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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 NW 1129 |
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| Type of record: | Farmstead |
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| Name: | Shakespeare's Farm or Bell's Farm, St Mary Hoo Parish |
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Summary
A dispersed plan farmstead.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8151 7754 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87NW |
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| Parish: | ST MARY HOO, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Type: Dispersed cluster
Farmhouse: Farmhouse attached to agricultural range
Position: Isolated position
Survivial: Farmstead completely demolished
(1-2)
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment for St Mary Hoo Parish. The report states: "One the east side of the parish several loose clusters of farmsteads and farmworkers cottages had developed. One was Bell's Farm...One consequence of farm amalgamation was the subdivision of farmhouses into cottages. This has occurred at Bells Farm…by the 1830s…In the early 20th century, Bell's Farm was re-established as Shakespeare's Farm. Other developments affecting the parish include the opening of a landfill site on the site of Shakespeare's Farm in the late 20th century, operated by the waste management group Biffa…On the western side of the parish the historic farmstead, Bell's Farm was re-established as Shakespeare's Farm in the early 20th century. This was provided with a new farmhouse which still stands but the other farm buildings were cleared in the late 20th century. The name endures as Shakespeare's Farm landfill site. This was established in the late 20th century and is now closed to dumping. The build up of methane is controlled by a small technology plant built by the site operators Biffa." (3)
<1> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.
<2> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.
<3> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52 (Bibliographic reference). SKE31593.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: St Mary Hoo Parish. Research Report 2014-52. |
