792 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ65NE
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish OFFHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Site of three, originally two, rows of hop pickers huts built at the beginning of the nineteenth century - first shown on the 1844 tithe map. The OS first and second edition maps show two rows of huts and by the beginning of the tewntieth century a third row of huts had been added - as shown on the OS third edition map. By the end of the first half of the twentieth century, one row of huts had been demolished but an additional row had been built. All huts had been demolished by the second half of the twentieth century.

Identified by the Historic Farmsteads Survey. (1)


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 Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document).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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 23 2013 2:18PM