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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 02 NW 8 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Church of St Lawrence, Old Romney |
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Summary
Site of Church of St Lawrence, Old Romney
| Grid Reference: | TR 0407 2544 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NW |
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| Parish: | OLD ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHURCH (CHURCH, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: St Lawerence's Church |
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Full description
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(TR 04072544). St Lawrence's Church (NR) (site of) (1) St Lawrence's Church, Old Romney, `though its site is known, was evidently destroyed by the middle of the C16th'. (2) Site levelled but building debris can still be seen. Published survey OS 25" revised. (3) Recent metal detector finds comprise two Medieval buckles, 6 coins of Edward I and a copper alloy Roman coin, probably of Vespasian. Bone seen in topsoil, some of which were human. (Kent County Museum Service Accession No. F5940). (4)
<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<2> Arch Cant 37 1925 190 (F C Elliston Erwood) (OS Card Reference). SKE35047.
<3> F1 CFW 20.03.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42657.
<4> J. Vale, Curator Kent Museum Service. (OS Card Reference). SKE44827.
<5> Field report for monument TR 02 NW 8 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5049.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 37 1925 190 (F C Elliston Erwood). [Mapped feature: #37450 Church, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 20.03.63. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: J. Vale, Curator Kent Museum Service.. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 02 NW 8 - March, 1963. |
