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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 139 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Old Park (deer park) |
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Summary
Old Park, a deer park that belonged to St Augustine's Abbey. It probably ceased to exist in 1538 when King's Park to the north was being established.
| Grid Reference: | TR 169 576 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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(Centred TR 169576) 'Old Park', a deer park situated immediately south of King's Park (TR 15 NE:138) belonged to St Augustine's Abbey (TR 15 NE:124). It probably ceased to exist as a park in 1538 when King's Park was being set up. A house in the middle of the park, now demolished was from the 18th century at least, known as Stone House, probably dating from before circa 1600. The grounds of the present St Martin's Hospital are coincident with those of the park. (1)
The southern boundary of the park still exists as a substantial bank and ditch (2)
<1> Arch Cant 99 1983 115-119 plan (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36334.
<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 plan (T Tatton Brown). |
| <2>XY | Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent. [Mapped feature: #43469 park, ] |
