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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 394 |
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| Type of record: | Place |
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| Name: | Birchington medieval village |
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Summary
The village of Birchington has early medieval origins. It's name, in old English; bierce hyll tun, or Birch Hill Farmstead dates from the early part of this period. Although part of the church (TR 36 NW 14) dates to the later 12th century, the village is first documented in 1274, and in 1337 became a limb of the Cinque Port of Dover.
| Grid Reference: | TR 30249 69063 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Modern - 1050 AD? to 2050 AD (between))
Full description
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The village of Birchington has early medieval origins. It's name, in old English; bierce hyll tun, or Birch Hill Farmstead dates from the early part of this period. Although part of the church (TR 36 NW 14) dates to the later 12th century, the village is first documented in 1274, and in 1337 became a limb of the Cinque Port of Dover.(1)
<1> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1997, A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications (Unpublished document). SWX7102.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1997. A Proposed Development of Land at Park Road/Canterbury Road, Birchington: The Archaeological Implications. |
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