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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 1119 |
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| Type of record: | Farmstead |
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| Name: | Former site of Alkerden Manor Farm |
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Summary
Former site of Alkerden Manor Farm is visible on this historic OS maps of the area. It is a loose courtyard plan farmstead with buildings to three sides of the yard. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available informaiton)
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5956 7404 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1950 AD?)
Full description
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Former site of Alkerden Manor Farm is visible on this historic OS maps of the area. (1-4) Type: Loose courtyard with working agricultural buildings on three sides and with additional detached elements to the main plan Farmhouse: Farmhouse detached in central position Position: Isolated position Survivial: Altered - significant loss of original form (more than 50%) today the site appears to have no buildings and is overgrown Notes: Oast (5-6) A historic building recording was carried out on the remains of the farprior to their demolition, ony one historic building was noted at the site, likley dating to the 17th century, but this was in a ruinous condition. (7)
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
<4> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947 (Map). SKE12644.
<5> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.
<6> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.
<7> Cotswold Archaeology, 2017, Land at Alkerden Farm Eastern Quarry, Ebbsfleet Kent Historic Building Recording (Unpublished document). SKE52895.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
| <4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2017. Land at Alkerden Farm Eastern Quarry, Ebbsfleet Kent Historic Building Recording. |
