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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 SW 15 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Chapel, Barnjet, Barming |
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Summary
The site of a chapel built before 1487 is recorded in the gardens of Barnjet Manor. Originally built as a chapel for the manor at Barmynget (or West Barming) it was later esteemed as a parish church.
In 1487 it was united with the church of Nettlestead as it could not maintain a rector. Soon after this the chapel fell into disuse and ruin. All traces have been removed in the following centuries. The site is incorporated into the private gardens of Barnjet Manor. No other artefacts have been found in the area.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7142 5392 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75SW |
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| Parish: | BARMING, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 71425392] Site of Chapel [NR] (1) The church of West Barming or Barmynget seems to have been reputed a chapel (a) but it was later esteemed as a parish church. It was always accounted as an appendage to the manor but in 1487 it was united to the church of Nettlestead as its revenues were reduced so that a rector could not be maintained. It was decreed that it should not be esteemed a church but a chapel of Nettlestead. Soon after this union the chapel seems to have fallen into ruin. Part of the wall of it remained in the next field west of Barnjet at a small distance south of the high road until every stone that was left of it was removed recently. (2) The site of the chapel is hidden from view by the terracing-out, upon the hill slope, of a piece of ground for tennis courts. The owner of the land has never encountered any unusual objects, whilst working in the ground around the tennis courts. (3)
The location recorded on OS mapping may be incorrect and the chapel may have been located to the west of the present buildings. (6)
<1> OS 6" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48349.
<2> Textus Roffensis (OS Card Reference). SKE49840.
<3> History of Kent 4 1798 395 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44115.
<4> F1 ASP 03.06.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41902.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 15 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4000.
<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2012, Barnjet Priory, Tonbridge Road, Barming, Kent. Heritage Asset Statement. (Unpublished document). SKE17964.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1938. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Textus Roffensis. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: History of Kent 4 1798 395 (Hasted). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 03.06.59. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 15 - June, 1959. |
| <6>XY | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2012. Barnjet Priory, Tonbridge Road, Barming, Kent. Heritage Asset Statement.. [Mapped feature: #20985 Church, ] |
