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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 03 NE 29 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Aldington Park (Site of) |
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Summary
Aldington Park, The whole area is arable or pasture. At TR 0767 3705 is the site of a large fishpond now dry and under cultivation, with its strong pond bay, reduced by ploughing, lying along the line of the park pale. There are documentary references to Aldington Park, from 1165 onwards. In the 14th century it was owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Aldington Park is mentioned by Leland. It was alienated from the Church by Archbishop Cranmer in the thirty-first year of Henry VIII's reign.
| Grid Reference: | TR 08 36 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR03NE |
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| Parish: | ALDINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DEER PARK (Medieval - 1138 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1138 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Full description
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(Centred TR 0836) Aldington Park, for extent see 6" Illustration (copied onto 1:10000 Record Map). The whole area is arable or pasture. At TR 07673705 is the site of a large fishpond now dry and under cultivation, with its strong pond bay, reduced by ploughing, lying along the line of the park pale. Surveyed at 1:2500. (1)
There are documentary references to Aldington Park, from 1165 onwards. In the 14th century it was owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. (2)
The extensive park and chase was maintained by Archbishop Morton. (3)
Aldington Park is mentioned by Leland. It was alienated from the Church by Archbishop Cranmer in the thirty-first year of Henry VIII's reign. (4,5)
Other info (6, 7).
<1> F1 ASP 12-DEC-1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE42065.
<2> Md Parks of Eng A Gazetteer 1983 42 fig (L Cantor) (OS Card Reference). SKE46675.
<3> JBAA NS vol 10 1904 16 (A D Cheney) (OS Card Reference). SKE45006.
<4> English Deer Parks 1867 70 (E P Shirley) (OS Card Reference). SKE41608.
<5> Leland's Itinerary 6 138 139 (OS Card Reference). SKE46013.
<6> Field report for monument TR 03 NE 29 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5097.
<7> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 12-DEC-1962. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Md Parks of Eng A Gazetteer 1983 42 fig (L Cantor). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: JBAA NS vol 10 1904 16 (A D Cheney). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: English Deer Parks 1867 70 (E P Shirley). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Leland's Itinerary 6 138 139. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 03 NE 29 - December, 1962. |
| <7>XY | Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent. [Mapped feature: #38317 Deer park, ] |
