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Monument details

HER Number:TR 04 SE 2
Type of record:Monument
Name:St Margaret's church

Summary

The church of St. Margaret, Bircholt, is mentioned in wills of 1490 and 1517, but there is now no trace of it. The site of this church falls in a garden and there is nothing of it to be seen. No foundations or other evidence was found when the lawn was laid a few years ago.

Grid Reference:TR 0757 4119
Map Sheet:TR04SE
Parish:BRABOURNE, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1900 AD? (at some time))

Full description

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[TR 07574119] ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH [NR] (Site of) (1) [NAT] The church of St Margaret, Bircholt, is mentioned in wills of 1490 and 1517, but there is now no trace of it. (2,3) The site of this church falls in a garden and there is nothing of it to be seen. No foundations or other evidence was found when the lawn was laid a few years ago (a). (4)


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> "Testa. Cant." 1907, p.22, (A.Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE32691.

<3> "A Saunter through Kent" 10, 1913, p.27, (C.Igglesden) (OS Card Reference). SKE32577.

<4> F1 CFW 03-MAY-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42404.

<5> T.H. Jeanes (owner) Bircholt Court (OS Card Reference). SKE49797.

<6> Field report for monument TR 04 SE 2 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5167.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: "Testa. Cant." 1907, p.22, (A.Hussey).
<3>XYOS Card Reference: "A Saunter through Kent" 10, 1913, p.27, (C.Igglesden). [Mapped feature: #39400 church, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 03-MAY-63.
<5>OS Card Reference: T.H. Jeanes (owner) Bircholt Court.
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 SE 2 - May, 1963.