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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SE 95
Type of record:Monument
Name:Darenth deserted Medieval village

Summary

possible site of deserted Medieval village at Darenth


Grid Reference:TQ 561 713
Map Sheet:TQ57SE
Parish:DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT

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TQ 561713 DMV Darenth. (1) Maurice Beresford and John G.Hurts eds. Deserted Medieval Villages, 1971, list 69 places for Kent in their County Gazetteers of Deserted Medieval Villages.In most cases there is nothing to prove that there was a village at the sites in question.A deserted church site or isolated church certainly does not prove the existence of a deserted village.(2)


<1> Deserted Medieval Villages 1971 191 (M.Beresford and J.G.Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE39727.

<2> Arch Cant 92 1976 10-11 (AM Everett) (OS Card Reference). SKE36071.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Deserted Medieval Villages 1971 191 (M.Beresford and J.G.Hurst).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 92 1976 10-11 (AM Everett). [Mapped feature: #72672 DMV, ]