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Monument details

HER Number:MKE104544
Type of record:Landscape
Name:Shurland Park

Summary

16th century parkland assciated with Shurland House. In 1572 the parkland covered just under 400 acres and contained 220 deer. By 1574 there were only c. 40 left. The boundaries of the parkland are undertain.


Grid Reference:TR 0038 7125
Map Sheet:TR07SW
Parish:EASTCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • DEER PARK (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1572 AD?)

Full description

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16th century parkland assciated with Shurland House. In 1572 the parkland covered just under 400 acres and contained 220 deer. By 1574 there were only c. 40 left. The boundaries of the parkland are undertain. (1)


<1> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.