TQ 75 NE 174 - Early minster church - documentary evidence

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Monument record TQ 75 NE 174 - Early minster church - documentary evidence

Summary

Maidstone was one of the early minsters founded in Kent before 700. It was probably located near or on the site of the later parish church of St Mary, which has been replaced by All Saints Church. Seventeen churches are named as dependent upon it in the Domesday Monachorum

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Grid reference	TQ 763 561 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ75NE
County	KENT
District	MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish	MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

MINSTER (MINSTER, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full Description

[TQ 763 562] Minster Church. (1) There is a Domesday Book reference to a church in this manor. Maidstone (Maegdestane) is also referred to in the Domesday Monachorum for Kent under Customs of the Archbishop received from Priests and Churches, and as a church with other churches subordinate to it. (2-3)

<1> OS Britain Before the Norman Conquest 1:625 000 1973 (south sheet) (OS Card Reference). SKE48403.

<2> Domesday Book, Kent 2 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE41474.

<3> Domesday Monachorum in VCH Kent III (1932) 255-6 (OS Card Reference). SKE41481.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SKE48403 OS Card Reference: OS Britain Before the Norman Conquest 1:625 000 1973 (south sheet).
<2> SKE41474 OS Card Reference: Domesday Book, Kent 2 1983.
<3> SKE41481 OS Card Reference: Domesday Monachorum in VCH Kent III (1932) 255-6.