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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 126 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Blackdale Farm Cottages |
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Summary
Site of Blackdale Farm. The place-name is first recorded in 1278/9 when it was named la Blakedeke, although he site may be earlier. The late medieval and post-medieval layout of the farm is shown on the 1841 Tithe Appointment Plan of Darenth. Due to wartime damage (damage unknown) the working farm was relocated to a new site and new buildings erected to the east adjacent to the south side of the Green Street Green Road in the 1950's.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5550 7264 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARM (FARM, Medieval to Modern - 1250 AD? to 1950 AD?)
Full description
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A lesser MD-PM settlement/farmstead was located here. Wartime damage meant that the farm was relocated to a new site in the 1950s. (1)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994 Jan, A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX6767.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994 Jan. A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment. |
