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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 SE 4 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Homestead moat, Hampton, Brabourne |
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Summary
At Hampton is a homestead moat and this site probably represents the location of Hampton Manor House. A number of buildings are shown on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map of c.1861, although the concentration of these appears to diminish by the 4th edition map of c.1931.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0747 4386 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04SE |
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| Parish: | BRABOURNE, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1900 AD? (at some time))
- MOAT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1900 AD? (at some time))
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: HAMPTON MANOR HOUSE. Earthwork remains of a Medieval moated house identified at Hampton, Brabourne. |
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Full description
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The feature shown but not named on OS 6" 1961, at TR 07474386 is a homestead moat and probably represents the site of Hampton Manor House (a). Published 25" survey revised. (1)
TR 075439, Hampton Brabourne; listed in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent, December 1979. (2)
TR 075439. Moated site at Hampton, Brabourne. (3)
Other information (4 and 5).
<1> F1 CFW 15-MAY-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42594.
<2> Hist of Kent vol 8 1798 22-3 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44017.
<3> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47250.
<4> Arch Cant 95 1979 308 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36233.
<5> Field report for monument TR 04 SE 4 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5169.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 15-MAY-63. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent vol 8 1798 22-3 (Hasted). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 46. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 95 1979 308 (T Tatton-Brown). [Mapped feature: #39421 moated site, ] |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 SE 4 - May, 1963. |
