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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 NW 10
Type of record:Monument
Name:Court hall

Summary

Site of the old court hall or guildhall, replaced in 1579


Grid Reference:TR 3309 5813
Map Sheet:TR35NW
Parish:SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • GUILDHALL (GUILDHALL, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1579 AD)

Full description

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(TR 33095813) COURT HALL (G.T.) (Site of) (1) The old Courthall, or Guildhall, Sandwich, stood on ground purchased in the 18th c. for the enlargement of St Peter's Churchyard. The present Guildhall (see TR 35 NW 20) was built in 1579. (2) There are no extant remains of the Courthall. (3)


<1> O.S. 25" 1956 (OS Card Reference). SKE47810.

<2> "Hist. of Sandwich" 1792, 788 (W Boys) (OS Card Reference). SKE32654.

<3> F1 FGA 10-JUN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42910.

<4> Field report for monument TR 35 NW 10 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6033.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: O.S. 25" 1956.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: "Hist. of Sandwich" 1792, 788 (W Boys). [Mapped feature: #56947 Court Hall, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 10-JUN-64.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 NW 10 - June, 1964.