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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 138 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | King's Park |
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Summary
A deer park of nearly 500 acres, known as King's Park or the 'New Park' is referred to in 1538
| Grid Reference: | TR 169 586 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Full description
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(Centred TR 169586) A deer park of nearly 500 acres, known as King's Park or the 'New Park' is referred to in 1538 when Sir Anthony Sentleger was granted #100 towards the paling. It was probably only used as a deer park for about a century after its foundation and little now remains of the park bank. However, the site of the bank can be seen on the ground, particularly beside the track that leads north-east from the west side of St Martin's Church (TR 15 NE:6), and beyond this in the area south of the Dean and Chapters Conduit House (TR 15 NE:38). At the centre of the park is Old Park Farm, which in origin was probably the park-keeper's house, built in circa 1540. (1, 2)
<1> Arch Cant 99 1983 115-119 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36333.
<2> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 99 1983 115-119 (T Tatton-Brown). |
| <2>XY | Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent. [Mapped feature: #43468 park, ] |
Related records
| TR 15 NE 907 | Parent of: Second World War Canterbury Fortress Forward Post at the New Barracks on Littlebourne Road (Monument) |
