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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 44 NE 157 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Deer park at Broxham |
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Summary
The earliest reference to a park at Broxham was in a court case in 1294/5. The park was c. 284 acres in size. The boundaries have been confirmed from fieldwork and map analysis.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 4573 4840 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ44NE |
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| Parish: | EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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| HEVER, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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| WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DEER PARK (Medieval to Unknown - 1294 AD?)
Full description
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The earliest reference to a park at Broxham was in a court case in 1294/5. The park was c. 284 acres in size. The boundaries have been confirmed from fieldwork and map analysis. The boundary immediately north of Alfriston at TQ 4553 1477 is of particularly large size. (1)
<1> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent. |
