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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 SW 17
Type of record:Place
Name:Queenborough

Summary

Medieval borough


Grid Reference:TQ 908 723
Map Sheet:TQ97SW
Parish:QUEENBOROUGH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Unknown date)
  • TOWN (first mentioned 1368, Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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TQ 908 723. Queenborough (1). Queenborough is first mentioned in 1368 when a charter of Edward III was granted giving the status of a borough to Q, with the right to elect a mayor and two baliffs (2). Additional reference (3) and site photographs (4-6).


<1> OS 10,000 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48235.

<2> Beresford M.W. & Finberg H.P.R. English Md Boroughs. 1973, 129 (OS Card Reference). SKE37629.

<3> Beresford, M.W. New Towns of the Middle Ages. London 1967, 457 (OS Card Reference). SKE37637.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9570.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9796.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9816.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 10,000 1974.
<2>OS Card Reference: Beresford M.W. & Finberg H.P.R. English Md Boroughs. 1973, 129.
<3>OS Card Reference: Beresford, M.W. New Towns of the Middle Ages. London 1967, 457.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4058. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3012. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4029. print.