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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1929 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible location of Wyke Manor |
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Summary
Flint foundations in Moat Rough and crop marks in an adjacent field may represent the former site of Wyke Manor. The Manor was believed to have been demolished long before the reign of Charles II. The Ancient Book of the Decrees of the Town of Fordwich, 1685 provides a significant amount of detail about the site and its precise location, based on an ancient manuscript.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1841 5871 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MANOR HOUSE? (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Flint foundations in Moat Rough and crop marks in an adjacent field may represent the former site of Wyke Manor. The Manor was believed to have been demolished long before the reign of Charles II. The Ancient Book of the Decrees of the Town of Fordwich, 1685 (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U4/19/1) (4) provides a significant amount of detail about the site and its precise location, based on an ancient manuscript.
Margaret Sparks mentions a reference to a yoke of land at Wic held of the archbishop c.1100, and another to Ivo de Wyke in the twelfth century (1); William Urry additionally refers to a record in Rental A in Canterbury Cathedral Archives : the Roll of Wibert, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1153 - 67, showing that 'Iuone de Wika' held land 'apud Fordwic' (Urry, W. (1967) Canterbury Under the Angevin Kings. London: The Athlone Press, p. 225).
The Manor is believed to have been linked to Lukedale Manor in the 12th and 13th centuries (TR 25 NW 4). (2)
The remains of buildings at this location are referred to by C.E. Woodruff in his book A History of the Town and Port of Fordwich (Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1895, p. 117) (3): here he notes that these remains 'probably mark the site of the "King's tenement of Wykes”'. Woodruff cites as evidence (ibid, pp. 3-4) The Ancient Book of the Decrees of the Town of Fordwich, 1685 (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U4/19/1) (4) which provides a significant amount of detail about the site and its precise location 'taken out of an ancient MS.'.
<1> Margaret Sparks, 2016, Wyke (or Moat/Mote), near Canterbury, and the Finch Family (Article in serial). SKE51667.
<2> Tracey Dessoy, 2017-2022, Verbal communication from local researcher (Tracey Dessoy) (Verbal communication). SKE32144.
<3> C. E. Woodruff, 1895, A History of the Town and Port of Fordwich, p 117 (Bibliographic reference). SKE55201.
<4> 1685, Ancient Book of the Decrees of the Town of Fordwich (Bibliographic reference). SKE55202.
<5> Moated Sites Research Group Report No 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47309.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Margaret Sparks. 2016. Wyke (or Moat/Mote), near Canterbury, and the Finch Family. Archaeologia Cantiana vol 137 pp 237-249. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: Tracey Dessoy. 2017-2022. Verbal communication from local researcher (Tracey Dessoy). |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: C. E. Woodruff. 1895. A History of the Town and Port of Fordwich. p 117. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: 1685. Ancient Book of the Decrees of the Town of Fordwich. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Research Group Report No 6 1979 46. |
