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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 53 NE 455 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Hungershall, 16th century deer park |
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Summary
Hungershall is a 16th century deer park. The first documentary reference is from a 1531 lease and the park belonged to the Nevill family by the late 16th century. Deer are recorded on the park from at least 1573 but the park was disparked by 1618.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5699 3889 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ53NE |
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| Parish: | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DEER PARK (Medieval to Unknown - 1531 AD?)
Full description
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Hungershall is a 16th century deer park. The first documentary reference is from a 1531 lease and the park belonged to the Nevill family by the late 16th century. Deer are recorded on the park from at least 1573 but the park was disparked by 1618. (1)
<1> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent. |
