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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 SE 206 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of the former church of St Michael(?) Hythe |
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Summary
Possible site of the church of St Michal, Hythe. Inferred from textual sources.
| Grid Reference: | TR 16 34 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13SE |
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| Parish: | HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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This site is the supposed location of the former church of St Michal, Hythe. It is suggested by Livett to be located in 'Hill's, Hythe Hospital map of 1685, as the area marked 'M'.
Identified on the 6 inch Ordnance survey map sheet as a long strip between three stones between the military canal and a farm now (1914) owned by a Mr Chittenden on lat 51 degrees four minutes north of the canal; nearly a mile east of Hythe Church.(1).
<1> Livett, G. M., 1914, West Hythe Church and the sites of churches formerly existing at Hythe. (Article in serial). SKE16126.
<2> Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document). SKE16034.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Livett, G. M.. 1914. West Hythe Church and the sites of churches formerly existing at Hythe.. Arch cant 30 p 257-262. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Romney Marsh Research Trust. 2010. Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010. |
